In this dark and poignant machinima, an android dreams of better days at the end of the world:
It was created by professional Japanese filmmaker Akira Yamamoto, known in Second Life as Akira Balog, who brilliantly incorporates real video footage and simulated heads-up displays into filtered SL footage to suggest a lot of story in a very short time. The music is by Chouchou, the SL-only music group, and it won an award from the Society for Art and Science, an organization of media professionals. Much thanks to my indispensable Japanese translator Sanny Yoshikawa for this find!
Another brilliant machinima - but all I can think about was the sad story it told (sniff).
Posted by: Hitomi Tiponi | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 01:46 PM
That is amazing. So much potential for this kind of thing, I'm glad to see someone doing it.
Posted by: Matthew Perreault | Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 02:16 PM
I am so glad to showing my movie here. I will keep working in SL and RL. I hope showing more and more. Thanks!
Posted by: Akira Yamamoto | Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 10:33 PM
this movie made me many images about war, humans love...
and at first time to watch it, I was cried.
so amazing movie!
Posted by: Kaori Masala | Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Is it just me is does the imperfect English of the letter and even the HUD make this more poignant. What a soppy bint I can be.
Posted by: Carolyn Saarinen | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 at 08:16 AM