The 4th annual Machinima Expo will be taking place over the coming weekend, 18th-20th November, in both Second Life and on the web.
Showcasing the winners of this year’s Machinima Expo competition, the event will be presenting a packed schedule of films over the weekend, which you can watch either in-world with friends, or view via the Machinima Expo website. Entries for the competition were not restricted to Second Life, but were open to “footage captured from a real-time 3D engine and includes video games and software designed to create machinima” (including worlds such as World of Warcraft and games such as The Sims), so should make for interesting viewing (although which environments, etc., the inidividual films were made in is not always clear when reading the programme schedule).
Films will be shown at a number of venues in-world, and will be accompanied by specific in-world only activities as well. The venues are:
- UCSVille – The Expo Hub – billed as “the trade show floor” of the Expo featuring galleries, vendor booths and teleporters to the other Expo locations, and with help staff on hand, making it a good place to start your Expo explorations
- UWA Theater – billed as “the best place to begin if you’re wanting to watch the live programming or screen the selected films in world”, sitting as it does on the corner of 4 regions
Additionally, there are two special venues for the event:
- BoSamba Ocean Paradise: which plays host to the end of day party – see the event programme for details
- Master Class in Second Life Machinima: hands-on course in techniques of creating machinima within the virtual world of Second Life to be held on Friday November 18th at 14:00 SLT.
Check the Machinima Expo website for the programme schedule and a list of films being screened.
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