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Interview with machinima author Baron Soosdon(Continued)
SC: What 3 words would best describe you?
BS: Stubborn,
twisted, Finnish
SC: Your recent video "Limited
Escapism: To Cure A Hangover" seems to sum up your attitude towards
murlocs. I would feel bad if any Murloc had to encounter you in real life,
personally I can't stand the gargling things, but to some they're lovable
creatures. Why all the hating on murlocs?
BS: Once the
murlocs dared to garlgelelgrlgrlg and throw spears at me. Revenge is sweet.
For anyone that is not familiar with machinima you are not going
to find the definition in a standard dictionary but you can read
a bit about it here.
SC: So Baron, what got you first interesting in making Machinima?
BS: It was
a Blackwing Lair PvE raid movie called "A Few Good Men: Rite Of Passage"
by Devlin. When I saw it, I thought "Whoa! I want to get me one of
those!". So a few weeks later, my first WoW movie about a Molten
Core raid was born. A bit later I tried to do an actual machinima (called
Twill For The Kill). I can't actually tell what movie made me do real
machinimas instead of PvE-movies, but I think it's the thing that I've
always wanted to do - movies of my own.
SC: How long does it typically take you to make a movie from start
to finish? And what programs do you use to create your movies?
BS: This really depends on the movie. If it is an idiotic in-game
filmed short it can be done in an hour. UEv0:SYS took about 3 and a half
months to make - though I did not make it on full-speed. The program list
varies a bit, but the most essential tools are WoW
model viewer, WoW
map viewer, WoW
itself, Fraps for recording
the footage and Sony
Vegas for the editing and compositing. Lately I've been starting to
learn a bit of After
Effects.
SC: If someone wanted to start making movies how would you suggest
they begin the process?
BS: Well the
first thing of course is to get your idea straight. How does the movie
start, what happens in the middle and how does it end. Then you need to
think how you actually do it - will it be in-game filming or using the
viewer programs. In addition to all these things you also need to know
at least the basics of the editing programs.
SC: What was the first movie you made and how long ago did you
make it? Were you satisfied with the quality level of the film?
BS: My first movie was a PvE movie about a guild raid to MC. Back
then I was amazed but now it just looks like crap with many beginner mistakes.
You can view it at this address: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8394783132262903232&hl=en
SC: What project are you most proud of?
BS: My entry for the warcraftmovies.com
Fabled
Few contest, called "Limited Escapism: To Cure A Hangover".
It was really cool to make and it has guest stars
in it - Olibith
and Nyhm.
This one is a really weird movie - it is multilingual (there is Finnish,
French and English spoken throughout the film) and it has many genres
inside of it. But overall it is a comedy machinima.
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