What is Machinima?

"Machinima is the use of real-time graphics-rendering (usually, game) engines, mostly three-dimensional (3-D), to generate computer animation. The term also refers to works that incorporate this animation technique. Some machinima-based artists, sometimes called machinimists or machinimators, are fan laborers."

"Machinima is a format that exists somewhere between film and video and the industries of animation, film and television. Its uniqueness is established in its accessibility to novice and professional filmmakers in an industry overwrought with high production costs. Virtual filmmaking is an evolving process that is blurring the lines between formats and industries. "

- Wikipedia





An actual paying gig, this video is for a graduate student out of
Switzerland studying virtual economies.
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Won first prize, Best Commercial at the SCC MP/TV Film Festival 2007.