Machinima for Dummies: Category Gnomic Utterance Week

Gnomic Utterances - Everything Must Go

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:09:40 +0100

Well, it’s the end of Gnomic Utterance Week, but I’ve got too many left. So, three for the price of one today. Agree? Disagree? Giraffes? Comment below.

The difference between a Hollywood production and a Strange Company production is that on the latter, there’s no-one the director can’t ignore. Oh, and the budget.

Do you know best? Do you have better ideas for your film than anyone else? Really?

A friend of mine describes the creative life as “throwing a lot of lemmings at a cliff, and waiting to see which one you find looking smug on a sunlounger at the bottom.”

Pure Controversy

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:59:50 +0100

Gaining an audience is a craft, not a crapshoot.

But Is It Art?

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:57:36 +0100

Films don’t spread because people love them. Films spread because people talk about them.

Questions of Formality

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:19:00 +0100

If you’ve discussed a movie idea with friends, you’ve done market research. If you’ve shown an unfinished film to your Significant Other and asked what they think, you’ve convened a focus group.

A Moment Of Lust

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:34:33 +0100

How much do you love your film? Maybe you need to truly, madly, deeply adore a feature, but you probably only need to think a short has a nice ass.

A Matter Of Perspective

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:49:36 +0100

Gnomic Utterances Week again. Agree? Disagree? No idea what I’m talking about?

Making a film and marketing a film are not two distinct things.

The Power Of Internets

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:07:00 +0100

Gnomic Utterance Week continues. Agree? Disagree?

If you’re one in a million on the internet, that means there are another 1,407 people just like you. Your potential audience is MUCH larger than you think.

Bonus content: There’s an excellent interview with the guys from hit web show The Guild over on Curse Gaming. Really good stuff about how the show is developed and how they got so popular.

Is Love The Law?

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:17:00 +0100

Hello, and welcome to Gnomic Utterance Week(ish), here on Machinima for Dummies. Agree? Disagree? Confused? Let us know.

“Make what you love” has it the wrong way round. Don’t make what you don’t like. But if you only love one idea, you probably need more ideas.