Dr. Henry Lowood did a lecture about Machinima projects that have been done in the past. The basic premise was to document and save these art works. If a server was to go done who is left to document and save the pieces that people have done. Where can we find these on the web? What happens to the piece when there is no documentation that is saved? These where some of the questions that Dr. Lowood had tried to answer. In his lecture he also covered the different ways that people can make Machinima. There are a few different ways but in the end the simple point is that you use a video game to make a movie and tell a story. The main video game he was talking about was World of Warcraft. This game is based on fictional characters of different race; Trolls, Orc, Dwarves, Elf’s or Humans. You can create a character from any of these races and you would have to take your character in the World of Warcraft adventure. Dr. Lowood had shown previews of the different types of Machinima creations. There was one Machinima of a narrative story in which this Troll had made a living making stones, leveling up himself to become stronger, etc. But then the Troll reads in the newspaper that his way of living will become obsolete. Then he looses everything. It was pretty sad.
There was also a story about a video game player that played Doom or a video game similar to Doom. But basically the person who uses to play this game had died in a car crash. But he had recorded video of his game play online for other people to see. His exact movements have been recorded and had become his art piece. These video recordings are a little eerie, but he is now remembering for his game play online because he was very good at this game.
But the main point of Dr. Lowood is that these Machinima art pieces are out in the online world and is there for you to see. But we have to make sure we save, document, etc., all these amazing works in order for future generations to see them.
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