Train of Thought 1st Reveal: Path/Enrage

"Here is my return to machinima, after my disappearing act (just over two years ago) following the last time I posted here. It has been a long time between machinima drinks. Train of Thought is a follow up series to the Ill Events which was created using Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. This series, created using the ingame technologies from Grand Theft Auto IV, will look at how we construct memory and thought visually. I wanted to show how a train of thought about an important event places greater emphasis on the certain moments (images) that define it. This is only the first reveal, and I look forward to showing where this train of thought takes our 'hero'. More to be revealed."

7 Days of Machinima and an Inspiration

Well as Ive posted in a couple of the machinima forums, starting December 1st I will be having 7 Days of Machinima in which I will be making one 2-3 minute machinima a day for a whole week. I am doing this to challenge and pressure myself into getting my ideas out into the world and also to improve my craft using my engine of choice, GTA San Andreas. I will most likely be uploading a YouTube link for each video first before following with downloads that I will post here and submit to both machinima.com and machinima premiere. Im also looking for any music people could donate just so each machinima piece is standalone and original, so please email me any random bits of music you have created or would like to create for this project.

I will still be working on "Guidance" but mainly through the storyboarding process and testing technical ideas. After the 7 Days of Machinima (I might think of a better title) I will begin working on Guidance full force.

And now onto my second item, the stunt video that I would name a really awesome machinima music video as well. The creator is Barrett Phillips and he can be contacted via the email seen in the videos credits:
Walk Into the Stunt


I really love this video. The visual style is really impressive and the cinematography is top notch as well. The way the video flows to effortless with the music makes it almost relaxing and a very uplifting experience. Please take the time to watch this. *This is not in any way a neoRetro video, I just wish it was*

Enjoy and will see you all very soon!

New Project: Guidance

After a wave of inspiration last night I have worked out what my next project will be, the working title is "Guidance", currently I am testing some technical limitations and seeing how I can get my ideas into this machinima project. Once I know I can make it look the way I want to I will move onto scripting, at this point I will most likely be after 4 voice actors, 3 male and 1 female.

More news soon....

The Ill Events: Revelations

"Well here it is, my little machinima baby. The Ill Events Revelations is a bridging together of the 3 episodes of the Ill Events story. It basically is the complete story in one go. The version of the story has altered dialogue and some little attempts at poetry, some inclusion of voice acting, a completely new edit of the 1st reveal section (to improve the Punish section, and because I no longer had the raw footage of the 1st reveal) and the most exciting part:a 100% original soundtrack created by Cameron Sears. This is an abstract story, and ive taken an experimental approach. The story deals with memories and I tried to make the spaces that characters occupy ones of movement even when the environment is static, as they are always jumping in timelines so I never wanted to linger in a location either. The dreamlike qualities I used to visually present the issues of memory that the central characters encounter. The download I am providing is a lower resolution version so that it will be accessible to more viewers. I will most likely include a HQ version sometime in the future if people request it."
Gerard

The Ill Events: Revelations
Length: 9:26
Size: 54.9mb
Download Links:
The Gamers Alliance (Registration Required)
Filefront
Streaming Links:
YouTube
YouTube Alternate

Unfortunate happenings for Ill Events

A small update. Due to rendering problems and my lack of free time to tackle them I wont be entering this film into the machinima film festival however the machinimasia festival is still up for grabs so that will now be my focus.

The 'Buy Zone' Revealed

I thought I'd experiment with a few things and try my hand at machinima with Counter-Strike Source. I think the result was satisfactory, and I hope everyone enjoys it just as much as I did making it.

Special thanks to colibri and treeunit for acting. Colibri and I voiced the characters.

And it is done....sorta

Well the Ill Events Revelations is now a completed film. I am just running through a rendering issue at the moment but as far as editing and content go, the film is looking at complete as it can be. I am very happy with result and hope that this film will be enjoyed by others and possibly even inspire some to explore their own abstract ideas when it comes to filmmaking, made so much simpler by machinima. Once the render is done I will send a copy of the film to those who were involved in the process of making it. I have yet to decide the mode of its release. I plan to put it up for the possibility of selection for the machinima film festival and therefore I may wait until that piece of business is over with before making the film public.

On another positive note I would like to announce that The Ill Events: Revelations will also be a proud entrant into the first machinimasia film festival. I will be entering the piece into the Open category of the festival. Machinimasia is the Asian branch of the AMAS which started in America. I hope to an active contributor through my work. Through machinimasia, machinimators in Asia will have a local body that will promote this artform locally and also allow for the unique diversity our part of the world to shine through strongly