Welcome!
Yes, it is true. Somehow we managed to enter the 48 hour film project contest in second life. We know, the competition will be challenging. So we asked our friends to help us as much as they can. And now we are very proud to announce, that we got one of the most famous event specialists in second life into our team, Tuna Oddfellow, a real word magician who has specialised in cross world events. He has allready turned out to be a very kind and helpfull soul and excited like us to be part of the machinimatrix team.
And we got Skin Within on our side. Ayesha Bisiani has given us her full support, when it comes to design and adjustments for Avatar skins.
And here we are, the core machinimatrix team:
June Brenner, marketing , bringing fun ad giggles to our meetings
Tuna Oddfellow, virtual pyrotechnic, our super hero
Jim Gustafson, technician, creative sound effects master, video editor
Diddi Habercom , business developer, OCM (organized coffee maker)
Lorna Lubitsch, master of avatar design and outfit
Milli Santos, master of inworld shopping, model, actrice
Steve Nobles, story writer, film music maker
Raven Skosh, SIM scouting, building
Ayesha Bisiani, Avatar skin designer, best networker in world
Hussayn Salomon, … who is Husssayn Salomon ?
So we are definitely seeing forward to a 48 hour lasting event of busy creativity. Of course we have come together here with the goal to climb up the ladder to the top. Beeing part of the game is allready half the way and it is a pleasure in itself. Even if we do not win this contest, we will at least have a lot of fun in this time. And fun has allready started. So we plan to make a beta testrun on the next weekend. We will give ourselve a fictive task and try to mesh up something within only 12 hours. So the team can directly see, where we need improvement.
We will use this blog here as our reporting central and YOU can participate by watching our stupidities and our progress in this machinima thing… Let’s get up and go. Time is running.
Hey there,
I’m Sue, an intern at Rumblefish. I saw that you had written about and participated in the 48 hour film project. Rumblefish was just named the official music provider for 48 hour film project and we’re working with 48HFP to spread the news, so i thought i’d let you know that all the filmmakers now have great music they can use in their films. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the 48 hour film project or the marketing director at Rumblefish – corey@rumblefish.com
I’ve also placed the press release in this email which gives more info from 48 Hour Film Project about our partnership.
Thanks for your time!
Sue Johnson
Marketing Intern
503-248-0706
sue@rumblefish.com
For Immediate Release
May 12, 2008
Contact: Corey@Rumblefish.com
Rumblefish Named Official Music Provider for World Renowned 48 Hour Film Project
Producers Enabled by Innovative Music Licensing Partnership
PORTLAND, OREGON, USA – MAY 12, 2008 – Rumblefish, the world’s leading Sonic Branding and Music Licensing Agency, partners with 48 Hour Film Project, providing thousands of filmmakers around the world who participate in 48 Hour Film Project with a variety of expert-curated licensed music for their films for the first time since the project’s inception.
48 Hour Film Project aggregates more than 30,000 filmmakers from around the world to compete and see who can make the best short film in just 48 hours. Regional contests with teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue. Filmmakers have 48 hours to create a short film containing each assigned element. Films from each city are screened at theaters in that city. Founded by Mark Ruppert in 2001, produced by Liz Langston & Mark Ruppert, the project has yielded 2000 films in 34 states and eight countries. The current 2008 tour includes more cities and more teams than previous years, including Anchorage, Athens, Edinburgh, Geneva, Key West, Mumbai, and Singapore. For the first time, filmmakers have the option of adding music to their productions from a variety of genres by utilizing their exclusive access to the Rumblefish Music Licensing Store®. Rumblefish licensing experts hand-picked appropriate music from bands and labels around the world and made it available to 48 Hour Film Project with an exclusive password protected entry into the Music Licensing Store, giving participants access to a boutique of pre-cleared quality music from well known record labels and up & coming bands. The Rumblefish partnership enables 48 Hour Film Project filmmakers to utilize music through a 3 minute licensing process as opposed to the average 30 hours needed to license one song per film.
Rumblefish CEO & Founder Paul Anthony says “Participating filmmakers deserve the broadest music palette that the music industry can provide and the Rumblefish Music Licensing Store (sm) makes that possible.”
“The Rumblefish Music Licensing Store is the perfect resource for our film makers because they can get great music, legally licensed at a fair price when time is short and pressure is high” says 48 Hour Film Project founder Mark Ruppert.
About Rumblefish
Rumblefish, Inc., a Sonic Branding and music licensing agency, makes it possible for businesses and Creatives to harness the power of music to tell stories and grow their companies. The Rumblefish Music Licensing Store® (MLS) online platform makes available an expert-curated catalog of over 20,000 songs by both established and up and coming independent artists and labels including Kool & The Gang, The Feelies, Supersuckers, George Clinton and Talib Kweli w/the Procussions. Dubbed “an iTunes for Licensing” (Billboard, July 2006) MLS makes it easy to license music for major brands, films, commercials, TV programs, video games, the web and new media with pre-cleared, pre-priced easy to license music. In addition to licensing music, major international brands including Red Bull, adidas Originals and The North Face tap Rumblefish’s Sonic Branding agency to answer the question “What Does Your Brand Sound Like?”®. Through a sonic identity profile®, Rumblefish defines the brand sound as well as opportunities to grow the business with music and implements music programs that create significant competitive differentiation, increase sales and brand recall.
About the 48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project is the oldest and largest timed film competition in the world. In 2008, more than 60 cities will participate, with over 30,000 filmmakers expected. The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers. The tight deadline of 48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers—emphasizing creativity and teamwork. While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on “doing” instead of “talking.” The emphasis is also on building communities of local creative people, facilitating making new connections, showcasing skills, and celebrating what creativity and teamwork can accomplish in just one weekend. The 2008 tour begins in April in Boston and ends in October. For more information go to http://www.48hourfilm.com.
Cities include: Albuquerque; Amsterdam; Anchorage; Asheville; Athens; Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Barcelona; Berlin; Boston; Brisbane; Buffalo; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Dallas; Denver; Des Moines; Detroit; Edinburgh; Fargo; Ghent; Greensboro; Honolulu; Houston; Indianapolis; Jacksonville; Kansas City; Key West; Las Vegas; Little Rock; Los Angeles; Louisville; Madison; Miami; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Mumbai; Nashville; New Orleans; New York; Paris; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Pittsburgh; Portland, Maine; Portland, Oregon; Providence; Richmond; Rome; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; San Diego; San Francisco; San Jose; Seattle; Second Life; Singapore; St. Louis; Tampa; Tel Aviv; Utrecht; Virginia Beach; Washington, DC; and more…
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For more information:
Corey Denis
Director of Marketing, Rumblefish
T : +1 503-248-0702
E : corey@rumblefish.com
It looks like we got it all covered guys. I’m glad to be a part of this close niche team. Especially as we travel into the next new art form. From art, to magic, to design, to programming, to organizing, to creating, to smiling and laughing. To all those things that make what we do fun. The reason why we all are here, right? Then let us not forget, as did not, the pioneers before us.
Celebrating Unity,
Rico Warilla
P.S. Machinima-trix ….. Machini-matrix….. hmm clever Hussayn…..:)
I am very excited to be a part of the team. I am amazed at what we have already accomplished and look forward to working some wonders together. This is the beginnings of some amazing collaborations. Greater magic comes when a team of artists pool their strengths with one another.
Magically Yours.
Tuna Oddfellow
Kudos Hussayn, in a relatively short while you have put together an impressive team. I am certain the machinima will be incredible. I am glad to be part of such and exciting project. Good luck to everyone to pull this of perfectly.
Hugs,
Ayesha