Machinima : the art and practice of virtual filmmaking / Phylis Johnson and Donald Pettit ; foreword by Persia Bravin.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2012.
- viii, 319 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. One Virtual Filmmaking -- 1.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) -- pt. Two Interviews and Roundtable Discussions -- The 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.
"These interviews, essays, and discussions with leading machinima producers, reviewers, performers, and advocates discuss scripting basics, character development, and set design, as well as tips on crafting machinima through creative use of sound, lighting, and post-production. Aimed at beginning or intermediate machinima storytellers, this is an informative and useful overview of an emerging art form"--Provided by publisher.