13 Facts About Machinima

Machinima has advantages and disadvantages when compared to other styles of filmmaking.

Machinima can be filmed by relying on in-game artificial intelligence or by controlling characters and cameras through digital puppetry.

Machinima has appeared on television, starting with G4's series Portal.

Machinima filming differed from traditional cinematography in that character expression was limited, but camera movements were more flexible and improvised.

Machinima is a digital medium based on 3-D computer games, but most works have a linear narrative structure.

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Machinima can be less expensive than other forms of filmmaking.

Creators like Dutch director Chantal Harvey, producer of the 48 Hour Film Project Machinima sector, have created upwards of 200 films using the platform.

Machinima creators have used different methods to handle limited character expression.

Machinima takes copyrighted property and repurposes it to tell a story, but another common practice in machinima-making is to retell an existing story from a different medium in that engine.

Machinima by definition is a form of puppetry, and thus this new form of digital puppetry employs age-old techniques from the traditional artform.

Machinima has been used in music videos, of which the first documented example is Ken Thain's 2002 "Rebel vs Thug", made in collaboration with Chuck D For this, Thain used Quake2Max, a modification of Quake II that provided cel-shaded animation.

Machinima told Computer Graphics World, "It probably would have been quicker to do the film in a 3D animated program.

Machinima has been showcased in contests sponsored by game companies.