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Cinemassively: How not to make a machinima

by Moo Money Feb 28th 2008 at 12:30PM

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Video, Cinemassively, Machinima, Humor

It's that time again where I discuss how not to make a machinima. Two months ago, I awarded Crap Mariner the 2007 ZOMG! That Sux! Award for his video effort. This month, we'll be checking out a training video of sorts that was designed to prepare the machinimator for his first real World of Warcraft film.

Before there was the award-winning The Grind series, there was Oblivious Hardcore. When Macheath wanted to learn how to use Adobe Premiere Pro, he packed every possible transition and effect in, resulting in a cluttered, but funny video. If you check out Oblivious Films, you'll see that this exercise definitely pointed them in the right direction, but this video lives on as a testimony for overindulgence.

[Thanks, Drewbie, for letting me use this as an example!]

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Tags: 2007-zomg-that-sux-award, adobe-premiere-pro, blizzard, cinemassively, crap-mariner, drewbie, how-not-to-make-machinima, macheath, machinima, oblivious-films, oblivious-hardcore, the-grind, world-of-warcraft, wow

Cinemassively: 2007 ZOMG! That Sux! Award

by Moo Money Dec 29th 2007 at 12:30PM

Filed under: Video, Second Life, Cinemassively, Machinima

Crap Mariner, of Second Life podcast fame, warned me that he'd made an awful video, but it was his blog entry that got my attention. He mentioned that his Machinima should win the 2007 Moo Money ZOMG! THAT SUX! Award. While that award doesn't exist, I think that the coiner of it definitely deserves it. I thought it would be a good time to point out my posting criteria and what he did wrong.

When I look for movies to post on Cinemassively, I judge them based on several things. If they don't meet the criteria within, say, 30 seconds, I move on to the next video. If the User Interface (UI) is on, I will almost immediately pass it up. Other dealbreakers are jerky movement, overly long videos, Ruthed avatars, and what looks to be no editing done whatsoever, other than compression. There are others, but these are the most common ones.

Congratulations, Crap! Next time, I expect a huge improvement.

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Tags: 2007-moo-money-zomg-that-sux-award, cinemassively, crap-mariner, juel-resistance, linden-lab, machinima, second-life, sl

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