This year’s Fantasy Faire is taking a bold extra step in terms of movie making for the event. Five Machinima makers will have the opportunity to create a Fantasy Faire tale before the Faire opens. Now, let’s clear something up first, this does not mean other people are forbidden from making films during the event, it’s just an opportunity for five film makers to create a tale before the Faire opens and therefore whilst the streets are free of visitors.
If you are a machinima maker and fancy telling a tale then head over to this Fantasy Faire blog post and read the details. However there is quite a short deadline on applying for this, you will need to apply before midnight on Saturday April 26th, I assume this is midnight SLT, but you’ll have to clarfiy that with Saffia Widdershins. So what sort of creation are they looking for? Well, from the blog post :
Explain what you would like to film (whether you you want create a story with actors, an abstract pieces of a travelogue), and supply a link to a previous film or machinima you have shot.
So the next obvious question is going to be why only five people, well again it’s best to quote from the blog :
Well, people are still building, and each film-maker will need to work with us to ensure that they are filming what is finished (or certainly ready to film!). And as this is the first year we have done this, we want to ensure that we are able to help you to the best of our abilities.
So basically you will be given the opportunity to film but it needs to be coordinated to fit in with the work going on behind the scenes.
There are plenty of examples of previous films of Fantasy Faire, here Kayle Wuffel films the impressive Lumenaria sim at Fantasy Faire 2013.
However of course, whilst people are not there you can create a tale, create a travel guide, create whatever you want, within reason. The next example is from the excellent Draxtor Despres and gives an overview of Fantasy Faire with an interview with one of the organisers.
However Fantasy Faire film making isn’t going to just be about telling stories, it’s also going to be about bringing the event itself to life, so if you think it’s better to wait for the event to go live before making your film, please feel free to do that because that is an important aspect of film making at Fantasy Faire.
Without people filming the actual event we wouldn’t have footage of Rynn Verwood and Lauren Thibaud on stage raising money for Relay for Life at Fantasy Faire in Second Life under the guise of The Atomic Kitties! The Dinkies tiny mesh avatars in the video were created with Blender and Avastar by Etheria Parrott.
This video demonstrates so many impressive aspects of Second Life, content creation, entertainment, fundraising and film all in one video!