I touched base with my friends Paul and Kerria about their new venture called "Dimension 11." As we previously reported, Ill Clan Studios (where I briefly worked), last month morphed into two entities: Pixel Valley Studios and Dimension 11. Here's what Kerria and Paul say about their new biz: After creating award-winning animation for film,…
Tag: machinima
Ill Clan “morphs” into Two New Virtual World & Animation Shops
My friends at the award-winning machinima crew Ill Clan Studios tell me that they have "morphed" the company into two different concerns: Pixel Valley Studio will focus on real-time machinima animation and traditional 3D digital animation Kerria Seabrooke and Paul Jannicola will specialize in virtual world builds, experiential design and artistic machinima Not much more…
Awesome machinima about community in Second Life by Ill Clan Studios
Here's the latest in a series of machinima videos produced by Ill Clan Studios about the virtual world of Second Life. This one focuses on the community-aspects of Second Life, arguably it's strongest attribute versus other platforms out there. Great work as always, Ill Clan! I just wish my SL experience was as lag free…
Premiere of “Push” trippy, visionary machinima film by Lainy Voom on October 25
Push (Mini Project 4) from Lainy Voom on Vimeo. This machinima film "Push" is so good, it's kind of hard for me to believe it was created in Second Life. Every time I watch it I notice something different and evocative. On Sunday, October 25 at 10am PST you can meet "Push"'s creator Lainy Voom…
Ill Clan creates 3 new machinima videos for new Second Life site
My pals at Ill Clan Studios announced that they have created three new machinima videos for the new SecondLife.com website. The first video is viewable here. The other two will focus on Land and Shopping and will be forthcoming with the rollout of the new site. Great work, guys! Can't wait to see the others….
Games in Education Conference: Warcraft in the Classroom, Hungarian Revolution and Elmo!
Thanks so much to the organizers of the Games in Education Conference for inviting me to their symposium this week. It was a really fun and thought-provoking experience for me. My presentation on Global Kids' Playing 4 Keeps program went quite well, I think, with many educators at the conference complimenting me and asking for…
Change.org features Global Kids’ machinima on child sex trafficking!
The activism site Change.org a few days ago featured a story about Discovered, the machinima movie created by our teen filmmakers in our Virtual Video Project at Global Kids. As a reminder, Discovered is a digital "machinima" film produced in Second Life that explores the powerful issue of child sex trafficking through the fictional story…
Teen-created machinima dramatizes child sex trafficking
Today our 15 teen machinimatographers in Global Kids' Virtual Video Project publicly premiered their film "Discovered" before an audience of their peers, parents, teachers, and supporters at the Sony Wonder Theater in Manhattan. It was great seeing their work on the big screen and then watching them explain to the audience their process from conception…
Reminder: Global Kids Teens Premiering SL Machinima “Discovered” Tomorrow in NYC!
Just a reminder that tomorrow, July 1st, fifteen New York City public high school students will premiere their film Discovered –a digital "machinima" film produced in Second Life that explores the powerful issue of child sex trafficking through the fictional story of one Mexican teenager. Discovered is the final product of a year-long, intensive digital…
Teens show off their digital media chops at first NYC Youth Tech Fest at New School
Congrats to the 100-some teens from all over New York City who participated in the first NYC Youth Digital Media & Technology Festival at the New School. The daylong festival spotlighted the growing movement among teenagers in New York and nationally to design video games, films and other digital tools to advance social causes in…