Machinimatographers
Machinimatographers of Second Life
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CodeBastard Redgrave is an amateur machinima maker with a single success, Beauty is only skin deep. She is also the maker of MachinimaCam HUD, an avatar centric scripted camera to help with machinima making in SecondLife.
- CoyoteJack Dassin Co-Owner of SceneMaker Studios. Experienced Digital Cinematographer. SceneMaker Studios produces a series of Graphic Novels shot within SL and published in a HUD Viewer for enjoyment in world. SMS has developed a series of local light designed to meet the unique needs of Film and TV production in world, as well as publishing a Guide to the Basics of Digital Cinematography using Local lighting. SceneMaker Studios offers services in Set design, Set Decoration, Cinematography, and Production Consulting.
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- Fox Diller has been creating Machinima for years, starting with Duke Nukem 3D engine, and the title "Duke it out." Using many gaming engines from there, he's has build an expertise when it comes to using computer gaming engines to create stunning Machinima. He's now the CEO of Second Life's Magrathean Technologies and now does Machinima professionally for large corporations and small individuals.
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- Silver Goodman, David Lang in real life, is Director of Photography for Machinima by Silver and Goldie. Now specializing in machinima, he is a highly skilled professional with decades of experience producing broadcast television series, documentaries, marketing and public information films. Machinima credits include the highly popular "Stephen Colbert's Dream" and the Second Life Movie Trailer contest winner, "Second Life: Get One."
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- Cecil Hirvi, a former borg, now uses his technological distinctiveness to create unique, poetic and dynamic machinimas in-world and out. He has written, produced and photographed nearly 20 different machinima films since early 2007. His clients have included musical artists such as jazz singer Paisley Beebe and educational venues like EdTech Island for Boise State University.
His films push the boundaries of fictional story-telling mixed with new techniques including mash-ups, and utilizing other game engines and custom designed 3D animation to achieve the final work.
His machinima portfolio can be seen for free on Youtube here:[1]
Cecil is currently working on a new on-going SL series and another film involving digital actors from around the world shot entirely in SL. Recently, he has been invited by Boise State University to teach a course on Machinima Making for 2008.
He is available to shoot mostly anything EXCEPT in-world Weddings.
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- HVX Silverstar, an SL and RL instruction librarian (University of California Davis), but hailing from Liverpool, UK. "HVX" is for Panasonic's HVX200, my good friend and companion in RL. I spend time working with the teens on the Eye4YouAlliance Island in the teen grid and the Second Life Library and partner islands in the main grid (Info Island, Machinima Institute, Renaissance Island, Eduisland 3 - total of 44 islands). Some of my machinima on YouTube: [2]. I will be teaching an introduction to Filmmaking (machinima) in Second Life (a partnership between University of Illinois Urbana Champaigne and the Alliance Library System in SL). the program is offered in SL and is part of the Intermediate Virtual Librarianship program. I spoke at the the World Library and Information Congress, 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa
[3]. I met Timeless Prototype on the flight to SLCC in Chicago. Just think, SL is making the RL smaller. It was great to meet so many creatives: SL Royalty: machinimatographers and Philip Linden. Now, everyone run out and by Hugh and Johnnie's new book on machinima![4]
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- moo Money is a Second Life expert in Machinima. She has been teaching machinima (free to residents) on the main grid AND the teen grid for over 15 months, as well as making it for over a year.
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- Frankie Rockett is Senior Machinimatographer with Planet Video. Twenty five years experience in new media and digital video, and BBC trained as a camera operator and drama editor.
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- Skribe Forti offers full service machinima and video services in Second Life specialising in the provision of conceptualisation, writing, production, direction and post-production solutions.