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<\/center><\/p>\nLast year, in anticipation of Doom3 and Half-Life 2 – and all their machinima<\/a> potential – I posted a kind of “how-to” page<\/a> for some indy filmmakers; showing them how a game character might be composited into a low-budget film. Well, it appears a group of Half-Life 2 fans are doing the deed (although their technique seems different) and the Deathfall website has an interview<\/a> with the 17-year-old behind the project, Australian Nick Bertke<\/a>. I’m not actually expecting it to be completed (HDRI is a relatively slow rendering process, all things considered), but I certainly hope and believe we’ll see something. Looks like the meet-up between traditional film and machinima is in the dating stage. Having watched some of the Playstation 3 gameplay footage, I’d venture there’s a marriage in their future.<\/p>\n (See also: G4 TV’s coverage – Link<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last year, in anticipation of Doom3 and Half-Life 2 – and all their machinima potential – I posted a kind of “how-to” page for some indy filmmakers; showing them how a game character might be composited into a low-budget film. … Continue reading