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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456483903321

Titolo

The machinima reader [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Henry Lowood and Michael Nitsche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2011

ISBN

0-262-29492-3

1-283-14806-4

9786613148063

0-262-29536-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LowoodHenry

NitscheMichael <1968->

Disciplina

778.5/3

Soggetti

Machinima films

Digital cinematography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I Reflections; 1 Video Capture; 2 From Game Mod to Low-Budget Film; 3 Arrested Development; II Technology; 4 Toward a Machinima Studio; 5 Image Future; 6 Tangible Narratives; III Performance; 7 Machinima as Media; 8 Encoding Liveness; 9 Machinima: From Art Object to Cultural Practice; 10 Of Games and Gestures; IV Machine Cinema; 11 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Machinima?; 12 Machinimatic Realism; 13 Undefining Machinima; V Pedagogy; 14 Everything I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from Playing Video Games; 15 Machinima and Modding; VI Context

16 Pink vs. Blue17 Participatory Fan Culture and Half-Life 2 Machinima; 18 Don't Mess with The Warriors; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a critical overview of the emerging field of machinima the use of computer game engines to create movies.