Showing posts with label machinima. Show all posts
Showing posts with label machinima. Show all posts

Sunday, January 27, 2008

"Borg War: Episode 1"

It's 17 years after the return of Voyager. The Alpha quadrant has been preparing for the return of the Borg by investing massive R&D in offensive and defensive weaponry. The Federation/Klingon alliance has worn thin, with younger warriors seeking a return to the old ways. A Borg Cube stumbles onto a Klingon freighter belonging to the House of Mi'qoch, the clan responsible for the Empire's anti-Borg development programme. The Mi'qoch clan sends its mightiest warship to investigate


Thursday, January 17, 2008

Machinina productions "BloodSpell" and "Freeware"

While surfing aimlessly one day, I stumbled upon a machinima animated film. Machinima of machine cinema, is a collection of associated production techniques whereby computer-generated imagery (CGI) is rendered using real-time, interactive 3-D engines, such as those of games, instead of professional 3D animation software. Engines from first-person shooter and role-playing simulation video games are typically used. Consequently, the rendering can be done in real-time using PCs (either using the computer of the creator or the viewer), rather than with complex 3D engines using huge render farms. Usually, machinima productions are produced using the tools (demo recording, camera angle, level editor, script editor, etc.) and resources (backgrounds, levels, characters, skins, etc.) available in a game.

As machinima begins to break out of the underground community of gamers and becomes more widely recognized by mainstream audiences, tools are being developed to allow for faster and easier creation of machinima productions. BloodSpell and Freeware are two very well-done machinima productions. They are really fun to watch.

BloodSpell is a feature-length "punk fantasy" series about a world where "Blooded" mages spill their blood to use their magic, and are hunted by the black-clad Church of the Angels, it created an entirely original storyline.

Visually stunning and action packed, "Freeware" is a 3-D, CG-animated thrill ride through a futuristic world. This sci-fi short follows three cyborgs on a daring race to rescue Maia, an assistant at a powerful IT company, from the grips of its evil CEO.