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Jurors chosen for 2008 Expo Animation Festival
I’m very pleased to announce that we have chosen five jurors to judge the new virtual version of the Machinima Expo Animation Festival taking place on November 9th in Second Life. The variety of experience and backgrounds of the jurors is exactly what we wanted in a jury. They will receive the semi-finalists that we select and then choose 5 jury prize winners which will be announced at the Expo on November 9th. Note that these jurors alone will choose the 5 jury prize winners.
Here are the 2008 Machinima Expo jurors:
Armand is a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA. He’s worked as a writer on such games as Far Cry 2, Rogue Warrior and Saboteur. His short fiction has appeared in various literary magazines and he is currently at work on a novel. Armand lives and works in Los Angeles.
Matt Kelland is the creative director of Moviestorm, a free machinima software program that has been in development for several years. Before that…well, there is no “before that”. Matt refuses to acknowledge any pre-Moviestorm existence. He does read a lot and is a film buff. He suggests that we all go and read Alan Moore’s “Promethea” Chapter VI.
Isabelle Arvers is a french new media curator, critic and author, specializing in video and computer games, web animation and digital cinema. Recent projects: No fun games and the gaming experience, Bergen Norway, 2005; Mal au Pixel, Paris, France, 2006; Articule 3, emerging swiss creation, Annecy, France, 2007
Joey O’bryan is a professional screenwriter whose picture is a hard one to track down. His screenplay for Full Time Killer was made into a very successful (and tre cool) Hong Kong film directed by Johnny To and starting Andy Lau. He has written for video games and is currently working on the American version of the Japanese film “Wicked City”.
Ben is one of the founding fathers of machinima having gone back to the time when bicycles where used to keep the energy going to the computer. He has forgotten more than I’ll ever know about the history of machinima. His massive history of machinima, game by game is still ongoing. He likes to read a lot, too.
I’d like to thank all of the jurors for being a part of this machinima festival. There are some incredible films submitted to the Expo. I think the jurors are going to have a hard time choosing.
