Spotlight on Machinima

Hey all you out there in the interweb, this is a new weekly segment called "Spotlight on Machinima." Seeing as how Two Tons Productions is currently in the Pre-Production phase of a Halo 3 short, as well as the beginnings of writing for a WoW series (hopefully to be donated to a studio that can film it properly) I figured it'd be a nice touch to showcase some of the finer workings of our filmmaking brethren in action. You can look forward to this segment every week on Wednesday. And for the record, while on the subject, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" will be back this week, but on Thursday. Sorry for the delay, but you can expect Week 3's coverage of that to continue tomorrow.

The inaugural piece I intend to show is Episode 5 in a running Call of Duty 4 series called "Retaliation". You can find it on www.machinima.com and YouTube. Embedded here is the film and I want you all to take note on how with very little dialogue, great sound effects, lighting, and camera movements, even a video game can achieve cinematic quality in action scenes.