Welcome!

This site is all about ‘real time animation’ and other projects by Chantal Harvey, award winning Dutch artist and publisher.

I am a filmmaker, working as a  machinima producer since 2006. I worked with Tony Dyson, who created R2-D2 for Star Wars, filmed with Stelarc and Second Front, Lorin Tone, Rubaiyat Shatner, Fakey Jewell and Dorian Cao, Saffia Widdershins and … you?

 

In case you wonder; what is machinima? To me, it is the art of using a computer as a film camera.  I direct and film in virtual worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft, allowing me to be as creative as i want to be and make my movies, cooperate with people from all over the world, and run weekly machinimameetings – MachinimaMondays. I love working with people and breaking down boundaries.

 

I completed film school in Belgium, and worked for TV in the Netherlands. I started exploring virtual worlds and machinima in 2006. You really are only limited by your own imagination and by how much you have mastered the concepts that are involved. It took me years to reach a professional level. The cost of machinima production is quite low, and with ai and software like OBS studio, there is a whole new market opening up.

My youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChantalHarvey 

Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/chantalharvey

I am working with a team of friends and professionals, many of us meet in Second Life every Monday at 1pm PST – 22.00 CET. Are you curious? Want to start making machinima or show your work and get professional feedback? Join us at Second Life on any Monday, for an hour long meeting. You need a (free) account, just create an avatar and use this link to teleport over.