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[Archive for June, 2008]

Next Gen Machinima Contest at NVision

Posted by Michael

NVision 2008 calls for Machinima entries. Deadline “period” June 25-July 29. The Machinima section is co-organized by Machinima.com and you can find more info here.

This space is not really the most-up-to-date event catalog but because it seems like I will be somehow involved in the Machinima part of NVision – I thought I post a [...]

Why enter the Uncanny Valley?

Posted by Michael

Over at ZS Forums kradproductions went on a rant after some frustration with Moviestorm. This is a slightly more general attempt to address some of the concerns. While general frustration with tools is something that does not really come as a great surprise he posted a good question when he compared character-driven live movie productions [...]

Machinima Filmfestival 2008

Posted by fiezi

Announcing the machinima filmfestival 2008 in New York:
Save the date!
The weekend of November 1st at Eyebeam. 
A call for entries is going to follow shortly.

DragonCon calls for Machinima submissions

Posted by Michael

The independent film festival DragonCon is looking for machinima submissions. The festival is held in Atlanta, GA August 29-Sept 1 and they are looking for panelists as well as machinima films that are up to 10 minutes long. They show machinima as part of their MMO track and you can find more information here.

Last year [...]