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Enlarge textMixin Pixel will be giving updates of the real life filming of the documentary about Second Life that will be screened on SBS.
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This week, we finally started shooting CyberStars. This is a one hour mixed reality documentary that will profile three different people in their real life and their Second Life as they strive to achieve their virtual dreams.
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Emulating camera movement in a virtual setting is a challenge, but there are tools out there that can help, writes Mixin Pixel.
Today I finally got my SpaceNavigator - a must for anyone wanting to do smooth camera movement (as well as lots of other cool things). There are in-world cameras that can help to create camera tracking and crane shots, but the SpaceNavigator is by far the easiest and most effective tool to use.
Mixin Pixel discusses the ins and outs of copyright in the virtual world.
Second Life is relatively lawless, but when you are bringing the virtual into the real world there are regulations that need to be adhered to. Copyright is tricky and I'm sure will develop more specifically over time. Read the conditions that you agree to when you download Second Life, you might be suprised by what you are agreeing to.
Location scouting in virtual worlds
If you are a builder or know people who can build the sets you need there are dedicated low lag filmmaking islands.
Snapzilla is Second Life's communal photo album and is a great place to scout for locations for people like me who don't have time to wander the great space of Second Life.
Some very talented virtual photographers such as Daniel Luchador introduced me to the trippy light show at Kelham. I show some great footage of light streams up the wall. Click to experience it yourself at Kelham.
Tricks of the Machinima trade
SBS's virtual blogger Mixin Pixel is your guide to making films in virtual worlds. Explore the area with Mixin each week as she makes a film that will be shown in the real world, on SBS TV.
Machinima is basically filmmaking using a real time 3D platform. I use Second Life for the purposes of my documentary filmmaking because what interests me is the choices people make for their virtual lives when they have complete freedom. Even though the graphics are far inferior to many other gaming environments, there are tricks to making it work for you. There are plenty of resources to show you the basics of machinima. The best place to start is the Second Life Machinima wiki. There you will find plenty of tutorials and useful resources.
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About this Blog
Machinima is basically filmmaking using a real-time 3D platform. Mixin Pixel is an avatar, who will blog on the minutiae of detail involved in creating a film in a virtual landscape, like Second Life.
Mixin Pixel Mixin Pixel is Shelley Matulick's pink-headed representative in the big wide world of Second Life. Mixin loves making machinima. And why not it's dead cheap and brain dead easy. This blog will hold your hand so you can make the best looking machimina you possibly can.
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