Dates & Hours
Saturday and Sunday
November 4 & 5, 2006
11am-6pm

Where
Museum of the Moving Image
35 Ave at 36 Street
Astoria, New York - USA
Directions

Tickets/Admission - On Sale Now!
$10/day - $15/for both days
Buy advance tickets at the Museum site

Note: All tickets will be available for pickup the day of the screening. These tickets will not be shipped to you. Seating at the screenings and panels are on a first-come, first-served basis.

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The 2006 Festival Program offers Saturday November 4th, as a day screenings of this year's Machinima Awards nominees as well as tech demonstrations and panel discussions. Sunday, November 5th is the screening of the Machinima Award winners, and the not-to- miss Machinima Production Day - sponsored by Beepa - with sessions covering various production topics for the Machinima producer.

Note: Festival program is subject to change

Machinima 101
(11:30am - 12:15pm)
Paul Marino and Hugh Hancock presents an informative and entertaining machinima mini-retrospective, giving those new to machinima a proper introduction and providing grizzled machinima veterans with a walk down memory lane.
Presenters: Paul Marino (Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences), Hugh Hancock (Strange Company)

2006 Machinima Award Nominee Screenings
(Reel I:12:30 - 01:30pm, Reel II: 02:00-03:00pm, Reel III: 03:30-04:30pm, Reel IV: 05:00-06:00pm)
Clips of the 2006 Machinima Award nominees are screened.

Interfacing Creative Expression
(12:30p - 1:30pm)
Dr. Ken Perlin (NYU) and Prof. Michael Nitsche (Georgia Tech.) and Ali Mazalek (Georgia Tech) will demonstrate their work exploring the connection between emotion and interface.
Presenters: Dr. Ken Perlin (NYU Media Research Lab), Prof. Michael Nitsche (Georgia Tech) and Prof. Ali Mazalek (Georgia Tech).

Intellectual Properties Roundtable
(2:00pm - 3:00pm)
As machinima continues its march towards the mainstream, uncertainty over intellectual property issues increase. How can machinima creators safely navigate these unsettled waters?
Moderator: Prof. Jennifer Urban, Intellectual Properties Clinic, USC. Guests: Fred Von Lohman (Electronic Freedom Foundation), Jon Griggs (filmmaker, artist), Amir Kaltgrad (Law Student, USC), Charles C. Koole (Law Student, USC).

Machinima With Issues
(3:30pm - 4:30pm)
Engaging and provocative uses of machinima as art, advocacy, and evidence will be presented and discussed.
Moderator: Carl Goodman (Deputy Director and Director of Digital Media, Museum of the Moving Image). Guests: Chris Burke (media artist, co-creator of This Spartan Life), Eddo Stern (media artist, maker of Landlord Vigilante) and Alex Chan (The French Democracy, Seeds of Terrorism).

Machinima Tech Showcase!
(5:00pm - 6:00pm)
Advancing hardware and software are making live-action filmmaking combined virtual actors a reality. BioWare's Ken Thain and Reallusion's John Martin show off how their respective technologies are getting us closer to the creative holy grail.
Presenters: Ken Thain (BioWare), John C. Martin II (Reallusion)

Saturday, Nov. 4th (Evening) - The 2006 Machinima Awards

The annual Machinima Awards ceremony takes place at the Museum of the Moving Image in the Riklis Theater. The ceremony will also be metaverse-enabled wtih a simulcast in Second Life (provided by festival partner The Electric Sheep Company).

Sunday, November 5th - Sessions and Screenings

2006 Machinima Award Winner Screenings
(11:30pm - 01:00pm, Encore: 02:00-03:30pm)
The 2006 Machinima Award winners are screened in multiple sessions.

Machinima Production Session I
From Hobbyist to Professional: The Tale of the Trip
(11:45pm - 12-45pm)
Machinima has experienced a large commercial interest from just this last year alone - enabling producers to turn their labor of love into a hired position. Several Machinima producers discuss the path of homebrew creativity to producing work professionally.
Moderator Sasha Rudie
Panelists Tristan Pope, Terran Gregory, Pierce Portocarrero

Machinima Production Session II
Hugh Hancock (BloodSpell) & Eric Call (Second Life)
(01:00pm - 02:00pm)
Machinima pioneers Hugh Hancock and Eric Call revisit their work from last year and give festival attendees an up-to-the-minute of their latest productions.
Presenters Hugh Hancock (Strange Company), Eric Call (Second Life)

Machinima Production Session III
Audio Workshop: The Sound That Makes All The Difference
(02:15 - 03:15pm)
Audio is often the after-thought of many a production -- Machinima or otherwise. Industry professionals Steve Horowitz (Super Size Me), Chris Burke (This Spartan Life) and Ricky Grove (Only the Strong Survive, Edge of Remorse) show us not only how good engineering and voiceover work can be achieved, but why it's absolutely critical.
Presenters Steve Horowitz (Super Size Me), Chris Burke (This Spartan Life), Richard Grove (Only the Strong Survive, Edge of Remorse)

Machinima Production Session IV
Pre-Production Planning & FRAPS Capture
(3:30pm - 4:30pm)
Frank Dellario dives into why pre-production is critical for any Machinima production. Beepa's Rod Maher gets into every machinimator's favorite application - FRAPS! - and shows off capturing tips and tricks for your own Machinima production.
Presenters Frank Dellario (The ILL Clan), Rod Maher (Beepa)

Live Machinima Jam!
(5:00pm - 6:00pm)
Fast becoming the staple Machinima Fest closer, Machinima artists the ILL Clan, Jon Lippincott and Friedrich Kirschner perform live improvised Machinima works for the festival audience.