This short experimental but seriously cool machinima by rising star creator Vrutega (read his SL spotlight profile here) looks like it was made in After Effects or some other post-production platform, but it was actually recorded entirely in Second Life.
"Everything was shot in-world," he tells me. "No VFX was used for this. I used an interactive skybox and changed the WindLight to match the hue of the DarkStar Pocket item I was holding."
And yes, you can get a copy of your own DarkStar Pocket this weekend at the Tokyo Zero event in SL - [click here to teleport].
Self-taught, Vrutega did later add the sharp audio effects:
"I layered various sounds from a few of my sound libraries, and created my version of a cosmic/space ambience." he explains. "I do my sound design in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition."
Most machinima makers shortchange the audio effects, but in my opinion they're almost as important as the actual visuals.
As for the DarkStar Pocket, here's more info on it from creator DeadBoy.
Image and video copyright Vrutega,
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