By Gary J Pitchforth

Made using many games such as Halo, The Sims, Battlefield, Half-Life, Unreal, Grand Theft Auto, The Movies and unfortunately World of Losers Warcraft Machinima is a method of making films/animations using pre-rendered (pre- built) characters and environments/backdrops, e.g game engines

The worlds biggest Machinima producer is Rooster Teeth Productions. Brought you Red Vs Blue, The Strangerhood, and P.A.N.I.C.S (People Acting Normal in Crazy- Ass Situations) Red Vs Blue is the most famous Machinima production, made on Halo. Other big Machinima producers include Fire Team Charlie, Strange Company and g-Net media

Since beginning in 2003, Red Vs Blue has worked its way up from a small production loved in the Halo gaming community to an official Machinima producer for Halo, backed by both Bungie and Microsoft.

I along with Ben Sykes created Grip Films Visit to see our filmswww.GripFilms.co.uk

Requirements: Computer (more power the better) An appropriate game FRAPS As many friends with the same equipment as possible. Too much spare time.