Situating Machinima in the New Mediascape
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Topic: Machinima
Sort Desciption: This article investigates the emerging internet phenomenon of machinima, which has been ... Looking both forward and back, machinima uses 3D game engines and ...
Content Inside: Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society Vol. 4, No. 2, 2006, pp: 65-80 Situating Machinima in the New Mediascape Leo Berkeley is the leader of the Media discipline within the School of Applied Communication at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He also has considerable experience as an independent filmmaker, having written and directed the feature film, Holidays on the River Yarra, which was an official selection for the Cannes Film Festival in 1991. Abstract This article investigates the emerging internet phenomenon of machinima, which has been described as an example of the convergence occurring between computer games, films and the Web. Looking both forward and back, machinima uses 3D game engines and networked ...
