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November 02, 2004
Warhammer 40,000 cinematics »
Insight into the futuristic blitzkrieg of the Warhammer 40K intro over at CGNetworks, which has an illuminating interview with Paul Taylor and Dave Wilson, the CG supervisors at Blur Studio, responsible for the astounding computer game cinematics. Warhammer 40,000 computer game description: "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War follows the exploits of the Blood Ravens, a Space Marine chapter whose past...Posted on November, 02 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
October 19, 2004
Video virtually overwhelms Turner prize »
The Tate's annual Turner Prize for contemporary art is both firmly screen-based, and politically charged this year. Tagged as a shortlist of buildings and battles by The Guardian, they seem to miss the point that it marks the clear renaissance and reinvigoration of video art, while also in the case of Langlands & Bell–whose work includes a virtually crafted...Posted on October, 19 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
October 04, 2004
Strangerhood: the Sims simulated »
EA have teamed with ace machinima team Rooster Teeth Productions to showcase the virtual filmmaking capabilities of its newSims 2 release. Machinima takes another step to mainstreaming... Episode 0, the trailer introduction to the new machinima sitcom The Strangerhood, is now online. Derived from the Sims 2 computer game engine. By the team behind the hit Halo machinima Red...Posted on October, 04 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
September 18, 2004
Machinima meets MTV »
Video Mods is a new show on MTV 2 melding machinima and music video to hit that all-important computer-game playing demographic. Actually good to see the U.S. cabler continuing to take on new animation trends. Reversioning contemporary promos may not be as interesting as reimagining early effects-deprived music videos but it's a start. Video Mods clips include: Lil Jon...Posted on September, 18 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
August 13, 2004
Machinima archived for posterity »
Soldats Sans Merci Vietnam Looks like machinima is taking another step towards mainstreaming, with it finally getting a resource as part of the Internet Archive Game Video Collection. It already includes the download favourite Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles based on the Halo graphics engine, and recent highlight Soldats Sans Merci: Vietnam using Battlefield 1942 as the...Posted on August, 13 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
August 06, 2004
CG animated feature at Venice: Advent Children »
Official site (inc. Flash trailers) | Fan site: Advent Children.net This year's Venice Film Festival will show a 30 minute preview of the new Final Fantasy film from Square Enix as part of the Venizia Digitale strand: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children's renderings of Cloud (the computer game series' ongoing star) and compatriots are astounding, another leap from the...Posted on August, 06 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
May 10, 2004
Machinimag publication »
Machinimag is as the name suggests an online publication specialising in all things machinima. The site includes articles, forum and a downloadable PDF. Attractive supplement to the machinima online communities and magazines such as 3DFilmMaker.com and Machinima.com...Posted on May, 10 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
March 09, 2004
Anna machinima short »
While creating the first machinima-based music video for Zero 7 (directed by Tommy Pallotta) Fountainhead Entertainment continue to push the boundaries of the form in unexpected directions with their recent short Anna, where not a robot or fragfest is in sight. Anna | Zero7 / In the waiting line Anna showcases a stunning use of light and shade. With expert...Posted on March, 09 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
February 18, 2004
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege computer game intro »
Outstanding computer game intro movie for Capcom's forthcoming Onimusha 3: Demon Siege. "Onimusha 3 Demon Siege furtherboosts its CG movie production quality to motion picture standards by enlisting the talents of acclaimed movie director Takashi Yamazaki, and Donnie Yen whose recent work can be seen in such movies as Blade 2, Shanghai Nights, the Oscar nominated film ‘Hero’ and is...Posted on February, 18 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
