And Now For Something Completely Machinima

Facing the Wolf , by Iain Douglas and Mark Coverdale, released 2021   1:35 Interview with Matteo Bittanti, Milan Machinima Film Festival   5:00 Ricky poses an interesting question: is machinima an animation style or a form of art that ideas can dominate, as opposed to feelings?   27:56 Discussion: for idea films, do you have to have more information than the film provides to appreciate the work? ...

0:10 Ricky introduces our new episode format – feedback welcome on the plans!   0:59 The Cloud Racer by Impossible Objects (UE5), released 15 August 2022    21:16 The Lord Inquisitor – Prologue , by Warpgazer Animations (released 28 August 2016)    39:15 Person2184 (UT2004 machinima), by Friedrich Kirschner released 4 April 2008    59:09 Prazinburk Ridge by Yes, Commissioner? aka Martin Bell, Unre...

Show Notes and Links 0:27 Nvidia Omniverse Machinima Contest #madeinmachinima results, entries showreel , announcement of winners at SIGGRAPH and links to winners (via 80.lv) Simon Lavit and runners up Nicklas Lotz and Ted Saguindel   2:54 Tracy’s interview with John MacInnes on his latest Unreal Challenge contest: Mood Scene – the contest begins 1 Sept   5:44 Unreal Engine’s Better Light Than Nev...

0:45 Unreal 1 Released – 22 May 1998   2:22 Unframed Productions formed, with James Hammer-Morton and Hugh MacDonald, and created Resident Evil themed content   3:13 Unreal Tournament 1 – 23 May 1999 and Reactor4’s Real Time Movie Studio mod   4:16 Unreal Tournament 2003/2004 which included the first edition of Matinee and further information round 12:00   5:04 Star Fury produces Sucker in 2003  ...

Time Stamps 0:57 The Folklore of Phasmophobia | Modern Mythology , by The Digital Dream Club (released 9 January 2021)   9:51 NVIDIA Omniverse Machinima Path Tracing Test , by JSFilmz (21 June 2022)    17:33 Tiny Elden Ring | Tilt Shift , by Flurdeh (11 April 2022)    27:27 What a typical project Zomboid Run looks like , by Pathoze (26 Jan 2022)   31:45 Discussion: using live action with machinima...

John MacInnes talks to Tracy about his new real-time movie contest just launched - a competition with a very interesting difference, using Unreal Engine 5.   Its all about mis-en-scene... "the skill, the challenge, is to actually reproduce a tone or a feeling and affect the audience... there's something really challenging and valuable in that exercise in itself..." Show notes and links at https://...

In this episode, Ricky, Tracy and Damien discuss some of the more interesting machinima and real-time things they’ve trawled the internet for during the last month.  Tracy gives her take on the GTA Online performance of Hamlet by Sam Crane, some interesting uses of Unreal Engine, tech tools and a fun way to simulate gravity. Damien brings Godot to the table and highlights some worrisome news about...

June Episode of Completely Machinima podcast  https://completelymachinima.com/2022/06/08/completely-machinima-s2-ep-39-films-june-2022/ ) – go to time stamp 18:57 for discussion of How to Fly   5:40 Backgrounds (released 19 February 2013), collaboration with John Blandy, father   7:08 Franz Fanon series, Finding Fanon 2 (Grand Theft Auto, released 11 September 2015), collaboration with Larry Achia...

Show Notes and Time Stamps   1:21 If Top Gun Was a British Film Part 2 , by Square (released 31 March 2022)   6:49 DCS World Movie | Top Gun: Maverick Intro by Phenom (released 16 June 2022)    13:05 Discussion: Why recreate scenes from big budget films, such as Top Gun Maverick?   20:00 Hired Steel: A Mech Machinima – Episode Two , by TMC (released 25 February 2022) and the review of Episode One...

Despite being encouraged to create an episode of just 15 minutes duration by one of our followers, the team have this month extended their coverage – hear Tracy, Damien and Phil discuss vtubing, Ricky’s Duke Henry the Red character in the game Evil Dead, the FTC’s proposed updates to social media guidelines, Unreal’s review of the Matrix Awakens Experience, John Gaeta’s latest exploits, metaquette...

0:47 May 1999, Steve Jobs (Apple) and Macintosh presentation reveal for Halo    1:57 2000, Halo promo for NVIDIA Geforce2 GTS    3:16 15 November 2001 Halo for Xbox released   3:40 First machinima for Halo, released 6 June 2002, Warthog Jump by Randall Glass     5:04 Red vs Blue premieres, 1 April 2003, by Rooster Teeth Productions   7:04 Halo released for PC on 30 September 2003   7:31 Fire Team...

Tracy talks to John MacInnes, winner of the OSCARS' Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting in 2011, screenwriter for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (released 2014), winner of 2 Epic Unreal Megagrants for his virtual David Bowie project, founder of awarding-winning studio MacInnes Studios, and director of the 2021 Real Time Shorts Challenge. 2:53 Official trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ht...

This month, Damien leads the discussion on another fabulous film selection by the Completely Machinima podcast team... Phil's Stalker fan film by Sodaz is dark and disturbing; Tracy's music vid picks are light and airy; Ricky's is far from bland and Damien's is a moving affair too! The team also discuss approaches to promoting a film once it’s been made, thanks to a question raised by show followe...

Show notes and links 0:35 Feedback from our listeners, thanks Ben Tuttle, 3DChick, Mike Clements, CD and Pooky Amsterdam   6:40 Getting started with Nvidia Omniverse Machinima , ostensibly for the Make Something with Nvidia Machinima contest but also really useful to just learn about the toolset   9:17 Using machinima techniques for the new Batman film   11:29 Damien compares the fan-made Star Tre...

0:48 VIDEO GAME Maps Size Comparison | 2021 by MrRanker (Blender, Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro) released 19 Sept 2020   19:05 Blu x @Teflon Sega meta-saga!! Ep4 by Xanadu (Unreal 4.27) released 9 Mar 2022   32:26 Star Trek Pike – Fan Made Opening | Made in Star Trek Online by ZEFilms Productions released 1 July 2019 and the possibilities for using machinima as a pre-market concept testin...

News for May 2022. Time stamps, show notes and links - 2.35 Nvidia Omniverse Machinima contest, assets and prizes   4.18 Nvidia’s GTC conference recordings – worth the watch!   6.23 How are RTX cards coping with heat in laptops?   6.34 Nvidia Omniverse Create and Machinima apps   10.17 Reallusion’s ActorCore library now available for Nvidia Omniverse   12.51 Concert Creator AI creator for music an...

In this episode of our Machinima history series, Ben reviews notable films from the archives created with Quake III, a version of id Software's Quake series that did not favour machinima. Time stamps 1.11 Quad God by Tritin Films (Quake III), parts 1-4 ·      Part 1   ·      Part 2   ·      Part 3   ·      Part 4   5.52 In the Waiting Line by Zero 7 in collaboration with Fountainhead Entertainment...

Show Notes and Links: Completely Machinima S2 Ep 35 Films & Discussion (April 2022) Alien: The Message , a fan film by direx1974 Reallusion’s iClone 7 Alien Isolation game Casting Call Club The Tavern , upcoming series by Rene Jacob Completely Machinima blog here - https://completelymachinima.com/?p=1230 Speakers: Rene Jacob (aka direx1974) Ricky Grove Credits: Producer/Editor: Ricky Grove Mus...

Show notes 2.23 The Sniper by Warlord (iClone 4), released 29 August 2009   14:47 Alien: The Message by direx1974/Rene Jacob (iClone 7), released 27 January 2022   17:25 Ricky begins the discussion on ‘what is a fan film?’   25:42 Continued discussion of ‘fan films’ and ‘fan culture’   34:20 Heroes of Bronze ‘Journeys’ by Martin Klekner (iClone 7), teaser released 4 March 2021   Interview with Mar...

Time Stamps: 1.06 Reallusion’s iClone 8 overview (and some very old memories of iClone 2!) 8.24 Star Trek Picard assets from video games 10.39 Nvidia Omniverse tutorials by JSFilmz 13.40 Unreal 5 Preview and tutorials 14.48 Half Life Field Intensity released by Russian-Ukrainian modders , Hazard Team 15.49 Nvidia GeForce RTX3080 available on subscription 16.35 Graphics market update (see Phil and...

Completely Machinima blog post, show notes and links here - https://completelymachinima.com/2022/03/17/cm-history-with-ben-grussi-quake-ii/ Time Stamps 0:36 Hardly Workin’ by The ILL Clan, released 22 August 2000   1:57 Eschaton: Nightfall by Strange Company, released 1 Sept 1999   4:27 Late Nite With Toxy and Essobie, Ep 1, released 24 August 1998   6:50 Rebel Versus Thug by Ken “3D Filmmaker” Th...

This month, Ricky, Phil, Tracy and Damien discuss machinima and real-time productions made in Second Life including documentaries illustrating life on the ‘grid’, events and experiences such as an art collector’s paradise, a potted history of the environment, a sci-fi convention, extraordinary examples of films that show the unique qualities of the Second Life creative community, a tutorial and a...

Speakers: Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood, Ricky Grove Time stamps: 1:56 Nvidia Omniverse, Omniverse Code and Meet the Creators (Omnivores) ·        Jae Solina Filmz – Nvidia blog post   4:11 KGB in Minecraft – yes really!   3:00 Backlot – not a lot   6:44 Best games for M1 Mac by Tyler Stalman   9:10 Music and sound studio set up for machinima: Everything I use as a full-time content creator by M...

Ben reviews classic Quake 1 films from the machinima archives –   0.48 Diary of a Camper by The Rangers, released 26 October 1996   2.00 Torn Apart series by The Rangers, first released 6 November 1996   2.28 Apartment Huntin’ by The ILL Clan, released 17 May 1998   3.23 Escheton: Darkness Twilight by Strange Company, released 20 January 1998 (by Walking Wounded)   4.30 Blahbalicious by Avatar &am...

Completely Machinima blog post to show notes and links - https://completelymachinima.com/2022/02/17/completely-machinima-interview-with-john-gaeta/ Time Stamps - 3.32 Backstory to Matrix Awakens Experience   10.01 Game vs Experience   12.00 World building The Matrix   18.11 Why PS5 and Xbox X/S?   21.36 Bullet time – again!   26.04 Awakens as a time capsule – remaking the virtual Neo   29.03 Multi...