The Machinima Expo 6 will take place on November 17th, 2013 


The 2012 Machinima Expo took place on November 16-18 on this site. 

The list of the films screened at this year's Expo can be found on this page.

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Podcast #4

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Show Note

Here is the outline of the show along with links and some highlights of our conversation with Pooky Amsterdam, who was our special guest. My thanks to Kate, as always, for being a sterling partner.

Two big announcements regarding the 2012 Machinima Expo is that the dates have been set for November 16, 17 and 18th (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) this Fall. That's the weekend before Thanksgiving in the US. No times have been set, but they should be similar to last year. One change in programming from the past is that we will now hold the Awards Ceremony on Sunday, Nove 18th, instead of the habitual Saturday.

Also, Pooky Amsterdam will now be in charge of the entire programming schedule for this year's Expo. Helped out by her frequent collaborator, Russell Boyd, who will head up the tech. My thanks to both of them.

It should be a very provocative and interesting Expo this year. Now, here are the show notes and links.

ExpoCast #4 Outline with Links

-Intro music (arranged by Kate Fosk)

Sample tracks from Musicflow
http://musicflow.musemantik.com/

  • Experiment for free, then download using prepaid credits
    • personal use 0.79 per track
    • commercial 7.99 per track
  • More music styles coming soon,  incl. Public beta coming in May, or register now for free alpha accountRecruiting composers / producers for revenue sharing.
    • big band
    • electronic
    • Scottish
    • fluid landscape (by Japanese composer)
    • jazz
  • Generate exact  lengths of music track with no odd fading, including silences within track.
  • Control ‘intensity’ of music by drawing a graph, add silences where needed.






Animation festival
(Thanks to Cyberhermit)

Giraf 8
http://giraffest.ca/
http://giraffest.ca/about-giraf/call-for-submissions/

  • Based in Calgary Canada
  • submissions, now until August 1, 2012
  • no submission fee
  • Focus on
    • independent animations
    • pushing boundaries




-These are the films that were chosen for New Media Film Festival. Congrats to the directors!

  • Dear Fairy
  • Goalkeeper and the Void
  • Fluid in Blue
  • Journey Into the Metaverse
  • Mastermind
  • Haunter of the Dark
  • Order in Chaos


Some quick Machinima news:


3DXchange 5 for iClone is out
http://www.reallusion.com/event/12-3DXchange5/special.html

-mdotstrange released Heart String Marionette on June 15. His posts on how he is selling downloads online is excellent and practical advice:
http://mysteriousdollfilm.blogspot.com/2012/04/selling-digital-downloads-of-your-film.html

Tube, open-movie nets $25K. First open-movie project outside of Blender Institute.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1331941187/the-tube-open-movie

Big list of screenrecordingsoftware
http://www.pixelprospector.com/the-big-list-of-screenrecording-software-windows-edition/

TED has a new website where you can mash up/ create animated educational videos based on their TED presentations or create your own. It's a great idea and interesting for machinimators!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDgE_eJGTM&;feature=youtu.be
http://ed.ted.com/



Special Guest POOKY AMSTERDAM

-Pook is hosting a special call in show this Tuesday, May 8th at 4pm Pacific at:

http://ontheair.com/show/1000

Pooky, Kate and I talked about the theme for this year's Expo:

GET REAL!

Now, we don't mean it as a put-down (come on, dude, get real!), but more like a wake-up call for the machinima community. We want to inspire people to make better films, to get through whatever is blocking them, to support other filmmakers by commenting constructively and honestly, to figure out exactly what machinima is in the larger scheme of Animation. What makes machinima special? Let's get real about what our art form can do!

We plan on having programming that is based on this theme/idea. Looking at round-tables, Pro level talks about making money with your film, how to criticize a film, and workshops on areas like screenwriting, music composition and working as a team (and more). 

Kate, Pooky, Russell and I are in talks right now to come up with experiences we think will inspire to you to GET REAL! If you have any ideas you want to share, please contact us via the contact link here at our blog. Or send an email directly to me at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Outmusic from 

http://musicflow.musemantik.com/