"Masterminding Your Machinima Story"
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The document provides a comprehensive guide for planning, organizing, and filming machinima projects, including identifying goals, target audiences, and video styles. It emphasizes the importance of asset organization, storyboarding, and effective filming techniques, along with tips for accessibility and globalization. Additionally, it outlines a structured brainstorming and networking process to generate ideas and collaborate effectively.
"Masterminding Your Machinima Story"
- 1. Masterminding Your Machinima Story Opal Lei (SL) / Lea Tesoro (RL) opallei@gmail.com
- 2. Today Quick overview of filming machinima Planning Organizing Filming Guidelines for mastermind brainstorming session Brainstorm! Networking © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 2 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 3. Planning your machinima What is your goal for your machinima? Awareness/Brand marketing Fundraising/Challenge Education/Information Who is your target audience? What marketing assets can you use? Case studies, interviews Sound bites, quotes, script, research info Still images, existing video clips Logos, websites, games, exhibits © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 3 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 4. Planning your machinima What style do you want the video to be? Person(s) talking + text Slideshow + text + voiceover Collection of video clips + text + voiceover Abstract + text + voiceover Roleplay + text + voiceover Ambience: How do you want the viewer to feel when watching? Call to action: What do you want the viewer to do after watching? © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 4 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 5. Organizing your machinima 1. Organize the assets you already have. Stills, clips, music, other sounds 2. How long do you want the video to be? Limitations of the contest or where it would be hosted Short attention span of viewers Production time and costs 3. Create a storyboard. Text/sketches/photos/combination Best if you choose your music first Attention grabber Credit roll, acknowledgments, copyright notice, logo display, website, action © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 5 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 6. Filming your machinima Photo slideshows: nchsoftware.com/slideshow Music: FreeMusicArchive.org Actors and voiceovers: Mamachinima group in SL Filming: Recording tools: Fraps.org Inworld settings: window size, windlight, DOF Window size Camera movements: pan, tilt, zoom, static Editing Sony Vegas: SonyCreativeSoftware.com (not free) Lightworks: lwks.com © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 6 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 7. Keep in mind Globalization – transcripts that can be translated Accessibility – captions Focus on the goal. Movement even with stills. © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 7 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 8. Masterminding Please turn off your microphones, unless you’re in the “hot seat.” By text or by voice: One person in the hot seat will describe their organization’s goal, their goal for their machinima, their ideas. By text only: Everybody else asks questions and types up suggestions. One paragraph, not single sentences. Write in Word or Notepad outside SL then copy and paste. After 10 minutes, next person in the hot seat. © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 8 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 9. Brainstorming reminders Recipient in the hot seat: Do not discard any ideas at this time. It’s okay to ask for clarification if there is time, or contact the person later. Everyone: Do not critique any suggestions at this time. Feel free to offer alternatives. Feel free to build on someone else’s idea. Duplicates are okay. Great minds think alike. © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 9 (opallei@gmail.com)
- 10. Networking Clarify suggestions with each other or offer to meet later. Seek opportunities to collaborate or exchange resources. © Opal Lei / Lea Tesoro / VirtuaSapient 10 (opallei@gmail.com)
Editor's Notes
- #6: NPC contest limit:Flickr video limit:YouTube video limit:Vimeo video limit: