What is Machinima you may ask? Well Machinima is a term used in reference to making animated movies using a game engine such as Unreal Tournament 3, Half Life 2 and a host of many other video games. In January 2000, two well respected filmmakers Hugh Hancock and Anthony Bailey were looking for a name that would best describe this new art form. They thought of two words Machine and Cinema. Hugh Hancock misspelled the word Machinema as Machinima and so the name stuck.. Gamers (video game enthusiasts) would be familiar with this new art form and yet there are a lot of people who haven't even heard of this style of filmmaking, let alone be aware of its potential.
Here is a Machinima film made in the Half Life video game. The film is called “What is Machinima?” It explains visually what Machinima is and how it is made.
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