To the commenters above:

I am sorry if you feel that someone else creating a machinma video that happens to be a similar idea to your piece is unacceptable to you. As the axiom goes, "there is nothing new under the sun." Indeed, I have seen face-melding portraiture videos for many years, and were I to research back further, I'm certain I could find even more in mediums that I don't currently know of.

That said, one of the things that the Machinima artists I've been lucky enough to converse with generally do is compare notes and offer assistance and ideas to one another. Indeed, people like Hugh Hancock (Machinima for Dummies), Matt Kelland from Short Fuze, Baron Soosdon, and many more have made it a point of working cooperatively within the machinima community to further the cause of machinima for all. We at Massively would like to help machinimators, no matter the game format. This involves sharing videos we find from here, there, and everywhere. Inevitably, some will be based on similar ideas. (How many different music videos are out there now? :D)

Finally, I would point out that at no point does Moo state this is a completely new idea; she simply says that she enjoyed it and by posting it, she obviously felt that it was worth watching. I have no doubt we would feel the same about your machinima entry when it is completed, should you choose to have us showcase it.

If you have further problems or questions, feel free to direct them to me personally via our "contact us" form. I'll be more than happy to work with you. As I said, our intent is to reach out to the machinima community and offer them a place to showcase their virtual-worlds created works. There is more than enough room for all of them. ;)

It is a work in progress for the NMC Campus Moo. It's been in my picks tab for ages. I've tried to contact you for months and you never reply, so it's been a little difficult to keep you informed of the developments.

You did however know the concept behind it, I explained it to everyone who was involved. I only take issue with you suggesting the film you are promoting here is a fresh idea in Second Life, because it isn't.

I don't know Robbie Dingo personally so I have to assume his film was not influenced by anything he'd heard whispered about my project.

Here's an extract from the notecard I gave to all the participants later on in the project, so I didn't have to keep explaining it over and over again. Work originally began on this back in late 2006.

video portrait instructions
2007-04-12 19:30:28 note card

Hi and thanks for agreeing to be a part of this project. Apologies for this formal looking note but it will make things much easier for both of us.

The concept of the forthcoming installation at the NMC Campus :

Andy Warhol used to film visitors to his studio, The Factory. Simple, static, close-ups. The idea was a moving portrait. I am doing a similar thing in SL. Filming about 50-60 avatars, of which you are one of.

PLEASE do not discuss this with anyone outside of the project. It might be quite some time before this is finished and I don't want anyone stealing the idea! Thank you.

Your instructions :

1) Firstly I need you to wear this top please and remove any necklace or collar if you are wearing one. For more abstract avatars it may not work and we can adapt if necessary.

2) Now please stop or remove any animations or animation overrides you might have activated.

3) Please stand on the green posing stand at the back of the booth.

4) OK now if you ALT+LEFT MOUSE CLICK (presuming you are using a PC) in the centre of the red square prim in front of you, this will ensure you are looking straight ahead which is crucial for this to work.

5) When you are ready I will film in silence for one minute.

THANK YOU!

-Arahan-

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My 'Warhola!' installation is still going ahead for the NMC as planned.