The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Announces The Winners of the 2005 Machinima Awards
Diversity in Machinima production becomes the impromptu theme at this year’s Mackies.
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 15, 2005 –-
The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS), an organization that provides advocacy, education and community for Machinima (filmmaking using real-time 3D videogame technology/virtual reality), today announced the winners of the 2005 Machinima Awards (“The Mackies”), which were unveiled in an awards presentation during the Machinima Film Festival on November 11, 2005.
The winners:
Best Picture
Game On - Ethan Vogt/Furnace Media Group
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)
Best Direction
Whiplash: The Movie - Jake Hughes
Game/Engine: Whiplash (Crystal Dynamics)
Best Virtual Performance
A Few Good G-men - Randall Glass
Game/Engine: Half-Life 2 (Valve)
The IFC Award for Excellence in Machinima Screenwriting
P. A.N. I.C. S. - Rooster Teeth Productions
Game/Engine: F. E.A. R. (Monolith)
Best Visual Design
Person2184 - Friedrich Kirschner
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)
Best Technical Achievement
Person2184 - Friedrich Kirschner
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)
Best Sound
Only the Strong Survive - Jason Choi/Riot Films
Game/Engine: Max Payne 2 (Remedy)
Best Editing
Strangerhood Studios - Rooster Teeth Productions
Game/Engine: The Sims 2 (Maxis)
Best Independent Machinima
Red vs. Blue - Season 3 - Rooster Teeth Productions
Game/Engine: Halo (Bungie)
Best Commercial/Game Machinima
Game: On - Ethan Vogt/Furnace Media Group
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)
Best Off the Shelf Machinima
The Return - Terran Gregory & Ezra Ferguson
Game/Engine: World of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Best Machinima Series
This Spartan Life - Chris Burke
Game/Engine: Halo 2 (Bungie)
Academy Honorary Award
David "crt" Wright - for developing KeyGrip for Quake
Diversity in Machinima production became the theme of the event as a wide range of productions were recognized during the awards presentation. ”The honoring of so many different Machinimas just speaks to its strength as a medium. Artists are exploring many different formats using Machinima, each with its own unique approach and execution,” said Paul Marino, Executive Director of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences. “We’ve always promoted Machinima as a platform for creative expression, and this year’s awards is a testimony to that.”
The 2005 Machinima Film Festival, sponsored by NVIDIA and IFC, is an annual event held to showcase selected Machinima works produced over the past year. The 2005 Machinima Awards recognizes excellence in Machinima production and are announced at the start of the Machinima Film Festival. The award winners have been posted to the festival website (http://festival. machinima. org (http://festival. machinima. org)) – a DVD of the 2005 winners is also currently planned. The 2006 Machinima Awards will begin accepting submissions in May of 2006.
About Machinima and the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
The medium of Machinima (ma-SHEEN-eh-mah) is often recognized as the merging of three separate but related artforms: filmmaking, animation and video game technology. By combining the real-time cinematic capture of action and performance (filmmaking), artistic creations moved over time (animation) and interactive virtual environments (game technology), Machinima represents a creatively flexible storytelling medium that both embraces its lineage as well as expands upon it.
The Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences, a NY-based non-profit organization, was co-founded in 2002 by its Executive Director, Paul Marino to promote, organize and recognize the growth of Machinima filmmaking and filmmakers. Mr. Marino, an Emmy Award-winning animator, is also the author of the first book about Machinima: 3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima (2004, Paraglyph Press).
To learn more about Machinima and the Academy, visit www. machinima. org.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on consumer and professional computing platforms. Its graphics and communications processors have broad market reach and are incorporated into a wide variety of computing platforms, including consumer PCs, enterprise PCs, notebook PCs, professional workstations, handhelds, and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and employs more than 1,900 people worldwide. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www. nvidia. com.
About IFC Television
The Independent Film Channel (IFC) is the first and most widely distributed network dedicated to independent film 24 hours a day, uncut and commercial free. The Independent Film Channel is a part of IFC Companies, which has established itself as the future of independent film. With the television network, as well as a film distribution and production unit and a VOD service, IFC Companies has created over the course of the past decade a revolutionary end-to-end business model and brand that focuses on developing and nurturing talent and maximizing the value of independent film. IFC Companies uses its unique cross-platform position to broaden the audience of independent film and to provide independent filmmakers with a strong voice. IFC Companies is a division of Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC.
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