You Are the Expo

Wear your underwear to the Expo!

What a time! I really like Phil’s blog post where he says “You are the Expo”. So true. You, the community of filmmakers, artists and animators and underwear wearers. All of you are why we have created the Expo. And most importantly it’s the films that we present for you. Well, ok, we also do it for ourselves, but you just happen to be there too, right?

This kind of experience, getting together and sharing films, advice, knowledge and fun, is to my mind essential for our machinima community. It develops a common goal; to make more and better films. Plus, there are some very cool people that you just don’t hear about, but at the Expo you can stop and talk with them and maybe even agree to collaborate on a project.

And finally, seeing our best films, films that are technically and artistically superior, gives us a solid understanding of what good machinima is all about. And it inspires our imagination.

I can’t tell you how glad I am for putting the Expo together with Phil, Damien and Ingrid. There are times when it’s rough and you feel down, but being at the Expo yesterday and reading what people are saying makes all of our efforts worthwhile.  Truly.

And we thank you for your support. Almost 100 people came yesterday. We are so proud.

So……

Kate and Russell are on their game at the Expo

We are having a Port Mortem on the Expo this Wednesday at 7pm Pacific Time/10pm Eastern Time at the Expo site to discuss what worked and what didn’t at the Expo this year. While we feel we did a good job, there are things we’d like to add to next year’s Expo, plus we want to hear from YOU about your experience. If you can’t make it, please comment here or at our Facebook page about what worked for you and what didn’t.  And if you are more comfortable with a private message send them to

expo[at]machiniplex[dot]net

Our Facebook page is at:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185438178818

(PS more photos and media coming)