2007 in machinima
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable machinima
-related events in 2007.
Machinima
Machinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...
-related events in 2007.
Events
- January 31 – Phil Rice's work Male Restroom EtiquetteMale Restroom EtiquetteMale Restroom Etiquette is a 2006 American short subject created by Phil Rice and produced by his company Zarathustra Studios. The film is a mockumentary about unwritten rules of behavior in male restrooms and is intended to be a parody of educational and social guidance films...
, made with the Electronic ArtsElectronic ArtsElectronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
games The Sims 2The Sims 2The Sims 2 is a strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000. It was first released on September 14, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. A port to Apple Mac OS X...
and SimCity 4SimCity 4SimCity 4 is a city-building/urban planning simulation computer game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. It was released on January 14, 2003. It is the fourth installment in the SimCity series. SimCity 4 has a single expansion pack called Rush Hour which adds features to the game...
, was showcased in Animation World NetworkAnimation World NetworkAnimation World Network is an organization for animators, with an extensive website with news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans. AWN also publishes a printed journal, "Animation World"....
's Best of the Web 2007. - February 24 – February 25 – The Australian Centre for the Moving ImageAustralian Centre for the Moving ImageThe Australian Centre for the Moving Image, or ACMI, is dedicated to the moving image in all its forms. It is located in Federation Square, in Melbourne, Australia, across four levels of the Alfred Deakin Building...
hosted a machinima film festival, presented by the Academy of Machinima Arts & SciencesAcademy of Machinima Arts & SciencesThis is a list of film festivals dedicated to machinima, the use of real-time 3-D engines in filmmaking. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences regularly holds such festivals, and recognizes exemplary machinima works through awards nicknamed the Mackies.-Machinima Expo:The is an annual...
. - October 12 – October 14 – The first Machinima Festival Europe was held in LeicesterLeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
. - October 24 – ILL ClanILL ClanThe ILL Clan is a machinima production team based in Brooklyn, New York City. One of the first of the "Machinima Clans," they created their first short: Apartment Huntin' in 1997, and have continued to produce machinima since then...
as part of the Electric Sheep Company produced 20 minutes of machinima shown during an episode of CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
entitled "Down the Rabbit Hole", made within the virtual world of Second LifeSecond LifeSecond Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...
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Notable releases
- February 9 – The Heretic premiered.
- May 18 – The Heretic ended with episode 7.
- May 19 – The release of episode 4 of This Spartan LifeThis Spartan LifeThis Spartan Life is an award-winning talk show created by Bong + Dern Productions and produced and directed by Chris Burke, who hosts the show under the pseudonym Damian Lacedaemion...
was completed. - June 28 – Red vs. Blue Season FiveRed vs. Blue (season 5)This is a list of episodes for season 5 of the machinima comedy series Red vs. Blue. This is the final season of the Blood Gulch Chronicles, and the longest season of the series, with a run of 23 episodes.-Episode 78:...
ended with episode 100.
Active series
- 1-800-Magic (2007)
- The Heretic (2007)
- Neverending NightsNeverending NightsNeverending Nights, sometimes abbreviated as NEN, is a machinima comic fantasy video series created by Tawmis Logue and Adam Freese using the computer game Neverwinter Nights. The story follows Grayson and Peter in their quest to become heroes by slaying a dragon...
(premiered 2004) - Red vs. BlueRed vs. BlueRed vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD...
(2003–2007) - Red vs. Blue: Recovery OneRed vs. Blue: Recovery OneRed vs. Blue: Recovery One is an action-based 2007 machinima miniseries produced by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed via the Xbox Live Marketplace and the Red vs. Blue website. A sequel to the Red vs. Blue series, Red vs Blue: Recovery One picks up where the Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind...
(2007) - This Spartan LifeThis Spartan LifeThis Spartan Life is an award-winning talk show created by Bong + Dern Productions and produced and directed by Chris Burke, who hosts the show under the pseudonym Damian Lacedaemion...
(premiered 2005)