Press Release LEA & 48 Hour Film Project Machinima Premiere this weekend

Pete Linden posted a group notice yesterday evening via the Second Life Press Corps group about a press release for the upcoming screening of entries to the 2012 Machinima 48 Hour Film Project inworld. The screening will take place on Saturday 14th April 2012 at 11pm SLT for those that live in the USA first. Screenings for Australia is set for 4pm SLT and Europe is set for 8am SLT on Sunday April 15th 2012. Visit the LEA Theater in Second Life to watch them: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA2/223/223/21

Check out the press release below via Chantal Harvey.

I’ll be most likely be watching the Europe showing this Sunday because I live in the UK and 8am SLT works well for me. Wooooot!!!!

http://www.48hourfilm.com/machinima/
http://48machinima.project48.com.au/

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Linden Endowment of the Arts Hosts Project 48 Machinima Premiere Screening in Second Life APR 14.

USA PDT (SL time): 11 pm, April 14 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Due to timezones, this corresponds with:
Australia (Sydney): 4 pm, April 15
Europe (CET) : 8 am, April 15

The global sensation that is the 48 Hour Film Project comes to the virtual world of Second Life on with an exclusive inworld screening of all entries from the 2012 Machinima 48 Hour Film Project, accompanied by film crew interviews and a presentation by Emmy nominated Film SFX supervisor Tony Dyson.

22 teams have entered the world famous 48 Hour Film Project Machinima, where crews must create a movie within exactly 48 hours: write, shoot, edit and score it. With 3 required elements (prop, character and line of dialogue) and a randomly-assigned genre, filmmakers must work fast to create high-speed cinematic history. In the Project 48 Machinima edition, films are created within games and online platforms.

The Linden Endowment of the Arts (LEA) is a resident-managed agency within the world of Second Life, tasked with nurturing and promoting the arts community within the virtual world. LEA’s new Media Arts Center specifically works with awareness, education and development of virtual world-generated video (machinima) and will be hosting this screening within its new LEA Theater, a high-tech facility designed for cutting-edge media events.

The program will also feature the head of jury, noted Emmy-nominated special effects supervisor Tony Dyson (Moonraker, Dragon Slayer, Star Wars, Altered States) delivering his jury keynote speech before the official awards ceremony. This event will be streamed live to the Casula Powerhouse Theater in Sydney, Australia.
Other judges; Sean Callinan, Paul Nunes, Chris Howlett, Dan Graf, Trace Sanderson (aka Lainy Voom) and event host Phaylen Fairchild.
The winning film will represent the 48HFPmachinima at the Filmapalooza Filmfestival 2012, in Los Angeles, and take away a grande first prize of 3,000 australian dollars.

WHEN: APR 14 at 11PM SLT/PDT
WHERE: LEA Theater in Second Life: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA2/223/223/21
SITE: http://www.48hourfilm.com/machinima/
and: http://48machinima.project48.com.au/

Producers:
Chantal Harvey and Tom Papas.