For the my Digital Research project I have decided on the art style of Machinima. Machinima is an animation sub-genre. It’s a new animation genre that is a result of video games. Machinima is short movies made by using videogame engines and the content within the games. The direct definition of Machinima is the word Machine combined with cinema. Even though the definition of what falls under the Genre has evolved in the last few years.
What falls under the machinima genre is movies made in games with its content and engine. But people have argued that if its related to the game its part of the genre. An example is 2d animated shorts of a game, even though it was not created in its engine. It still contains the games content, so its still machinima. But then anything game related would fall under the genre, so it doesn’t make any sense. The broader consideration is still be debated and finalized.
One of my favorite studios that make machinima work is Rooster Teeth. They are also one the most successful in this genre. The studio host a few different shows on their main website and on youtube. Their most famous show is Red vs Blue. This show is one of the main reasons the Machinima genre got popular and its main audience. Red vs Blue Is an on going series created in the game of halo. It has been running for over 10 years, starting as a comedy developing into a sci-fi plot separate of the halo universe.
Other popular machinima web series are usually created in minecraft, because its wide range of creating. Many people also create mods to modify the game in ways it normally can’t be used. Some mods are so extreme that it redecorates a games entirely and wouldn’t be recognizable. Many people also take game content and use it in real life shorts like Endermen stole my wallet.
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