This Weekend: Sleepless in Second Life

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082717.post-87853079807690133092008-01-11T11:13:00.000-05:002008-01-11T10:56:28.977-05:00This Weekend: Sleepless in Second LifeThis weekend marks the start of an exciting film event in Second Life. The famous <a href="http://www.48hourfilm.com/">48-Hour Film project </a>that tours the world is reaching a virtual world. On Friday, January 11th, contestants will be given a character, prop, and line of dialog as base for their machinima. Then, the teams have 48 hours to turn around a complete production.More information from the <a href="http://www.48hourfilm.com/secondlife">48-hour film Second Life site</a>:<o:p></o:p> "The competition kicks off Friday, January 11th, at 4:00 p.m. Second Life Time (7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) with a representative from each team meeting in Second Life to receive a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialog to be worked into their film. <o:p></o:p> Teams have until Sunday, January 13th, at 4:30 p.m. Second Life Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) to submit a completed entry. <o:p></o:p> On the following Wednesday and Thursday (January 16th and 17th), screenings will be held "virtually" in Second Life at <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Millions%20of%20Us/154/124/23/">the New Globe Theater</a>." [<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Millions%20of%20Us/154/124/23/">To teleport to the event location, click here</a>] There should be some cool short movies coming out of this contest, hopefully they will also be posted on youtube so we can all watch (outside of Second Life). rodicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05895048582137290209noreply@blogger.com