Editing Your Video to Tell a Coherent Story

Russell Boyd gives The Machinima Expo festival a tour of the history of editing and applies editing rules to machinima.


Editing Your Video to Tell a Coherent Story - Russell Boyd from Ricky Grove on Vimeo.

The Channel

Richard Kastelein, Publisher of TV AppMarket, has co-authored a piece on machinima with Pooky Amsterdam  for the magazine of The Association of International Broadcasting called The Channel.

In 2013, The Channel had a print subscriber base of more than 6,600 decision-makers in international and national television and radio broadcasters as well as related manufacturing and service provision companies in over 120 countries worldwide. The Channel has significant additional distribution to delegates at key industry events throughout the year – such as CSTB, Moscow; Mobile World Congress, Barcelona; IPTV World Forum, London; FT Digital Media Conference, London; IBC, Amsterdam; NewsXchange; AppsWorldEurope, London. In its print and electronic form, The Channel has a combined reach of over 25,000 named professionals in the broadcasting and related industries in over 120 countries worldwide.

The Channel - Machinima Rising

A profound thrill to have the article published and it's a great read!

Global Futures Forecast: Top Trends for 2013

The Global Futures Forecast examines the top trends that will shape 2013 and beyond. The GFF was produced by leading futurist, keynote speaker and author Dr. James Canton CEO & Chairman, Institute for Global Futures, a San Francisco based think tank.

Global Futures Forecast: Top Trends for 2013 from Dr. James Canton

Certification from Couresera

Russell Boyd successfully completed two online certified courses - Introduction to Digital Sound Design from Emory University and The Language of Hollywood from Wesleyan University.

Russell Boyd interviewed for World Gaming Executive magazine!

Turn right now to page 15, if you are reading this blog then you want to know more about the fabulous director who makes some of the most astounding machinima movies around. Pooky got the opportunity to interview Russell and explore his remarkable in depth knowledge of this intriguing medium.  It is an interview well worth reading for its enlightening answers.

World Gaming Executives Magazine Issue 5

Film Festival Recognition for Time Travelers 4 – The Pattern

When a film is being crafted, we are so involved in the process and the many details that go into orchestrating the final production that the days when we submit our film to festivals seems way in the distance. It is never that far away though, and we have been waiting for some results to come to announce that we have gotten Time Travelers 4 into some awesome places.

Los Angeles Movie Awards - Awards in the animation category

Award of Excellence in Animation

Best Animated Characters

Best Voice-Over Rysan Fall as Sebastian

New Media Film Festival

Accepted in Digital Comics, Animation, Trailers and Machinima category.

FlipsideTV Film Festival

Finalist for June Festival

Blue Plum Animation Festival

Official Selection

FILE - Electronic Language International Festival

Selected to be presented in FILE Machinima.

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education

Winner Digital Storyteller

Film is for us the telling of a story in the best and brightest way we know how. We are thrilled that the painstakingly crafted films we do are also allowing us to transcend machinima categories and become accepted into animation ones.  We will always be doing machinima, we use game engine platforms to film on of course, yet we are expanding our work to lose a categorical definition which in some cases doesn't matter.  We make cartoon films and we do so with the highest standards.  Top quality filmmaking, editing, a terrific story, compelling characters, wonderful sound and great graphics is what make these films sing!

Stay tuned over the summer for more results, we just had to let you in on our good news!

Thank you to all who watch, comment and share because we are spreading the word of the great work that can be done with terrific talent. It is a new medium we are celebrating and one that fits into the genre of animation, we do it in real-time.

Slenquiring minds want to know...

The Second Life Enquirer interviewed Pooky Amsterdam recently! As an admirer of the publication, for their insight and forthright reporting on things we need to know, Pooky was really proud to be in this.

Please have a read and feel free to comment.

This is a stunning platform and moment in time for those of us who are digital to our virtual bones!

SL Enquirer - Spotlight on Pooky Amsterdam