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==Linden Endowment for the Arts: Month of Machinima (MoM)==
==Linden Endowment for the Arts: Month of Machinima (MoM)==


Produced by the [[Linden_Lab_Official:Linden_Endowment_for_the_Arts|Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA)]], the Month of Machinima (MoM) event is a monthly screening of the best of Second Life machinima.  For consideration in the next month’s screening (see MoM Application and Criteria below). MoM is a recurring event, which kicked off May 4, 2011 and continues each month with juried and themed screenings of machinima created by members of the Second Life community.
The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) selects and screens films made with machinima that focus on the arts, highlight the art of machinima, or are art films.
 
The objectives of the event are to promote and stimulate Second Life machinima, encourage the creation of new work, and showcase existing work. It serves as an opportunity to introduce Residents to the machinima art form and to support the machinima community to continue to create these experiences for everyone to enjoy.
 
The purpose of the LEA is to help create a center of arts activity in Second Life. The LEA is committed to providing access to engaging experiences in the arts for the Second Life community. Through its exhibitions, programs, and events, the LEA fosters awareness of artists’ contributions to our virtual world and encourages others to get involved and be inspired.
 
Check out the [http://www.youtube.com/monthofmachinima MoM YouTube channel] to see each month's selected films.
 
==MoM Application and Criteria==


The LEA is looking for the best community-created art machinima in Second Life. All genres are welcome. This is a juried event, meaning that all submitted machinima will be reviewed for artistic integrity. The LEA reserves the right to refuse films without disclosing a reason. Here are the general guidelines for consideration:
The LEA Month of Machinima was a monthly selection of machinima loosely organized around a specific theme that connected the month's program, sometimes in interesting and surprising ways, as the talented and creative filmmakers of Second Life often interpreted the theme in unusual ways. The January 2012 screening was the last in the LEA Month of Machinima format. We have some new ideas we want to try out and have to stop the cycle of submissions and screenings to think them through and come up with a plan.  So we're not accepting submissions for February, or planning any more Month of Machinima monthly screenings.
* Suggested maximum machinima length: 6 minutes.
* Wide format.
* No UI in machinima, except when functional.
* No sex or violence (unless those are set as part of the monthly theme).
* Copyrights owned.
* Content of machinima must adhere to the theme (if a theme is announced for a given event).
UPCOMING THEMES
** Dec: Endings
** Jan: Black and white
** Feb: Rhythm
** March: Speed
** April: Fear
** May: Twist
** June: Hot/cold
* SL Art is your guideline in all submitted machinima. Be sure to be creative and take care of copyrights.  


Interested in sharing your (or someone else’s) best machinima? [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B5QSLCD Submit your application]. The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) selects and screens films made with machinima that focus on the arts, highlight the art of machinima, or are art films. Applications are due by the 15th of the month for consideration for the following month’s event. We can only schedule screening a limited number of machinima in any given month, so if your machinima is not selected for the next event, we will keep your machinima submission for consideration at a future event.  
But there will definitely be a new LEA machinima project to tell you about soon.  The new initiative will be announced on the LEA blog,  http://lindenarts.blogspot.com/ and also in the Linden Endowment for the Arts Info group.


Some [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Snapshot_and_machinima_policy machinima best practices can be found here].
So stay tuned for the next evolution of LEA Machinima.  And you can always see the 88 films, and more than 5 hours of machinima that comprise the MoM selections on the youtube channel playlist, http://www.youtube.com/user/MonthofMachinima, and marvel at the exceptional films and filmmakers who've been involved in the machinima and arts communities.


==LEA Code of Conduct==


In addition to the Terms of Service and the Community Standards, all participants and visitors to LEA events must agree to abide by the [[Linden_Lab_Official:Linden_Endowment_for_the_Arts|LEA Code of Conduct]].
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Linden Endowment for the Arts: Month of Machinima (MoM)

The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) selects and screens films made with machinima that focus on the arts, highlight the art of machinima, or are art films.

The LEA Month of Machinima was a monthly selection of machinima loosely organized around a specific theme that connected the month's program, sometimes in interesting and surprising ways, as the talented and creative filmmakers of Second Life often interpreted the theme in unusual ways. The January 2012 screening was the last in the LEA Month of Machinima format. We have some new ideas we want to try out and have to stop the cycle of submissions and screenings to think them through and come up with a plan. So we're not accepting submissions for February, or planning any more Month of Machinima monthly screenings.

But there will definitely be a new LEA machinima project to tell you about soon. The new initiative will be announced on the LEA blog, http://lindenarts.blogspot.com/ and also in the Linden Endowment for the Arts Info group.

So stay tuned for the next evolution of LEA Machinima. And you can always see the 88 films, and more than 5 hours of machinima that comprise the MoM selections on the youtube channel playlist, http://www.youtube.com/user/MonthofMachinima, and marvel at the exceptional films and filmmakers who've been involved in the machinima and arts communities.

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