What is Machinima Film?

Throughout the film industry there are a number of different film techniques that are in use to produce the different styles and types of works that we enjoy in movies. For example, machinima is one of the many types of computer graphics that can be used to assist in the production of computer animations, video games, and films. But what is machinima and how does one create it?

What is Machinima?

Machinima represents the use of computer graphics to create cinematic productions that are common for video games and may be in use to create computer animations. The practice of using graphics engines to produce animated worlds and features originated in the 1990s.

But is incredibly popular today. Machinima is for creating virtual social worlds and games. But was first used to create the first first-person shooter games that we all loved such as Doom and Quake. 

Machinima was once a purely digital coding task but is highly effective in the creation of entertainment content. Different types of machinima are used for different effects in the production industry.

In fact, machinima is so popular now that there were even Machinima Film Festivals for nearly a decade in the early 2000s as this practice continues to evolve. 

How Machinima Works

Machinima blends machine and cinema to produce various games and animated software. The use of video games to produce cinema through which you capture, edit in-game and create your own production has been used in a variety of popular games since it was created.

For example the following games result in machinima:

• Halo
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• World of Warcraft
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• Grand Theft Auto
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• Minecraft
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• The Sims

A Place in the Mainstream

Machinima would soon become critical to the changing of film entertainment. In fact, although machinima seems to have a changing identity, it continues to have a place in mainstream filmmaking and production to this day.

We see machinima in television series, advertisements, and a variety of filmmaking projects. 

In Summation

Machinima may start from a video game and evolve to form a medium of expression to document gameplay. Or it could start outside the game and be used as an animation tool. Both options result in a variety of different works that include machinima.

In fact, machinima is important for creators in that it helps them to achieve a certain level of excellence. And provides a unique place for those who use this technology to push past the confines of the technology.

To create amazing productions far beyond what was ever dreamed when mixing the world of machine and cinema together.