Machinima

Awesomeness in a bottle.

—Perfection

Machinima (machine-cinema) is a fancy term to describe a style of filming conducted through a software engine, typically that of a video game. The related term machinomics refers to static media, i.e. comics compiled from in-game screenshots, and is used most prevalently by CivGeneral and Stylesrj. Quality can range from frames of opportunity, to carefully constructed scenes, and encompasses both two- and three-dimensional engines. Garry's Mod has become ubiquitous as a source for machinima thanks in part to its nature as a sandbox mod for Source games. Valve officially released Source Filmmaker, the software used for its own promotional videos, for free on July 27, 2012.

Green-screening is commonly used as a means of transposing characters and settings from different engines to a mutually compatible medium.

Popular machinomic sources in DYOS

• Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 (via Garry's Mod/Source Filmmaker)
• Fallout 3
• Star Wars: Empire at War
• Operation Flashpoint
• Rise of Nations
• Empire Earth
• Civilization
• Command & Conquer

See also

• Cut-and-paste
• Hand drawing
• Animated comics

External links

• Machinima defined more than you probably needed
• Gorilla Gong, The Internet's Only Machinima Site™
• Source Filmmaker, a free program that allows cinematic rendering of Source engine models.