Machinima Expo » Video Games http://machiniplex.net/expo Event Date: November 20th & 21st, 2010. 9am to 4pm pacific time Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:46:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Expo to Partner with AMAS Asia to Promote Shooot Awards http://machiniplex.net/expo/2009/09/28/expo-to-partner-with-amas-asia-to-promote-shooot-awards/ http://machiniplex.net/expo/2009/09/28/expo-to-partner-with-amas-asia-to-promote-shooot-awards/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:02:21 +0000 rgrove http://machiniplex.net/expo/?p=182416037 The Machinima Expo is now proud partners with The Association of Machinima Arts and Sciences (AMAS) Asia in promoting Machinima around the world. AMAS Asia is primarily concerned with promoting Machinima creation and eduction in such countries as Singapore, China and Japan. They are organizing the inaugural SHOOOT Awards (recognizing works produced from Machinima, Games and Metaverse) on December 4-6, 2009 at the scape Youth Center & Park (Lab) in Singapore.  In addition to an open International Category for Machinima submission, they are also hosting a very cool Shooot Academy with the goal of providing participants with the essential skills they need in virtual worlds and in games.  They have a very interesting Machinima module which will teach a participant everything they need to know about Machinima filming.

In addition to co-promoting each others Festivals, the Shoot Fiesta has made a special offer for all Machinima filmmakers: if you have submitted a film to the Expo, you can submit to the Shooot Fiesta International Category for free as they will waive their normal $50 fee. The Grand Prize this year is a fully sponsored free trip to Siggraph Asia 2009 (in Yokohama, Japan) on December 16-19th. There are also some very nice sub-prizes. You can find out more about how to enter the Shooot Fest here or by clicking the image below.  Remember, if you want to have the submission fee waived you must indicate “Machinima Expo” when you submit your film to awards@shooot.com. And be sure to read the requirements for submission. Deadline for submitting your film is OCTOBER 25, 2009

Click this image to take you to the Shooot Awards site

Click this image to take you to the Shooot Awards site

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