In case any readers are attending DragonCon in Atlanta this weekend, be sure to check out the machinima presentations which will include the award-winning Warrior's Dream. Head on over to the Savannah Room at 8:30 on Friday!
Special thanks to Romily (who happens to be the voice of "Nimshe" in Redshift!) for organizing and making me aware of the festival!
I tweeted the winners of Blizzard's recent "Rise to Power" contest about a week ago. Congratulations again, guys! I was sincerely enthused to see new names receive recognition from Blizzard and the machinima community.
Now, I'm proud to finally announce the release of the <slashdance> entry.
Maybe I didn't win because I didn't read the instructions carefully enough. I guess the assignment was to make a move about a rise to power. This one's more of a quirky rise to ... um. Enlightenment? Tranquility? ... early retirement?
We made a little film called Redshift: Pursuit. It has now been annotated with all kinds of behind-the-scenes director's notes, and you can watch it here on YouTube.
Amazingly, something else happened about a year ago, when I teamed up with Ms. Jun Falkenstein and Ben Covi to create a machinima film in 48 hours or less. Wow, I don't think I've ever fit so many hyperlinks in a single sentence. Anyway! They did it again this year, and again, this year, I was obliged to help out! Sadly, we didn't quite make the deadline, but the end result was marvelously campy and fun. Watch for yourself!
It's done, it's done!
Not only are there shiny new segments and inserts to fill out the extended and polished soundtrack, there's an unbelievably fancy pants credits sequence complete with outtakes.
Thanks for the eloquent update there, Kirlune. Really, I just got tired of seeing my old Sedrin Head dominate the log ad infinitum. But I digress. Blizzcon!
Our three-minute fantasy music video won 3rd place! It was so heart-pumping to hear my musical score piped through the massive convention hall. There were two other "music video"-style winners as well, and the grand prize went to the young machinimator X-Cross; I was very excited to see him in the spotlight (see previous post's comments). Without further ado, here are the winners!
GRAND PRIZE
A Day in the Life by X-Cross Pictures
FIRST PLACE
Don't Make Me Get My Main by Legs and Cranius
SECOND PLACE
Cruel, Cruel Moon by Mike 'Spiff' Booth
THIRD PLACE
Warrior's Dream by <slashdance>
And because there weren't any categories this year, the runners-up unjustly received no recognition from Blizz. I'll try to expand the following list as I discover who else had quality entries.
Now, regarding Warrior's Dream: Much like I did with Redshift: Pursuit, my entry for this year will be getting some additional work and polish before I release it. Right now, it plays like an action movie trailer. The final version should end up being quite a bit longer than three minutes. Watch my Twitter feed for updates on that process, and you'll find the final product here, and on all the usual distribution channels.
Yesterday's News
For Blizzard's 2010 "Rise to Power" Machinima Contest
Runtime: 3:19Music video
Warrior's Dream
3rd place: BlizzCon 2009 Movie Contest
Runtime: 5:15Music video
<slashdance> vs Ulduar
Is the guild prepared for its first forays into Ulduar?
Runtime: 2:35Trailer
Redshift: Pursuit
Finalist in Drama/Romance: BlizzCon 2008 Movie Contest
Runtime: 16:58Drama
Redshift: Pursuit Trailer
Trailer for the upcoming sequel!
Runtime: 1:57Trailer
Joust Venture
2nd Place: WeGame's August Machinima Contest (2008)
Runtime: 7:00Comedy
Redshift: Interlude
1st Place in Drama: BlizzCon 2007 Movie Contest
Runtime: 10:36Drama
Frame of Mind
1st Place: The Ataris/World of Warcraft Music Video Contest at Machinima.com (2007)
Runtime: 3:46Music video
Redshift: Ty'zamar and Aislynn
4th place in Drama: Blizzard/Xfire Machinima Contest (2006)
Runtime: 13:06Drama