Final Programming Schedule for MachinExpo this Sunday
Phil and I have nailed down a final schedule of MachinExo programming for this Sunday’s Expo. Here’s how it will work:
Machinima Screenings
-We will begin the main screening reel with over 40 machinima films hand-picked for the festival at just after midnight this Friday, Nov 20th (Pacific Time). We will also start the Jury, Asian and Student film reel inside the Main Expo building on the 1st and 2nd floors. The reels will run continuously through the weekend and all of next week as well. So, if you are only interested in the films we are presenting or you can’t attend the Expo on Sunday, come by 24-7 and watch the screening reels. We will be posting a schedule at each location of the timing for each film so that you’ll know when a film you are interested in will play.
Final Programming Schedule
(all times Pacific Time)
9AM Tracy Harwood Keynote Speech
Tracy Harwood is the Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Creative Technologies and is well regarded as a machinima scholar. Her recent article “The Machinima Movement” is required reading for those interested in the current state of machinima and it’s future.
9:15AM Awards Ceremony
-4 Jury Prize awards
-1 Asian Film Prize awards
“Special Achievement in Directing” -presented to individual who has contributed greatly to advancing machinima as an art form.
-Grand Prize Winner award
(Photo op at end)
10AM “Women in Machinima” panel. Headed by Ingrid Moon/Dulci. Featuring Tari Akpokiete, Kerria Seabrooke, afterThought, Sisch, Chantal Harvey, and Katy Fosk. This was our most popular event last year and it should prove lively this year. Some of our best filmmakers talking about their work.
11AM Special Edition of “The Overcast” live podcast with Ricky and Phil. We will host a special version of our machinima podcast where we will discuss current events in Machinima like the Unreal SDK, iClone 4, Dragon Age toolset, Blender 2.5 update and more. We’ll also have special guests from the Jury Film directors pool. Iain Friar, director of “Clockwork” is confirmed
at the time of this post. Come and watch us make fools of ourselves yet again.
“Which Machinima Engine is for You? presentations:
Each director will present their machinima engine of choice; giving an overview of the engine, workflow, advantages/disadvantages, with Q&A at the end.
12PM -Iclone 4 with “Wolf and Dulci” & added help from John Martin
1230PM -Open Sim/Second Life with Katy Fosk and Russel Boyd – (Parallel Event: IClone 4 Follow up in Reallusion Pavillion)
1PM -Half Life 2/Gary’s Mod with Ian Chisholm -(Parallel Event: SL Follow up in Dr. Who Tardis)
130PM -Moviestorm with Phil Rice -(Parallel Event: Open Sim Follow up in Dr. Who Tardis)
1:50PM -The Movies, Sims2 and CJ’s GTA with Phil Rice. Q&A afterwards
2:30PM (approximate) Closing street party with DJ to be announced.
Location of Expo
The 2009 MachinExpo will take place in the virtual world of Second Life on Sunday, November 22nd from 9AM to 2PM (Pacific Time). The location is the UCS (University Campus Suffolk) island. You can reach the island by clicking this slurl (second life url) which will open the Second Life program (you must log in yourself) and then transport you to a spot directly in front of the Main Expo building. Signs will direct you from there.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ucsville/141/124/25
This information is also on the second column of this blog on the right hand side.
