Ill Clan

The Machinima Process What we do is novel in it's method-we make animation using real-time 3d rendering engines used in today's high-profile computer games. This allows us to record animation live and thereby speed up the production process. And because it's saved as a special data file by the real-time 3D engine, we can tweak everything in post: camera angles, character animation and more. A simple breakdown of our process:

Preproduction: 3D characters are created along with their basic movement animation and props and sets are designed.

Production: Dialogue is recorded, edited and then played back as a scratch track for the computer puppeteers who record the action live and in real-time.

Post production: Similar to traditional filmmaking, select takes are digitized and edited in non-linear editing software. Additionally, specific shots can be tweaked and refined in the real-time 3D engine with development tools to allow for more character animation, adjusting camera angles, changing characters position/action and other practices that are usually associated with the production stage.