Alternatives to Second Life for Multi-Media Creation: Another look at iClone
I’ve been romancing the idea of creating a series of comics, videos and stories within a transworld setting. Part of this process is to project my avatar form into multiple worlds and platforms. Some of the advantages and limitations of Second Life are coming to light, including content creation, animation, 3D model compatibility, resolution, rendering [...]
Unabashedly Polyamorous.
When it comes to porting myself into platforms, I’m unabashedly polyamorous. I can’t be satisfied by only one, no matter how powerful, flexible or bug-free. So even though I’m still seeing Evolver, I met iClone last night and couldn’t resist. Although I only spent a few hours, it was very, very satisfying and we have plans [...]
Botgirl’s Excellent Transworld Adventure
I spent some more time on Reaction Grid yesterday. Although it has a way to go before offering the features and stability of Second Life, it’s easy to see that it’s just a matter of time before OpenSim grids will be viable alternatives.
I shot some HD video that I’ll edit and post here later this [...]
Parody Video: Little Linden Boxes
After hearing the plans to give each premium resident a prefab house on a 512m lot, I just couldn’t help myself from creating this little video:
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8004521&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Starting Work on Exhibit for Museum of Virtual Art in Second Life
The Second Life 365 Days Project continues to prove itself as an inspirational practice. Today, I whipped together this Sunday afternoon video continuing experimentation with exposing the interface and the computer.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7765514&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
I Didn’t Want To Be A Cloud
A little true story about serendipity. Music from the London cast of Snoopy (The Musical).
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7697956&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
New Video Concept at Play With Fourth Wall
This video was created as my third update to the Second Life 365 Flickr Group. It’s a project started by Chestnut Rau. Participants post a self-portrait a day for a year. Although it first struck me as a group for photo-happy narcissists, it now seems like a great way to deconstruct the elements that go [...]
Fun Second Life Video Test Shot and Edited on iPhone
I got to play model today for a low-fi machinima screen test. It was created by shooting a laptop screen with an iphone, and then editing it right on the phone with ReelDirector. This is just quick demonstration, but I think the technique has some promise.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7104843&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Waking Dream
This video continues the visual meditation on self and non-self from yesterday’s comic panel. It’s an adaptation of the Botgirl vs. Human: Waking Dream web comic.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6437326&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Teaser for Botgirl vs Human: The Real Life Movie
This project will blend the physical and digital worlds in an HD video short. The script and storyboards are almost done and location selected. Shooting should get underway this weekend with release planned by the end of Fall.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6314413&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Quick Test of Animoto’s New Video Features, Plus Excerpt of New Song
Animoto has been my tech-of-choice to convert comic stills into music video trailers. Yesterday, they added the ability to include video clips, so I decided to give it a try. I uploaded a handful of stray video files that were scattered across a few hard drives, plus “Virtual Life”, a new fourworlds song demo.
My first [...]
Another Videosketch Concept – Supergirl Barbie
I’ve been thinking about merging my long-unrealized Supergirl Barbie concept and the video for “Revolver.” I want to mix RL and SL video. This is a little visualization of what would be RL video in the actual version.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5868919&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Botgirl’s Stages of Avatarian Awareness
Botgirl’s Stages of Avatarian Awareness. (Nods to ArminasX Saiman)
Virtual Identity is a psychological creation (as opposed to one’s real Human Identity).
Virtual identity is real.
Virtual Identity and Human Identity are both psychological creations.
One of my goals in the cherrybomb project is to blend media from many sources into a seamless whole. Here’s the [...]
Peek at In-Progress Song Recording
Here’s a snippet from a rough mix of initial music tracks for “Revolver”, plus some noodling around with video concepts.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5705788&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Peek at Revolver In-Progress from Botgirl Questi on Vimeo.
Studio Artist Software Opens New Dimensions for Second Life Photography and Machinima Making
Studio Artist is an amazing software program that can generate a vast range of paint, vector and image processing effects on stills, video files and even live video streams. The image below shows detail of an original and auto-rotoscoped frame from the video I posted yesterday.
The Macintosh-only software can create effects unlike any other program [...]
VIDEO: Nightflower Submits to the Dark Side
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2325760&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1ShadowPlay from Botgirl Questi on Vimeo.
Next time: The embarrassing story of how I stumbled onto this idea, plus shadowplay erotica.
Now for something completely different: Avatars in Love video
http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1071612&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1Avatars In Love – Episode 1: Three’s a Crowd from Botgirl Questi on Vimeo.
Production stills from upcoming video: Avatars in Love
Here are some location stills from my upcoming video “Avatars in Love.”
Video Clip: Tai Chi in Graveyard
Just a little xtra from Things That Will Change shoot. Me and my doppelgänger of death practice Tai Chi in a cross-filled graveyard.
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New Music Video: Second Life machinima mashed up with time lapse and 3D stock footage
I went back and forth about putting the heart sutra text in the video, but didn’t have time to do it justice. Have to wait for the remix.
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Photo from music video set
I’ve been recording video most of the day. Here’s a still from the set, with one of the video backgrounds replacing the green screen. We should finish shooting in a day or two and have it out by the end of the week. At least that’s the plan.
