WAARHEID (full feature) 2022
WAARHEID is now on general release. Click below to watch the movie. WAARHEID is a feature-length sci-fi machinima filmed in … Continue reading WAARHEID (full feature) 2022
Category: video
WAARHEID – sneak preview clip
WAARHEID is now released and can be watched for free on YouTube. Details here. We’re getting within touching distance of … Continue reading WAARHEID – sneak preview clip
A Second Life challenge: create a video poem
I’ve never issued a Second Life challenge before, largely because I suspect my status in the SL-sphere isn’t impactful enough … Continue reading A Second Life challenge: create a video poem
Look what you made me do
Look what you made me do.Now there’s blood on my cuffs and this shirt is new.Look what you made me … Continue reading Look what you made me do
Hope is a four letter word (video)
I’ve been meaning for a while to put some of my poems up on YouTube, and finally got around to … Continue reading Hope is a four letter word (video)
WAARHEID: The trailer
The trailer for my new movie, WAARHEID, premiered inworld tonight at the Fantasy Faire and can now be watched below. … Continue reading WAARHEID: The trailer
Announcing WAARHEID
WAARHEID will be the sequel to my 2020 movie, STÖMOL. I am currently just over a year into filming it … Continue reading Announcing WAARHEID
STÖMOL: One year anniversary and some deleted scenes (featuring a guest appearance by Ruth).
STÖMOL was released on 23 July 2020 in a private inworld premiere, with the Linden public showing taking place the … Continue reading STÖMOL: One year anniversary and some deleted scenes (featuring a guest appearance by Ruth).
Epiphania – Official Music Video (filmed in Second Life)
Having seen and enjoyed STÖMOL, Sara, a music artist who is active in SL, approached me back in January to … Continue reading Epiphania – Official Music Video (filmed in Second Life)
Casting call for a new, feature-length machinima project
Some of you will be aware that the acting roles in STÖMOL went to people in my friendship circle in … Continue reading Casting call for a new, feature-length machinima project
Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part seven: respecting copyright
At the end of part six of this series, I said I’d write one more entry, “which will be something … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part seven: respecting copyright
Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part six: filming (and recording) speech
In part five of this series I looked at working with other people, which is hard. This time, I’m looking … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part six: filming (and recording) speech
STÖMOL takes second place at SUPERNOVA film festival
Friday night was the concluding night of the 2020 SUPERNOVA Digital Film Festival, and to see it out a live … Continue reading STÖMOL takes second place at SUPERNOVA film festival
Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part five: working with other people
In part four of this series I looked at some of the technical uses that alts – alternative accounts, running … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part five: working with other people
Interview with Ivar Zeile about STÖMOL
Yesterday afternoon I spent a very pleasant hour talking to Ivar Zeile, Founder and Creative Director of the SUPERNOVA Digital … Continue reading Interview with Ivar Zeile about STÖMOL
STÖMOL
There’s one last thing for me to do on my STÖMOL tick list: publish a web page with the movie … Continue reading STÖMOL
Lab Gab Episode 30 – STÖMOL
In case you haven’t yet seen it, below is today’s episode of Lab Gab, which was entirely focused on STÖMOL. … Continue reading Lab Gab Episode 30 – STÖMOL
STÖMOL: One more preview clip
As we pass into the month of July, with just three weeks remaining before the premiere of STÖMOL, it’s time … Continue reading STÖMOL: One more preview clip
STÖMOL: Preview clip
As revealed exclusively on New World Notes on Tuesday, here is sneak preview clip from STÖMOL, my upcoming feature length science … Continue reading STÖMOL: Preview clip
Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part four: working with alts
Meet Paper. Long-term readers of this blog might recall I created him back in 2016 as part of my review … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part four: working with alts
Stömol backstage – my life as a Second Life actress
A great post from co-star Caitlin Tobias about what it was like to be in Stömol! Cait’s World In my … Continue reading Stömol backstage – my life as a Second Life actress
Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part three: camera movement
In the previous part of this series, I looked at how to frame shots whether the camera adopts a static … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part three: camera movement
Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part two: framing your shot
Time to get filming. In part one, I went through the software and hardware I’ve used to record video for … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part two: framing your shot
Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part one: the tools
Now that the trailer for Stömol is done, I can get down to the serious business of procrastinating over doing … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part one: the tools
Stömol: Official trailer released
The official trailer for Stömol got its debut on New World Notes this week. Long-term SL commentator and author, Wagner … Continue reading Stömol: Official trailer released
Announcing Stömol
Things have been a bit quiet on this blog (and on my Flickr stream) recently. You noticed, right? Of course … Continue reading Announcing Stömol
2077: A moving postcard
I liked 2077 so much (read my review here) I just had to go back in and create a short … Continue reading 2077: A moving postcard
Winter in Second Life
It’s been a while since I last filmed one of my moving postcards, so here’s a short moving greetings card to … Continue reading Winter in Second Life
Pioneers – a short film
Pioneers is my latest machinima. A Mars colonist remembers Earth. Pioneers was filmed in Second Life using the Firestorm viewer and … Continue reading Pioneers – a short film
SL animated GIFs tutorial
Hamlet Au suggested I put together a tutorial on creating animated GIFs in SL, which I thought was a great … Continue reading SL animated GIFs tutorial
Uncanny Valley, a sci-fi VR short
This remarkable short sci-fi film from 3dar depicts a disturbing convergence of virtual reality and drone/robotic technology. It’s an incredibly … Continue reading Uncanny Valley, a sci-fi VR short
Trailer for Project Sansar revealed
Hamlet Au posted this video yesterday of the media used by Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg at last week’s Collision … Continue reading Trailer for Project Sansar revealed
Sounds of Poems at Fantasy Faire
Last night I attended Sounds of Poems at the 2016 Fantasy Faire, a fantasy-themed event you’ve probably already heard about … Continue reading Sounds of Poems at Fantasy Faire
Escape for a few days
I am always keen to answer the call of Wagner James Au, in this case his request for more Second Life … Continue reading Escape for a few days
Nusquam: A moving postcard
For the third of my moving postcards, I returned to Nusquam. This pretty sim has been much photographed and blogged … Continue reading Nusquam: A moving postcard
New Babbage: A moving postcard
For the second of my ‘moving postcards,’ I went back to New Babbage to film around the central station. You … Continue reading New Babbage: A moving postcard
Field of dreams: a moving postcard
I aim to create more machinima this year. This will be easier when I do a major upgrade in the … Continue reading Field of dreams: a moving postcard
What Second Life means to me
Here’s my contribution to Xiola Linden’s video share request. Continue reading What Second Life means to me
Thank you Hater!
Love love love this anti-griefer video! Continue reading Thank you Hater!
Geek humour, how I love thee
This actually brought a tear to my eye whilst I laughed about it. The world is a better place for geek … Continue reading Geek humour, how I love thee
Your clothing is still downloading… Chapter 11 reading
I’ve re-recorded and uploaded to YouTube the reading I did last night of chapter 11 of my new novel, ‘Your … Continue reading Your clothing is still downloading… Chapter 11 reading
Sounds of Poetry
Last Monday was my first go at co-presenting the weekly ‘Sounds of Poems’ event held at Cookie. I presented with … Continue reading Sounds of Poetry
Great showing for ‘Just so that you know’ launch
A big thanks to the twenty odd people who turned up last night to listen to the first part of … Continue reading Great showing for ‘Just so that you know’ launch
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