Fox Atomic Holds SL Machinima, Photo Contests
Interactive online community site Fox Atomic is launching a machinima and photography contest in the virtual world of Second Life, with an eight-day trip to Costa Rica for two as the grand prize. Yes, that’s the real Costa Rica, not the virtual version. The news comes from a blog entry from Millions of Us, which built out Fox Atomic’s in-world presence on »Fox Atomic island« (billed as “the first movie studio in Second Life”). Your machinima entry can be filmed anywhere in Second Life, a long as it uses at least one of the free Fox Atomic avatars that are being given out on the island. You can also get machinima assistance there, and on the Web site. There’s not a lot of real information available yet. The rules, for instance, have yet to be posted to the contest Web site, and there’s no deadline given in the blog post, for instance, nor does it say what the clips might be used for by Fox. But if you’re interested in heading down to Costa Rica, start shooting. There are a few great machinimists in Second Life, but beyond that top tier the competition drops off pretty swiftly, so if you can cut together even a brief piece of entertainment, you just might stand a chance.
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[…] The 3PointD blog is reporting that the Fox Atomic studio is holding some sort of contest within Second Life. While details such as rules and entry deadline aren’t clear, the contest is looking for machima entries that can be filmed anywhere in-world but must use one of three avatars Fox Atomic is making available on their island. Go over and check out the contest’s official website for updates as they happen. […]
I hope this inspires SL machinimists to get a lot better, on the whole.
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2007/01/ive_been_wonder.html
My critique of SL machinima
Excellent critique by Allecto Brissot
http://allectobrissot.blogspot.com/2006/10/sl-machinima-or-half-animated.html
Hey, i had for a while now a non-for-profit machinima gallery, in Ochreous. More than a dozen machinima “artists”, from the very best to the mediocre (I include myself in the latter) each have their own unique cinema there. Let me know if you have any suggestions whom else to add to the gallery. A place to enjoy with your friends the best and the worst of SL’s machinima. Much better than on youtube anyway, I think ;-)