In this groundbreaking assortment, Dr. Jenna Ng brings jointly lecturers and award-winning artists and machinima makers to discover the interesting mix of cinema, animation and video games in machinima (the use of laptop online game engines to supply lively movies in expense- and time-efficient ways). Book-ended through a preface through Henry Lowood (curator for background of technological know-how and know-how collections at Stanford college) and an interview with Isabelle Arvers (machinima artist, coach, critic, and curator), the gathering positive aspects wide-ranging discussions addressing machinima not just from varied theoretical views, but additionally in its many dimensions as online game paintings, First countries media artwork, documentary, and pedagogical device. using interactive multimedia to augment the textual content, each one bankruptcy encompasses a QR code which ends up in a cellular site cross-referencing with its print textual content, integrating electronic and print content material whereas additionally considering the portability of electronic units in resonance with machinima's cellular electronic types. Exploring the numerous dimensions of machinima creation and reception, Understanding Machinima extends machinima's severe scholarship and debate, underscoring the fascinating strength of this rising media form.
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