Additional links

Gamasutra interview with Steve Sullivan, ILM on their production convergence (2007)
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14789

(don't miss the embedded links to the IGDA and Hollywood & Games Conference in that article)

Gamasutra follow-up article on ILM (2007)
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15061

Here's a resource page from MasterNewMedia.org with a collection of info and links re Machinima
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/10/10/independent_filmmaking_sets_stage_insidehtm

Vfxpro article on film previz with machinima (2006)
http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=911ac78c&atype=articles&id=2773&page=1

DigitalContentProducer article (2005)Â on Machinima for film previz
http://digitalcontentproducer.com/dcc/revfeat/video_realtime_real_part_2/

Gamasutra article on "beyond machinima" - not previz but more toward transmedia
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1802/beyond_machinima_rudy_poat_and_.php?print=1

Course offering details_Jean Marc Gauthier

Developer/professor at the ITP at NYU.
Author: "Building Interactive Worlds in 3d: Virtual Sets and Pre-visualization for Games, Film & the Web".

Website for course offerings:

http://www.tinkering.net/vr/

First webcast...

I was unable to attend the first webcast in real time, but I just spent an hour watching the recorded version. This software is very impressive and I'd like to know if we have a college license (ACES) and start using it in my online classes right away.

Here's the link:

http://soma-aces.sbcc.edu/p87403499/

Weekly Journal

Week one of this online class has been a whirlwind of computer set up issues. As a 'mac' person from day one, just getting use to a pc is part of my learning curve, although VISTA has a very mac friendly feel. Fortunately, since I am FT at Santa Barbara City College, I have Ryan Alexander to help me as he is, I believe, our behind the scenes tech support for this course. At any rate, he has ironed out all my computer problems. Jim has also fielded some very basic, and probably annoying, questions from me with his usual halcyon charm. Thank you Jim.