Last Friday was my last hands-on day with the students at Caloundra City Private School. We watched some preliminary machinma footage of the
Imagination sim and talked about credits, what music to use, the mood of the machinima etc.Then it was 'free time'. Students could work on whatever they wanted within the project.
Some chose to have a relaxing afternoon creating more textures by drawing on paper. Butterflies and wings were added to the cache of plant textures.
Others chose to work on the ipad, in photoshop, on the graphics tablet, or within the sims on their hard drive.
A professional photographer came to take images of the students and the processes, and we had the formal thank you's with the principal of the school and staff from the Caloundra Gallery. The students gave me a beautiful bunch of lilies that smell so much better than any of the virtual plants we've created.
I now have a HUGE task ahead bringing all the textures created into
Imagination and making the machinima, but I'm looking forward to the results.
The picture on the right is the small student group involved in the project (minus Bronte). They've been great to work with and I thank them for their contribution.
Imagination will open in Inworldz in mid May. I am still negotiating a date with our sponsor Jeri Rahja, but there will be live streaming of music and a party for avatars from all around the world to celebrate the opening of the sim. The sim is a magnificent fantasy garden created with textures from UK artist Victor Vezina and the students of Caloundra City private School.
The real life opening of
Imagination machinima will be at Caloundra Regional Gallery on June 2nd.
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