Machinima

Phylis Johnson is Professor & Director of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at San Jose State University. Donald Pettit is a freelance photographer and videographer, and the CEO of Lowe Runo Productions, a media company that features machinima and video production.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword (Persia Bravin)      Introduction: Documenting Virtual Life in Machinima (Phylis Johnson)      PART ONE: VIRTUAL FILMMAKING1. Machinima as Moviemaking      With comments by Chantal Harvey: Women Making Machinima      2. The Right Stuff: Geared Up to Make Machinima      With comments by Pooky Amsterdam: Machinima Unleashed      3. Sounding Out the Story Line      With comments by Phylis Johnson: The Soundscape of the American Western      4. Tell Me a Story      With comments by Larkworthy Antfarm: The Fine Art of Machinima      5. Characters Come to Life      With comments by 1angelcares Writer: The Voices of Machinima      6. Setting, Lighting and Composition      With comments by Toxic Menges: It’s All About Pre-Production      7. Post- Production: Bing Bang Boom      With comments by Jonathan Pluskota: Aesthetics for Sound Design      8. Celebrating Machinima: It’s Show Time!      With comments by Jay Jay Jegathesan: Partnerships and Collaboration      9. The White Pigeon: A Machinima Example      10. The Fine Print (by Todd Herreman)      11. Expression Through Machinima: The Virtual Classroom (by Bryan Carter)      Conclusion to Part One: There Is No Road      Curtain Call (by Phaylen Fairchild)      PART TWO: INTERVIEWS AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONSThe Machinima Interviews      Al Peretz      Decorgal      Iono Allen      Kate Fosk      Michael Gray      Rysan Fall      Wiz Nordberg      Roundtable One: Terminology, Technology and Practice      Roundtable Two: Collaboration, Commercialization and Content      About the Contributors      Index

“in-depth look at many aspects of the world of machinima. Recommended”—Choice; “one of the best and most interesting books on machinima currently available”—Renderosity; “gathers essays and interviews highlighting technical aspects of machinima”—Reference & Research Book News.