Sell-Out
Produce, Produce, Produce!
Some of the most popular questions I get asked are “How do you come up with your ideas?” and “How do you find time to make so many movies?” These are rather hard questions to answer, because the answers are entirely subjective — the way I come up with ideas may not work for most people, and the way I produce movies might also not work for most people. I’ll try answering these questions by frequently quoting the man named Hesiod, my favorite quote of his being: “Work with work added to more work.”
Ads
I’ve always hated ads. When I go to the movie theater, I plop down $14 to watch a movie, and maybe even some previews, not to watch a commercial about Nissan’s latest car. And while watching that movie, I want to see the actors act, continue the story, and have some sort of character development, not pick up a can of beer, hold it in front of the camera and say, “Here, we only drink Corona”. And when I buy a magazine, hoping to read about the price of Tauren hair on the Gnome quilt market, I don’t want to have to sift through page-long ads about a brand new cream made from eggplant extract that can reduce the wrinkles on my elbows. I paid for that magazine, and I paid to watch those movies, and I don’t want to have to sit through ads.
How to Give Criticism
I got into an interesting discussion about giving criticism on a forum recently, and thought it would be good material for discussing here. I’ve written two other posts on receiving criticism, but we often have opportunities to give it as well, and in so doing we can either make new friends or make eternal enemies. It has to do with the words we choose when criticizing someone else’s work and the manner by which we do it.
Sponsorship
With Inventing Swear Words 3 nearing completion, the topic of paid sponsorship has arisen, and has caused me to do some thinking. I think the fact that there are businesses out there that see the benefit of machinima and recognize it as a great way to reach potential customers is fantastic. In order for machinima to grow and become a legitimate form of mainstream entertainment, its validity as a modicum for monetary gains should be recognized, and businesses should invest in it. I see this beginning to happen in the machinima community, and it is very exciting!
Oxhorn’s Tips on Making a Good Movie
One might see an essay on making machinima and think, “well then, this fellow has it all figured out!” But alas, I don’t — indeed I have it far from all figured out and am in debt many of my Machinima film making peers for their advice and trouble shooting. “So then,” you may ask, “why should I listen to you?” Well… good point.
The Making of “The 12 Days of Winter’s Veil”
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