GE+Intel Machinima Workshops presscon: picspam

So there's this brewing right now in the local Granado Espada scene:

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In the afternoon of 14 December there was a special lunch for the local press to not only get acquainted with the concept of machinima, but also to introduce Granado Espada as a source for the machinima, as well as a quick hit of the Fantazztic Film Awards.

The press briefing was presented by Intel Philippines and CreaM [Creative Media and Film Society of the Philippines], in cooperation with MachinimaSIA [The Asia Chapter of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences] and IP E-Games. Theme: Driving Original Pilipino Digital Content Development.

The direct sequel to this press briefing was, of course, the series of machinima workshops taking place on 15-16 December at the Ascott Makati [formerly, and infamously, known as Oakwood].

Here's a quick picspam of the speakers at the press briefing:


The theme of the press briefing.


Intel Philippines Country Manager Ricky Banaag.


Cillian Lyons representing MachinimaSIA. To demonstrate machinima, he "recorded" a male fighter and a female elementalist doing an approximation of the YMCA dance.


Ms Imee Marcos, the founder of CreaM.


GEph Product Manager Ivee Feria. Her introductory presentation for GE was geared more specifically on its possibilities as a source for machinima.

She also mentioned that the very idea of the FFA came about from the many machinima fan films created by Filipino GE players ^^


A sneak peek at the theme of the machinima workshops.

pCM Veya has announced that those who reserved seats for the workshops will be receiving a Bear Package ^^

In an interview with Hero TV after the press briefing, Ivee also said that should the FFA champions be from the Philippines, IP E-Games will award them an additional set of prizes: a 1GB video card each!

Continue to the workshop

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View all the photos from this machinima-mad weekend at my Photobucket: GE machinima.