December 1st, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Machinima by Silver and Goldie entered the 2010 Doritos® Crash the Super Bowl contest with a :30 commercial spot filmed entirely within the Second Life® virtual world. “This is one more example of how enterprises can use Second Life,” said producer Beverly Lang, known in Second Life as Goldie Goodman.
November 3rd, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Leading architects from the US, New Zealand and Egypt discussed what President Obama promised in his Cairo speech: an online network, facilitating collaboration across geographic and cultural boundaries. Hey, isn’t that what SL has been for many of us for these past few years already? Draxtor Despres looked into the matter.
October 28th, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
In his latest series about the BAVC, Draxtor Despres talks to Gita Pullapilly. The movie “The Way We Get By” presents an intimate portrait of a group of senior citizens in Bangor Maine, who dedicate their lives to greet homecoming troops. Draxtor welcomes producer Gita Pullapilly to the virtual BAVC studio. Every year, SF based […]
September 30th, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
In his latest series about the BAVC, Draxtor Despres talks to documentary journalist Graham Meriwether. Meriwether’s upcoming film “American Meat” looks at both industrial and organic methods of farming. The project will include a substantial web 2.0 component with the “Harvest Cloud” marketplace and “LeaveItBetter” community video sharing site. Every year, SF based Bay Area […]
July 21st, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Ghana was his first public appearance in official capacity and it was also the most tweeted, Facebooked and SMSed event since he was sworn in as President. For the first time, virtual worlds and the Metaverse were also integrated: Second Life and Metaplace hosted connected viewing parties and a […]
July 7th, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Australian artist Lynette Wallworth was a mentor at the Producer Institute this year at BAVC in San Francisco. Her installations utilize technology to amplify and celebrate the human spirit. During the course of these intense 10 days, she engaged with filmmakers and technologists in fruitful collaboration and she entered Second Life for the first time. […]
June 23rd, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Every year, SF based Bay Area Video Coalition brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects at the annual Producer’s Institute. Draxtor Despres had the chance to speak with Spanish-American documentarian Chelo Alvarez-Stehle about her project on sex-trafficking, called “Sands Of Silence”, which will be accompanied by a flash-based game.
June 9th, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Wendy Levy from the San Francisco based Bay Area Video Coalition ( BAVC) is at the helm of the annual Producer’s Institute, which brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects. Centered around social and human rights issues, the film projects touch on subjects from health-care crises to sex trafficking. […]
June 3rd, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton takes you on a tour of MacArthur Island in the virtual world Second Life, providing a brief overview of the Foundation’s work.
May 19th, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Draxtor interviews Dareth Denimore, a sociology student at Cambridge University in the UK. Dareth just completed a survey on relationships in SL and, in the process, talked to over 200 avatars about their habits when it comes to relationships and virtual relations.