Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / Machinima - what is it, and how do I get it?

Author
Message
David R
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Sep 2003
Location: 3.14
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 03:25 Edited at: 18th Jun 2005 03:26
Link
I've been very interested in 'Machinima' lately, looking at their website etc.

But what I don't know is;

@-> What is it actually designed to do? I know it makes movies, but it all seems to be based around games - is it just designed for making game movies?

@-> How on earth do I get it? Is it freeware? Shareware? Commercial?

Thanks for any replies

[url=www.lightningstudios.co.uk][/url]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Eric T
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 7th Apr 2003
Location: My location is where I am at this time.
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 03:35
Link
Ya know, if you were to go to google and type "Machinima" the first 2 results would tell you everything.

Machinima is not a program, but yet a style of film making wihich involves modding games and creating 3d scenes instead of using actors. MTV plays Machinima music videos sometimes.

But still... google is your friend.

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!!
http://blog.myspace.com/erict An Alternative to Mouse's blog. Now with more lowbrow opinions.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
David R
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Sep 2003
Location: 3.14
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 03:36
Link
I did search, but the official site tells you nothing of what it actual *is*

Thanks for the info though

[url=www.lightningstudios.co.uk][/url]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Jimmy
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Aug 2003
Location: Back in the USA
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 03:37
Link
Haheh ha....

I'm in a good mood, so I'll just tell you.

Machinima is just a word for videos made using in-game footage, then, in some cases, using voice overs to create something... DIABOLICAL.

Example: http://www.redvsblue.com/


My blog Coding Competition
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Eric T
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 7th Apr 2003
Location: My location is where I am at this time.
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 03:43
Link
http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=186

Second google result. You searched you said?

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!!
http://blog.myspace.com/erict An Alternative to Mouse's blog. Now with more lowbrow opinions.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
David R
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Sep 2003
Location: 3.14
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 04:01
Link
Ok, I searched for 'Machinima+information'

Oh well.

[url=www.lightningstudios.co.uk][/url]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
David T
Retired Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: England
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 04:12
Link
Quote: "how do I get it?"


Through unprotected coding.

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
David R
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Sep 2003
Location: 3.14
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 04:22
Link
Lol @ DavidT

Yeah... I thought it was some program. Turns out there are SDK production kits you can download from their site though (can't at the moment though, there server is 'very busy')

[url=www.lightningstudios.co.uk][/url]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
DBAlex
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Oct 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 04:30
Link
CRASH IT "TO THE MAXX"

I heard of Machinima before... never new what it was though


AMD 64 3000 + 512mb RAM + 80GB HD + Radeon 9600se 128mb
http://www.dbastudios.cjb.net
Back to top
Profile PM
Raven
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Mar 2005
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 07:42
Link
you don't need an SDK
all you need is a game engine

:grabs half-life:

this is one valve made earlier
now all you do is quite simply script events.. this is incredibly easy thanks to the QuakeC Scripting (even more so with Cut-Scene BSPs now), and you effectively create cut-scenes like you would if you were making a level.

i mean that's effectively all machinima is.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Ian T
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Sep 2002
Location: Around
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 08:16
Link
Quote: "i mean that's effectively all machinima is."


Red vs Blue, the most popular machinima by far, only uses levels and objects from Halo itself...

If I looking for blog
Back to top
Profile PM
David R
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Sep 2003
Location: 3.14
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 22:16
Link
Quote: " you don't need an SDK "

Yeah, I know. But the SDK contains lots of useful tools and patches for popular games.

[url=www.lightningstudios.co.uk][/url]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Raven
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Mar 2005
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Posted: 18th Jun 2005 23:45
Link
Quote: "Yeah, I know. But the SDK contains lots of useful tools and patches for popular games."


Easiest things you can do are with stuff like Half-Life / Half-Life 2.

HL - Milkshape 3D, Worldcraft, Copy of HL
HL2 - Softimage|XSI Exp, Hammer, Copy of HL2

In-fact HL2 has so much in the way of tools to create machinima as standard and free it's a little silly.

Same goes for Unreal 2.x

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Dot Merix
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 15th Oct 2003
Location: Canada
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 04:59 Edited at: 19th Jun 2005 05:00
Link
I made a 10 minute halo movie with voice overs etc... Required a video capture card, microphone, couple of xbox's, couple copies of halo 2, video editing software, controllers and about 55 hours of editing/voice over time...

Total length of movie: 9 minutes and 58 seconds.
Total Hard drive space for movie: 2.8GB's.



WindowsXP Home(Service pack 2), Athlon XP 2400+(2.1Ghz), 1GIG Ram, Ati Radeon 9800Pro 128MB.
Back to top
Profile PM
Dory The Cable Guy
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Apr 2005
Location:
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 05:32 Edited at: 19th Jun 2005 08:34
Link
ya, videos tuff, even when its not real peopl. belive me, i know. what editing software did you use?

PS> i LOVE his dancing avatar dude!!!!

Heven doesn't want me and Hell's afraid i'll take over
Back to top
Profile PM Email
BatVink
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Apr 2003
Location: Gods own County, UK
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 06:10
Link
Machinima doesn't have to be created using a game engine, but that's certainly the easy way.

Machinima is using computer genrated actors, and is NOT pre-generated. So if you script a game engine, it's not true Machinima. If you have 2 guys with joysticks and a lot of time on their hands...that's machinima.

BatVink
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Dot Merix
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 15th Oct 2003
Location: Canada
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 08:50
Link
I used Adobe Premiere.



WindowsXP Home(Service pack 2), Athlon XP 2400+(2.1Ghz), 1GIG Ram, Ati Radeon 9800Pro 128MB.
Back to top
Profile PM
BearCDPOLD
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Oct 2003
Location: AZ,USA
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 09:54
Link
We tried taking the long way around. We weren't going for a real machinima, just one of those junky videos you see a halo.bungie.org

1. My friend records himself screwing around on Halo 2 to VHS.

2. Brings tape over to my place, we record what VCR plays into DV Recorder.

3. Use USB hook up to get a .mov of the movie from DV Recorder.

4. Convert to .wmv and open in Windows Movie Maker for editing.


At least that's what we would've done. Researched what we needed to buy (mostly the cables and a purchased license for quicktime I think), but didn't get through the whole process.

Crazy Donut Productions
Current Project: A Redneck game
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Dot Merix
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 15th Oct 2003
Location: Canada
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 11:13
Link
Pretty much what we did... We went to the store and bought a video capture card(some hauppage one), hooked up one of the xbox's to the capture card on my computer and used that xbox as the "camera". Then we used the other xbox on system link as the "puppets".. Moved them around and captured it with the camera.

I forgot to mention another program... We used Adobe Premiere to edit the video's and have it in order without any crappy stilled scenes.. We used Cool Edit Pro to make the voice overs.. Worked extremely well



WindowsXP Home(Service pack 2), Athlon XP 2400+(2.1Ghz), 1GIG Ram, Ati Radeon 9800Pro 128MB.
Back to top
Profile PM
BearCDPOLD
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Oct 2003
Location: AZ,USA
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 15:34
Link
A friend of mine was in a real good machinima. They made it over XB Live on Halo 2, called it "saving private cyan". Their site's down, but it was popular so I found another location, he was Grunt AZ, the blue sniper.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=442&type=mov&f=1

Crazy Donut Productions
Current Project: A Redneck game
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
BatVink
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Apr 2003
Location: Gods own County, UK
Posted: 19th Jun 2005 19:57
Link
Anybody see the Casper Slide done in Half Life? That was GOOD! Around 8 guys all trying to dance at the same time, jumping, strafing and crouching to the music.

"One hop this time!"

BatVink
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Killswitch
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Oct 2002
Location: School damnit!! Let me go!! PLEASE!!!
Posted: 20th Jun 2005 02:37
Link
@BatVink

Link?

~It's a common mistake to make, the rules of the English langauge do not apply to insanity~
Back to top
Profile PM Email
MaddA ChieF
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Dec 2004
Location: Cen*Cal
Posted: 20th Jun 2005 02:53
Link
@ David R

Do you mean macromedia.

If you want to make animations and games get Macromeadia Flash MX 2004. I Don't know how to make a game but I have made some movies. If you want to buy it costes $500 for the regular version and (i think) $700 for the professional version. Don't worry too much their are trials to see how it is.

If you want a free way easier way to animate in 2d get Pivot Stick figure animator. Its cool and very easy to learn.

Check out lots of animations made with flash and pivot at www.geocities.com/thechurchedition

or join our forums

DA ChieF
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-15 09:04:54
Your offset time is: 2024-11-15 09:04:54