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From Film Noir to Fun Noir: the Development of The Blackened Mirror
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2. What is The Blackened Mirror?
• A machinima series with a distinctively film noir feel
• With elements of steampunk
• And classic Lovecraftian horror
• So far!
• Six instalments, shown on the web
• With interactive aspects using:
• Social media
• Games
3. What is machinima?
• A film created solely on a computer, using gaming platforms or virtual
worlds
• Can be as simple as recording what’s on the screen
• Has been used to create award-winning art intallations and films
• Relative simplicity can limit control and range of expression
• Advantages in terms of speed, cost and flexibibility
• Offers a new form of acting – acting in virtual – but not virtual acting!
6. The rationale of making the series
• A new and powerful form of film-making
• Putting film-making in the hands of people in the
same way that electronic publication is
revolutionising publishing
• Testing the boundaries of narrative