Machinima for dummies

Introduction. Part I: Introducing Machinima. Chapter 1. Getting to Know Machinima. Chapter 2. Your First Machinima Movie. Part II: Getting Serious. Chapter 3. Filmmaking 101. Chapter 4. Storytelling and Scriptwriting. Chapter 5. Engines, Engines Everywhere. Chapter 6. Making Your World: Set Design and Texturing. Chapter 7. The Casting Couch: In-Engine Character Design in the Sims 2. Chapter 8. Cut! Directing Machinima with The Sims 2. Chapter 9. Get Out the Scissors: Editing Machinima. Chapter 10. Fifteen Minutes of Fame: Distributing Your Movie. Part III: Advanced Machinima Creation. Chapter 11. Massively Multiplayer Machinima: World of Warcraft. Chapter 12. Lord of the Rings on $50 - Mass Battles with Medieval II: Total War. Chapter 13. Noise! Sound Design and Recording for a Great Film. Chapter 14. Get It Out There! Publicizing Your Movie. Chapter 15. You're Nicked, My Son: Machinima and the Law. PART IV: The Final Frontier: Pro Machinima. Chapter 16. Making Things That Don't Exist: 3D Modeling and Animation. Chapter 17. A Storm Is Brewing: Moviestorm. Chapter 18. Build a Better Mousetrap: Going Beyond Engine Limitations. Chapter 19. Pro Machinima? Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20. Ten Machinima Films You Must Watch. Chapter 21. Ten Ways to Ruin Your Machinima Movie. Chapter 22. Ten Machinima Sites to Bookmark. Appendix: About the DVD. Index. End-User License Agreement.