> Ballantyne's Blog: January 2014

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Couple of Random pics

Screenshots from a little machinima part I'm working on :)



It's short and silly, but I'm having fun with it :)


Tuesday 21 January 2014

Sims International Film Festival [Spring 2014]

The Sims International Film Festival (SIFF) is on again soon!  Yeeeeeaaaaahh! *excited dance*

Here is the official poster for Spring 2014! Poster design by Cloudwalkersims:



The festival is hosted by Simatography.webs.com and is held twice a year.

If you're interested in submitting your film, here is the link with all the rules, info and deadlines:
http://issuu.com/minraed/docs/siff_march_2014_rules_and_tips/1?e=1784792/5752476

Both Sims 3 and Sims 2 machinima is accepted :D

Personally, I reeeeeeeeeally want to try and submit a film this year, dang it! Hopefully I can find the time to get one done :3

:O


Saturday 18 January 2014

Greenscreen tests



Some green-screen tests of car interiors.
Unfortunately, I'm not great at green-screen and I just used iMovie to blend it together.
It looks a bit fake to my eye, but I don't think I can do much about it. *shrugs* Oh well.

Wednesday 1 January 2014

2014 in the house, yo!

Happy New Year, anyone reading this :)

I hope 2014 is a good one for you all.

Anyway..... please forgive the state of this blog, I know it's an absolute disorganised mess. It's kinda fugly as well, but I'm going to try and attempt a re-design in Feb sometime. I should have some more machinima up by that time to warrant a redesign.

May as well list my resolutions, hey :P Not gonna list my real-life resolutions though, because they sound way too pathetic!

Hobby Resolutions/Goals:
- Talk less about making machinima, and just actually make it.
- Actually submit a film to Siff Spring 2014. For reals this time.
- Try be original where possible.
- Release at least two Sims  3 machinimas worth watching.
- Learn how to animate better! Study more tutorials
- Learn how to edit better!
- Practice writing and character/plot development .
- Learn to use Source Film Maker and make at least two films with that.
- Make at least one machinima with The Sims 4 (once it is released) no matter how crappy it may be.

That's about it. Got things to do, I guess @_@