It gets tough thinking of what else I can try and share/teach you guys that no one else has.  Tonight I wanted to go outside the mode of process and tips with hardware and software and speak about one of the most important elements to creating successful machinima–planning.
I’ve seen the best and worst of machinima.  […]

You know, just a couple months ago I would have told you to stick with 4:3 format in making your machinima but most video hosting websites are making the transition to widescreen/hd.  Okay, let’s be honest; Vimeo and others were already a step ahead on that.  However, YouTube transitioned slowly.  16:9 is quickly becoming the […]

Many of you probably recall “Daddy Go-Bot” from the ever popular series Inside Halo.  For a while many thought that is was some foreign guy with poor yet accurate English when it was, in fact, a tex-to-speech bot much like Chief and Arby. 
Well, anyone who has Windows knows how to duplicate their voices, but […]

In this second write up on creating a montage, we’ll cover one of the most important elements to your film–the soundtrack.  All of your transitions, effects and editing will be modeled around the music you select.  There’s some songs you can grab that work well enough that you can put your kills together in any […]

So, if you’re really wanting to get fancy-smancy with your vids, the best way to crank it up a notch is to add some effects.  Now, since I’m not a Mac wizard, I can’t give you much wisdom in the ways of Final Cut, but I have danced around After Effects and Premiere quite a […]

Machinimate much?  In most instances you’re going to be creating machinima involving several characters.  This becomes a challenge for a lot of people.  It can be tough to find people that are patient and willing to follow your instructions, especially when you have more people involved in a single project.
The best solution is if you […]

So, I use to get a lot of questions asking advice for making a montage.  I actually remember the first player montage that was made, put out by a team called NT that took a bunch of Halo 1 LAN footage and clipped it together in Windows Movie Maker.  It was very rookie, but it […]

So you think you needz some music for your video, ay?  If you’re thinking about trying to get a video posted on Machinima’s youtube channel, you may want to understand what you can and can’t do–the copyright rules held within the terms and conditions.  The biggest thing that holds videos up from getting posted on […]

Are you capturing some of your gameplays from the theater and you’re not seeing the crosshair with some of the weapons or when zooming in?  Back when I was editing some montages and capturing gameplays, I bumped into this problem and didn’t know there was a way to fix it.  Simply detach the camera and […]

Whether you’re working on montages, trying to spice up a scene or just making an intro, one thing that’s going to help add the flavor is imagery.  I wanted to share some of my favorite sources for learning to create hott images and free sources that have premade images for your use.
My favorite source for […]