Machinima Institute on ALA Arts Island Coming Soon

The Machinima Institute will be opening in the Spring of 2007 and will provide Second Life residents with a location for machinima displays, events and immersive group instruction. Thank you to Lorelei Junot for the wonderful location and inspiration for librarians, students and library visitors who will be introduced to machinima for recording their SL lives and sharing it via YouTube, Blip.tv and other social software sites.
Info Island Machinima Institute, ALA Arts InfoIsland (149, 161, 31)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Arts%20InfoIsland/151/164/47

Machinima instruction from Kiwi Alfa Feb 15, 17, 19

Machinimatographer, Kiwi Alfa, will be continuing to give free machinima classes on the Fox Atomic Sim (Feb. 15, Feb. 17, Feb. 19). It's the same class with options for date/time.
This class will provide you with the basics for using the free scripted camera (Alt-Zoom Camera Update) to create smooth shots.
The sessions will be hosted on Fox Atomic island.
Join in and enter the upcoming machinima contest.
This class is hosted by Kiwi Alfa.
Where? Fox Atomic Sim
When?
Feb 15th - 12:00 PM SLT/PST
Feb 17th - 03:00 PM SLT/PST
Feb 19th - 12:00 PM SLT/PST
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fox%20Atomic/131/145

Making a One Minute Machinima in Second Life

Read the complete article on machinima.com:
Full article: Making a One Minute Machinima in SL

By Chris & Becky Carella of The Electric Sheep Company

Their tips include:
Suppressing the UI (ctrl-alt-1).
Making sure your cursor is not showing!!

What is a machinima librarian?

For the purposes of this blog a machinima librarian is you; a bibliographer with an interest in video-making within a real-time 3D virtual environment using video game technologies and various video editing software. Take a look at the Machinima FAQ for everything you need to know before reaching for the Shift-Cmd-a in keys Second Life.