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My Second Life: Impressive SL Mystery Machinima
Here’s the blurb from Douglas Gayeton’s impressively edited, Second Life machinima short:
In January 2007, a man named Molotov Alva, dissapeared from his Californian home. Recently, a series of video dispatches by a Traveler of the same name have appeared within a popular online world called Second Life. Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton came across these video dispatches and put them together into a documentary of seven episodes.
And here’s the first episode:
It’s very well edited, telling a great story, and selling both the filmic potential of machinima based in Second Life, and the value of a good story in any medium. For educators using machinima to teach editing skills, and other machinima makers looking for great examples, check this series out. For everyone else: it’s a good story, so why not click the great big play button? [Via Boing Boing]
From YouTube to the Silver Screen
The big news for YouTube watchers is that YouTube’s first megastar – New Zealander Jessica Rose aka Lonelygirl15 — is making the transition from the tube to the silver screen.
As The Age notes:
Web video star Jessica Rose – better recognised by her YouTube alias Lonelygirl15 – will play a role in an upcoming film starring Lindsay Lohan. The film – I Know Who Killed Me – has reportedly been in production since late last year, and filming is scheduled to wrap up this month. A number of photos of Rose and Lohan on the set of the film have cropped up on celebrity gossip websites. It is a reassuring sign for budding filmmakers and actors seeking to use video-sharing sites such as YouTube as a launch pad for Hollywood success.
While not a huge shock, Lee’s move to the cinema will no doubt further fuel the millions of YouTubers hoping that their webcam home movies can be the beginning of a Hollywood career!
For background, see Lonelygirl15: The Story So Far…
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