machinima

After watching some of the machinimas i felt as though I had a much better understanding of what they are. I was shocked by how realistic and movie-like they all are. The films all had so many different camera angles, lighting, and characters that the movies seemed very realistic. I am impressed about how hard the screenplays must have been to create with all of the different scenes and shots. the body movement of the characters was also really impressive to me. I was impressed watching all of the films i saw, and i understand how much effort it seems to take to put one of these together. I watched many machinima and also looked at a few screen plays. this was all very interesting to look at and understand because i am going to have to be doing this next week. it looks difficult because you have to put so much detail into every character, and every scene and shot. the machinima called "my second life" was very interesting because it showed how a person can create their own character and choose exactly how that character looks, dresses, and where the character goes. this was an interesting video because it made me wonder if people actually do that.

The characters emotions and movements made the characters seem much more life like. I know you can have your character do all those things by them coming with the motions or having to buy the motions and facial expressions. It is amazing how much the motions really make the film because without the emotions the characters would just be standing still while the viewer hears words. Every different shot films the characters from a different perspective to make the shot seem more realistic and to give the viewer a more realistic film. I like the themes of all the machinima i watched as well. there were many different types of themes like modern controversies, realistic dramas, and also documentaries. The machinmas also used music to add to the themes of the films and i thought that was really impressive also. the music made some of the scenes in the films more dramatic, and it even replaced any dialogue in some scenes. music in real movies makes the movies seem more realistic and draws the viewers in, and i think it does the same thing in machinima films.

When i do my machinma on little brother, i want to do something with many different characters interacting to make it more realistic. I was thinking of doing a scene of when the terrorist attack happened, or even when the fogging of the city happened, but from a different perspective than marcus. I might do something from the perspective of people following "mikey" and doing what he tells them to do. I want there to be many different film angles so that it can seem more realistic, and i want it to be more exciting so it will have exciting music that will make it better.