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FreePixel looks at video games as part of the moving image culture. Games are not movies. But games use moving image tradition in their presentation. That is why FreePixel offers a critical look at games and their expressive qualities that grow from the use of the moving image.

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[Archive for November, 2007]

a little puppet play in Dresden

Posted by fiezi

I will be performing a live-digital puppet theater/machinima/animation as final project for my artist-in residence grant in Dresden. All camera, editing, animation and sound/music will be performed live using Gametrak Controllers and a custom made Mocap-jacket as input devices for the puppeteering and maybe some sound analysis for random effects. All the rendering will be [...]

What makes a machinima film “good”?

Posted by Michael

I am sure it has been discussed before, but there are certainly a lot of different answers to the question what makes specifically a machinima film “good.” This is yet another go.
For the sake of the argument, let’s not pull back and simply say that machinima – like every other form of art – is [...]

American Film Institute goes Machinima

Posted by Michael

In the last few months I was involved in a machinima project organized by the American Film Institute (AFI), more precisely by their Digital Content Lab. The final project – titled Leaving the Game – will be presented during the AFI DigiFest on Nov 9th in Los Angeles. So come and have a look!

This is [...]