Kyle + Rosemary

I’ve been hardcore dabbling in machinima for over a year now, as those who have visited my website have perhaps figured out. Since Floyd recently shared a Sims machinima he found, I would like to share with you some of the great World of Warcraft machinima pieces that I and my fellow filmmakers have created, that, if you’re not tapped into the machinima community, you may have missed. World of Warcraft is not only a hugely popular online MMORPG worldwide, but has one of, if not the, largest machinima communities on the internet.

First off, here is a silly 2 minute piece I created, a fictional movie trailer for a 60’s teen beach type thing.

Next, another trailer, this one dramatic, from Terran and Ezra at Rufus Cubed Productions. They really show what you can do with the medium. Terran went on to work at Blizzard, and also on the South Park Warcraft episode.

A commercial [Read more…]

Like so many that have come before, Kyle + Rosemary, the short, is wrapped. We mixed it at Oracle Post last Thursday.

Did I mention my composer, Klaus Badelt? No, I didn’t, but he did an awesome job with the music. It’s really romantic and beautiful. I’ve always wanted to work with Klaus on a film, and although we nearly did in 2004, that didn’t end up working out. I’m glad he agreed to score my short, and I hope we can work together on something longer in the future.

Time for more thanks: First off, I’d like to thank the incomparable Larry Huber, for being there for me at H-B and back again at Nick. Thanks to Fred Seibert and Claudia Spinelli for being the executives that artists always dream about. Thanks to the production folk, Eric, Melissa, Kevin, Therese, Jack, Mac, Scott, and Eric for putting up with my smart assery. [Read more…]