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Machinima Mondays (MachinimaMondays) is a long-running weekly community event centered around machinima filmmaking within the virtual world Second Life.
🎬 What is Machinima Mondays?
- It’s a weekly virtual gathering for fans and creators of machinima—a form of filmmaking that uses real-time capture from video games or virtual worlds. Meetings take place every Monday at 1 pm Second Life Time in the Samandiriel region of Second Life Facebook+8Chantal Harvey+8world.secondlife.com+8.
- The group was founded in May 2010 by Chantal Harvey as a space where filmmakers, builders, storytellers, musicians, and actors collaborate, showcase their films, and provide feedback in a supportive environment Designing Worlds+2Chantal Harvey+2world.secondlife.com+2.
🧑🤝🧑 Community & Activities
At each session, participants:
- Screen and critique published and in-progress machinima films.
- Participate in themed film projects and competitions.
- Share technical advice, creative ideas, and tutorials.
- Host interviews, training sessions, and occasionally explore new tools like AI integration Designing WorldsDesigning Worlds+1Designing Worlds+1.
Events are held in chat—with occasional voice participation.
📌 Why It Matters
Machinima Mondays is often regarded as one of the oldest and most active machinima groups on the net, providing:
- A platform to learn, experiment, and refine filmmaking skills using virtual world tools.
- A creative space where collaborative storytelling thrives across virtual platforms.
- A community-led showcase, including notable group efforts like Digital Rain 2023 podtacular.com+5Chantal Harvey+5world.secondlife.com+5Vimeo+9Facebook+9Designing Worlds+9.
🛠️ How to Join
- Join the Facebook group “MachinimaMondays” for event announcements and venue details Facebook+1world.secondlife.com+1.
- Join the Discord group: https://discord.com/channels/920099620267376690/1211983814646308924
- Use the Second Life viewer to teleport to the Samandiriel region at 1 pm SLT (22.00 CET) on Mondays.
- Bring your creative ideas, virtual filmmaking work, or just come to watch and hang out with like‑minded creators.
✅ Summary
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| What | Weekly machinima meetup in Second Life |
| When | Mondays at 1 pm Second Life Time |
| Founded | May 2009 |
| Platform | Virtual world (Second Life + Facebook group) |
| Activities | Film screenings, tutorials, collaboration, competitions |
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