The following is a list of notable machinima -related events in 2007.
Machinima is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation.
The following is a list of notable machinima -related events in 2007.
Machinima is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation.
Male Restroom Etiquette is a 2006 American short subject created by Phil R. Rice and produced by his company Zarathustra Studios. The film is a mockumentary about unwritten rules of behavior in male restrooms and is intended to be a parody of educational and social guidance films. Narrated by Rice, Male Restroom Etiquette states restroom customs to be followed and depicts a scenario of social chaos if they are violated. The film was made using the machinima technique of recording video footage from computer games, namely The Sims 2 and SimCity 4. Male Restroom Etiquette won multiple awards and was listed by Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition in 2009 as the most popular Sims video uploaded to YouTube.
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. It is the second-largest gaming company in the Americas and Europe by revenue and market capitalization after Activision Blizzard and ahead of Take-Two Interactive and Ubisoft as of March 2018.
The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategic life simulation video game developed at the Redwood Shores studio of Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to The Sims.
This Spartan Life is a talk show created by Bong + Dern Productions and produced and directed by Chris Burke, who hosts the show under the pseudonym Damian Lacedaemion. Premiering in 2005 and distributed over the Internet, the show is created using the machinima technique of recording the video and audio from a multiplayer Xbox Live session of Bungie' first-person shooter video game Halo 2. The half-hour episodes are released in six smaller parts, called modules. Guests, such as Bungie's audio director Martin O'Donnell are interviewed via Xbox Live within the online multiplayer worlds of Halo 2, and most recently Halo 3.
The fifth season of the action comedy science fiction machinima web series Red vs. Blue premiered September 30, 2006 and concluded on June 28, 2007. The series is created and produced by Rooster Teeth Productions and loosely based in the Halo universe. This is the final season of the Blood Gulch Chronicles era of the series.
Neverending Nights is a machinima comic fantasy video series created by Tawmis Logue and Adam Freese using the computer game Neverwinter Nights. The story follows Grayson and Peter in their quest to become heroes by slaying a dragon. However, they discover that the path to fame and fortune proves to be far more complex than either of them had expected.
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth is a subsidiary of Otter Media, which is itself a subsidiary of WarnerMedia Entertainment, a division of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
The inaugural season of the action comedy science fiction machinima web series Red vs. Blue premiered on April 1, 2003 on Rooster Teeth's official website. The season consists of 19 episodes and concluded on September 28, 2003. The series is loosely based on the Halo universe and is created by Rooster Teeth Productions.
Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns is an American writer, actor, producer, comedian, host, and director living in Austin, Texas. He is a co-founder, former chief executive officer, and current chief creative officer of Rooster Teeth. He is noted for his contributions in machinima, a form of film-making that uses video game technology in its production, and also works with animation and live action. Burns is also known for his work in the hosting and podcasting field.
The fourth season of the action comedy science fiction machinima web series Red vs. Blue premiered on August 29, 2005 and concluded on April 1, 2006. The series is created and produced by Rooster Teeth Productions and loosely based in the Halo universe. The season uses Halo 2 and was directed by Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum. In a first for the series, this season features 20 episodes, as opposed to the standard 19 for the first three seasons. A DVD of the season was released on May 4, 2006 and arrived in GameStop stores on May 9, 2006.
Geoffrey Lazer Ramsey is an American voice actor, film producer and internet personality. He co-founded the production company Rooster Teeth and is known for voicing Dexter Grif in the web series Red vs. Blue. He also co-founded Achievement Hunter, a gaming division of Rooster Teeth.
The French Democracy is a short 2005 French political film made by Alex Chan using computer animation from Lionhead Studios' 2005 business simulation game The Movies. The plot centers on three Moroccan men who turn to rioting after facing different forms of discrimination. Chan, a French native of Chinese descent, created the film to convey his view that racism caused the riots of the 2005 civil unrest in France. Although Chan was restricted by shortcomings and technical limitations in The Movies, he finished the film after four days of production.
The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 2006. These include several new machinima productions, season finales, and the 2006 Machinima Festival.
The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 2005. These include several new machinima productions, season finales, and the 2005 Machinima Film Festival.
The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 2004.
Alexander Winn is an American writer, producer, and director of live-action and machinima films. Winn is best known as one of the two founding members of Edgeworks Entertainment, and as the writer, director, co-producer and composer of the award-winning Halo machinima series The Codex Series, which consists of The Codex, released in 2005, and its prequel, The Heretic, released in 2007. Winn is also known for creating hit terraforming game TerraGenesis. He is a Presidential Scholar at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, majoring in film and minoring in Classics.
The ninth season of the American action comedy science fiction animated/machinima web series Red vs. Blue premiered on June 14, 2011, and concluded on November 14, 2011, The series is loosely based in the Halo universe and is produced by Rooster Teeth Productions.
Red vs. Blue: Revelation is the eighth season of the action comedy science fiction machinima web series Red vs. Blue created by Rooster Teeth Productions. This season marks the end of the Recollection trilogy which began with the sixth season, Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction and was continued in the seventh season, Red vs. Blue: Recreation. The season premiered on April 1, 2010, the anniversary of the first episode of Red vs. Blue. A DVD of the season shipped on September 14, the day after the season finale, and on the same day as Halo: Reach.
Gustavo Raul "Gus" Sorola III is an American actor and podcast host. He is best known for his work with Rooster Teeth.
The fifteenth season of the American action comedy science fiction animated/machinima web series Red vs. Blue first premiered for Rooster Teeth site sponsors on April 2, 2017. This season focuses on Dylan Andrews, a journalist who is determined to find the truth after a series of attacks result in a galaxy-wide manhunt for the alleged attackers: the Reds and Blues. Like previous seasons, the series is produced by Rooster Teeth Productions and is loosely based in the Halo universe. This season is also the first season that is a part of the "The Shisno Paradox" arc.
Animation World Network is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for animators, with an extensive website offering news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans. AWN also publishes print magazines. The magazines are Animation World, dedicated to animation in general, and VFX World, which focuses on special effects and computer-generated imagery.
Edgeworks Entertainment is a machinima and new media production company founded by Alexander Winn and cofounded by Lacey Hannan. The company first gained recognition for their machinima series including The Codex Series, Vox Populi, Forsaken and Radical. Edgeworks is also known for hit terraforming game TerraGenesis, which has over 10 million downloads.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), at Federation Square, Melbourne, is Australia's national museum of film, video games, digital culture and art. During the 2015–16 financial year, 1.45 million people visited ACMI, the second-highest attendance of any gallery or museum in Australia, and the most visited moving image museum in the world. In May 2019, ACMI closed to the public to begin a $40 million redevelopment.