This slide show outlines the process of creating videos using 3D environments and video capture tools.
The seven steps:
1) Watch two documentaries;
2) Learn some history;
3) Gather your tools;
4) Choose a 3D platform;
5) Find Actors and Shoot;
6) Edit the Video and add Sound;
7) Distribute it on the ‘Net.
2. Jeremy Kemp, A.M., M.S.J.
Assistant Director, Second Life Campus
SJSU School of Library & Information Science
jkemp@slis.sjsu.edu
3. Machinima is…
Machine + Cinema
“animated filmmaking within
a real-time virtual
3-D environment”
4. Seven ‘Simple’ Steps
1. Watch two documentaries
2. Learn some history
3. Gather your tools
4. Choose a 3D platform
5. Find Actors and Shoot
6. Edit the Video and add Sound
7. Distribute it on the ‘Net
27. “Alt-Zoom” camera in SL
“Free Machinima Starter Kit”
Buy at
slurl.com/secondlife/Lukanida/33/6
quot;waypointquot; objects mark shots
Avatar cameraman sits dolly to film
53. Leverage the Social Web
Views, votes and ratings
Groups and Subscriptions
Comments and video responses
54. This is Hard Work
Keep it short and punchy.
Budget 3 hours for a minute of finished film.
Use sound for emotion, video for description.
You won’t get rich, but it won’t cost much.
Have a blast!
55. Jeremy Kemp, A.M., M.S.J.
Assistant Director, Second Life Campus
SJSU School of Library & Information Science
jkemp@slis.sjsu.edu