18th feb. 2009 Screening:
Art and Play - Machinima as a new art form
at Goethe Institute - starting 18:30What is Machinima? (machine + animation + cinema)
Machinima is a real world film making technique applied with in the interactive virtual world of 3D games. Basically, games are modified and altered so that scenery and characters ('characters' are not human they are objects or avatars) can be controlled either by human intervention or scripts - allowing the artists to 'shoot' movies with the virtual environment. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
19th feb. 2009 - Screening:
Machinima Filmfest 2009 Selection
at Goethe Institute - starting 18:30The 6th installment of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences' official Machinima Filmfest held bi-annually in New York City, sorted through over 200 submissions from more than 20 countries to award the best Machinima films produced in the recent years. This selections shows some of the Winners and Nominees of the 2008 "Mackie" Awards. For a full list of links of all nominated and award-winning films, please go to the official festival website. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20th feb. - 22nd feb. 2009 - Workshop:
Guerrilla Animation Workshop
at WSOA Digital Arts Division - New Lab - from 11:00 - 16:00 dailyBlending Video Games and Milk into Narrative
Participants learn how to look at computer games as sandboxes for creative play and storytelling. After some initial experiments with Machinima, the workshop will show new ways of using simple tools like a webcam and a bowl of milk to create your own characters and environments, and how soy sauce can be used to move a digital puppet. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------