SL Machinima - Surrealia Anatine’s & ‘The Cats Will Play’
September 10, 2008 2:00 pmBeatrix Kiddo
We continue the quest for great Second Life machinima shot in 2008 by taking a look at Surrealia Anatine’s - from Kisai Studios - work B. Kiddo aka Joga Kidd (more machinima works on simspremiere.com), as was suggested by Phoenix Chapman. One of the most recent Surrealia Antatine’s works Beatrix Kiddo’s work is ‘The Cats Will Play’, a ‘Grindhouse’ - the defunct burlesque theatres, on 42nd Street, New York, where ‘bump n’ grind’ dancing and striptease used to be on the bill - tribute music machinima. A must see for all neko’s (and neko lovers) out there:
A lot of the effects used remind me of a - good, opposed to the casino royale - Bond movie intro, and I wonder how she did them… shooting on ‘blue screen’ (do they still use those?) in-world and lot’s of video editing, or shooting against the full bright backgrounds in SL with ‘render glow = TRUE’. Regardless, ‘The Cats Will Play’ is one sexy music video that makes you want to *purrrrr* (and go out and by ears and tails for the ladies that do not own them yet). *hums ‘hang up the chick habit, hang it up, daddy, a girl’s not a tonic or a pill, … I’m telling you it’s not a trick, pay attention, don’t be thick, or you’re liable to get licked…’*
Surrealia Antanine
Another nice music video - if you enjoy the retro sound of SNAP!’s ‘Rhythm is a dancer’ - is Rhythm is a Dancer by Miss Surrealia Anatine (visible here on Koinup).
And not just Second Life machinima for Miss Anatine, a lot of movies shot by Kisai Studio use Sims2 characters. One of her best is ‘Alice’ - which was the bronze winner for the 2008 Online Machinima Festival. It’s a different version of Alice in Wonderland all right, but who says stories should not evolve and adjust to new media? ;) Behold and enjoy:
If you want to explore more of Surrealia Anatine’s work, I suggest you take a look at her YouTube Channel or ‘Kisai Studios’ on Koinup.
Great machinima tips & linkage still more than welcome in the comments. I’m sure I did not find all great 2008 ones yet!
I apologise to the ladies in question for mixing up director credits. ‘Confusement’ was created by both ladies being present on simspremiere.com.
Tags: machinima, neko, second life, sims2, surrealia antine
5 Responses to “SL Machinima - Surrealia Anatine’s & ‘The Cats Will Play’”
What an incredibly versatile talent! I’m not sure I agree tho, that the Alice is all that different. I always thought of that story as a really trippy, surreal and rather threatening analysis the crazy feelings that go with early adolescence so this, for me, fits the bill perfectly! But I guess it ain’t disney! Thanks so much for sharing
Cute =) That song was used in the movie Death Proof. It’s very fitting.
Heya Vint, thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it. But.. there is a problem here lol. I didn’t make the “The Cats Will Play”. Bkiddo aka Joga Kidd.. who is a long time friend and colleague of mine made that movie. I was -in- the movie as an actor for him, and made an animation or two for him, but, I didn’t make the movie. My movies are generally darker haha but he and I collaborate often as he is one of my favorite directors.. Lainy Voom, Joga Kidd and I have been making machinima for over 3 years -we are all close friends and I’ve really felt honored working with them on various projects…but, I can’t take credit for something I didn’t do. =)
Sorry for the mix-up, Phoenix pointed that one out to me too. I corrected it now. If you know any great machinima directors, lemme know (preferable SL), I have two more days of ‘machinima focus’ to go. :D
(You guys & girls did submit entries for the Machinima Filmfest 2008, no? Deadline in two days!
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