No need to wait for Sundance, you can come watch some great original
filmmakers today :)
We've just launched an on-demand screening room for a few films by
Brooklyn-based Fritz Donnelly.
You can read all abou it at http://openvision.tv/blog/?p=111
The two films, *Double Mastermind* and *Clone War 3,* are two extremely
unique and highly amusing shorts http://cruxy.com/tothehills. Both
films happen in video game-like worlds with teams of characters battling
out their shared destinies - not so different from some of the events
during the recent clone war of Second Life
http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2006/11/clones_pwnd.html or the
plots of the Battle Royal http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/ series
of films from Japan.
Bringing film and video into 3-d virtual worlds provides an experience
that is much closer to real life than just watching a streaming video
in a web browser. Through Second Life, Cruxy can provide a simulated
screening room that brings back the feeling of watching a movie as part
of an audience - complete with snide comments, communal laughs, and the
occasional annoying guy walking in front of the screen. I've had the
pleasure already of watching Fritz's films with a number of visitors
from around the world, and really enjoyed being able to talk with them
in realtime, while eating our sim-popcorn.
SL also allows us to experiment with new forms of merchandising like
handing out props and outfits worn in the films. That's my avatar, Nat
Mandelbrot, in the clone orange jumpsuit doing my best imitation of
Fritz' doomed characters.
Best,
Nathan
aka Nat Mandelbrot in Second Life
Digital Buddha wrote:
On the heels of the announcement that Four Eyed Monsters will be having a
screening in Second Life, Sundance has announced that they are building
Studio 4A to premier new works: http://www.sundance channel.com/
secondlife/ http://www.sundancechannel.com/secondlife/
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