Interactive MACHANIMA
Machinima is the art of using a video game engine to produce a movie sequence. So the course was all based on making short stories with the Half-Life 2: Episode 2 game engine from Valve Software. In my final project, I was the project manager, director, writer, and editor. I provided several voices, and did much of the scene building in Source. The movie is titled Artie 51. It is about a janitor at Area 51 who relives the same day every day only to have his memory wiped and do it all again. This is Big Brother's way of keeping the secrets of Area 51 a secret and making sure the place stays clean. But Big Brother's little brother Scooter can't stand by and watch Artie relive the same day anymore. Watch to see happens as Scooter tries to save Artie from his life in an infinite loop.
Check it out below.
Check it out below.