March 2nd, 2010 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Draxtor faced a terrible dilemma recently: which machine to purchase for his machinima work! A lifetime fan of Macintosh he bit the bullet and is now using Windows XP running in Bootcamp. It did help that a well-known computer dude on his visit to Second Life offered Draxtor friendship and some good advice!
February 4th, 2010 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
About TechSoup’s Nonprofits In Second Life, Nonprofit Commons project. Learn more about how nonprofits are making a real-world difference through virtual world work. About Draxtor Despres Bernhard Drax writes music for TV, commercials and feature film. His orchestral score for the Disney romantic comedy “Sommer” gained critical acclaim in Germany as the film remained among […]
January 6th, 2010 | by admin | published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
At a recent panel discussion in Second Life, hosted by the US Department of State, experts from industry and the non-profit world pondered some fairly topical questions: to tele-commute OR not to tele-commute? Are 3D worlds a good place to do serious work? Are Avatars with yellow faces a provocation for management? Draxtor Despres was […]
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 […]
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 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.