Machinima

Learn the tricks, tips and workarounds of making a film in a virtual space

Lip Sync

18 July 2008 | 15:57 - By Mixin Pixel

The code for basic lip sync has been included in the latest Release Candidate viewer, however it is disabled by default. To enable it, you first have to enable the “Advanced” menu by pressing Ctrl-Alt-D (all three keys together, but not to be confused with Ctrl-Alt-Delete).


Then in the Advanced menu select Character, then Enable Lip Sync (Beta). Whenever someone uses voice chat and you see the green waves above the avatar’s head, you should also see the avatars lips move. When an avatar has an attachment covering its head, though, the attachment is not animated. Sorry, furries.

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Meet Wolfie Rankin

10 July 2008 | 12:17 - By Mixin Pixel

The charismatic game show host Wolfie Rankin is the second subject of my film. Wolfie has created a weekly music trivia show that is quickly gaining in popularity in Second Life. Its a whiz bang fast flying music quiz show. "When I started RockIt only 2 or 3 people turned up. Now hundreds of people have seen the show."

Wolfie

Wolfie

On the internet he had found his kind and felt accepted for the first time. Second Life has enabled him to unleash the beast, so to speak. In Second Life he can look and behave like the wolf he always felt he was.

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Composition

02 July 2008 | 22:29 - By Mixin Pixel

Making machinima is such a great tool to practice real life techniques, especially when it comes to refining composition. Since the camera is so easy to move, you can easily find a frame that works best.

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I recently went to a Machinima conference held in Melbourne. I have been patiently waiting for the audio recordings from ACMI for the last two weeks so I can upload onto the blog.

One of the points raised was that Machinima is so much like real life filmmaking that you should do a film course or at least read some books on filmmaking. The techniques of writing, composition, camera movement and editing are the same for both.

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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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