Machinima Discussion

After watching many of the different machinimas I was able to better understand what the assignment entailed. Many of the machinimas I watched were very well put together with the character movements and voices all put together properly. The voices of each character were very important in each of the videos because the characters mouths did not really move in unison or exactly how it would in real life. Each of the characters voices had different tones and attitudes, which allowed the listener to further, understand what mood the person was in. In order to make a successful michinima, you must understand how to record the video with different angles. Each video had a lot of movement in it, which kept the viewer more involved and interested. They did not stay in one setting without moving or else it would become boring. However there was one case where I saw a video of a man on a computer the whole time, it was a music video. However it was not boring because the video would revolve around the man while at times zooming into the computer at where he was typing then zooming out. Even though it only had once character it had music and movement, which made the video much more interesting. Most of the videos that I had seen contained comedy, which is very important. The videos did not contain jokes that would make a person laugh hysterically however it did have scenes that would make you laugh at them.
The machinimas that were very successful had a very good plot and story that made sense. It is important that you introduce the characters and the storyline in the beginning so that you capture the attention of the audience and they understand what you are trying to say. When I was looking through the videos, if I did not understand what was happening in the first couple of seconds then I would change the video. These are all details that must be taken care of so that a good machinima can be made.
After viewing these machinimas it has given me ideas of doing a remix for the story Little Brother. My idea for my screenplay is to change what exactly happened in the story. Instead of the bay bridge being destroyed I would make it that the terrorists destroyed half of san Francisco and have taken control of san Francisco to try and soon take over the United States. All technological people in San Francisco have either died or have been trapped by the destruction, and Marcus must use his intelligence and his friends to try and overtake a super power that is trying to take over the United States. In doing so he makes friends with other people that play the same games as him and he creates a web of friends that help him on his way to saving America.