Article: Claiming Its Space: Machinima
Abstract
Although machinima has grown exponenatially, it remains a largely undefined digital artistic practice in-between existing traditions. Machinima makers freely sample/ combine/ and break elements of traditional media. They "play" their references. This essay does not attempt to fix machinima to any single definition but will identify the intermedia relations to better position machinima into the digital media landscape. The argument will target three main influences: film, television, and theatrical performance. To exemplify these points the essay will discuss examplatory and relevant machinima pieces. It puts emphasis on the real-time aspects in production and play back to highlight the key specifics of this relatively new format.
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Nitsche, Michael: Claiming Its Space: Machinima. In: Dichtung Digital. Journal für Kunst und Kultur digitaler Medien, Jg. 9 (2007), Nr. 1, S. 1-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/17707.
@ARTICLE{Nitsche2007,
 author = {Nitsche, Michael},
 title = {Claiming Its Space: Machinima},
 year = 2007,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/17707}",
 volume = 9,
 address = {Providence},
 journal = {Dichtung Digital. Journal für Kunst und Kultur digitaler Medien},
 number = 1,
 pages = {1--14},
}
 author = {Nitsche, Michael},
 title = {Claiming Its Space: Machinima},
 year = 2007,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/17707}",
 volume = 9,
 address = {Providence},
 journal = {Dichtung Digital. Journal für Kunst und Kultur digitaler Medien},
 number = 1,
 pages = {1--14},
}
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