And Now For Something Completely Machinima

This week's film review is a Star Citizen cinematic machinima by Virtuality Media called Dangerous Love, beautifully made and with a well chosen music accompaniment. Its a tale that has a tragic twist for its lead character. The layers of emotion and depth to the storytelling are inspirational. Check out our review and do add your own comments. 1:12 Introducing the film and the creator 6:50 The music choice 7:50 The shots, life and death 14:50 This film is an inspiration 16:29 A story driven music video 17:25 Editing is weak   Credits - Speakers: Ricky Grove, Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood Producer/Editor: Damien Valentine Music: Animo Domini Beats

Who doesn't love a good olde Western? This week we delve into a great short by avidredeadenjoyer, released 21 Sept 2024, called The Loss. It has been made in the only engine a Western machinima can be, RDR2. We all especially liked one particular shot, which really goes to the heart of why machinima has added so much to movie-making. This week, we also talk about a second pick, a Frontier: Elite 2 short by The Mystic Mushroom accompanied by the Blue Danube: The second best space sim ever made... Enjoy! 1:15 The Western vibe 4:00 The tropes, the story and the cinematography 5:15 Mid shots vs close-ups 7:25 The sentiment portrayed 11:22 The beginning, middle and end! 13:06 Music and foley 13:30 Steam trains: down memory lane for Tracy 16:02 An outstanding shot – tell us more @avidredeadenjoyer! 21:40 Mixing with Chopin maybe not the best choice? 24:50 The second best space sim ever made… Credits - Speakers: Ricky Grove, Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood Producer/Editor: Damien Valentine Music: Animo Domini Beats

A packed ep this month, key tools, what's happening roundup and some fascinating projects - links to everything on the Show Notes page of our website. 1:29 BBC Sound Archive 2:30 Auto painter AI for Blender 2:56 Google image/film search AI 5:00 Tribute to David Graham 6:05 Mouse: PI For Hire! 7:05 Azeroth politicised? Surely not! 10:13 Pigeon Bringer of Doom and Destroyer of Humanity, by Solofilms 10:50 The Flower that Never Dies, by NewGates Entertainment 11:21 Terminator and Cyberpunk 2077, by eli_handle_b.wav  12:27 Warhammer, JT Music  13:03 Ian Hubert’s Dynamo Dream Part 2 is finally out  14:13 Star Citizen Con updates SC1.0 18:31 Squadron 42 gameplay reveal update 23:09 Hubnet machinima, Overclock and EE Studios 26:15 Luminaria still open! 27:00 GTA Hamlet documentary, Sam Crane 28:40 Reallusion 3D character contest results – stunning work! 31:30 Movies Tycoon out of early access Credits - Speakers: Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood Producer/Editor: Damien Valentine Music: Animo Domini Beats

This week's ep we dedicate to a 3D animation by a French student collective made in their final year of studies, streamed through @TheRookiesCo [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UChRqvdy0MALQ1WK6u0FYwHw]channel. It is not technically #machinima as its made using traditional #animation tools but nonetheless we absolutely loved it - and its a recommendation by one of our channel's regular followers @3dchick [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCXldGicqubi147rIUJUnxAQ]. The film is a post-apocaylptic robot tale, inspired by Zaha Hadid's architectonic style.  2:00 Ricky's intro 8:25 Benevolence vs malificence? A moral tale for bots!  13:46 How to achieve personality in machines? This is an example reminiscent from the early days of machinima and the work of Peter Rasmussen  16:21 Cultural references in this film were not film-based but engineering based - is this a reflection of contemporary times and the emergent use of 3D animation tools?  18:45 A clever use of missing information to set the scene  Credits -  Speakers: Ricky Grove, Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood (Phil Rice MIA)  Producer/Editor: Damien Valentine  Music: Animo Domini Beats

In this ep, we discuss The Nomad | Cyberpunk 2077, a Lifepath cinematic by Zero-Sum Story, and Ian Hubert's Lazy Tutorials, which are not for the feinthearted yet somehow full of the very best machinima advice, such as "... just drag it to a place where you don't think it looks stupid" and "... imagine doing all this and actually putting in some effort - its something to think about" - yep, it sure is.  Enjoy the discussions. Credits - Speakers: Phil Rice, Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood Producer: Damien Valentine Editor: Phil Rice Music: Animo Domini Beats