Locating your indie film festival in the real world? Meh, that’s so mainstream. The fourth annual Machinima Expo is coming this November to a virtual world near you. Taking place in the online game Second Life, MachinExpo features movies made by recording events in virtual realities, often dubbing over them with music and original dialogue made by the film’s creators. Real filmmakers recording virtual characters to make virtual movies which are then shown to real people via their virtual characters in a virtual world. It’s like Inception, only more pixelated. Watch trailers and highlight reels for MachinExpo in the videos below. While my mind is blown by the meta-ness of a virtual film festival for a virtual audience, I’m excited by the potential. Not only is this new genre of movie making growing, it’s demonstrating how rich and consuming virtual life can really be.
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