machinima

[muh-shee-nuh-muh]

noun

Cinematography, Digital Technology.

1. the process of making real-time animated films by utilizing the 3D graphics technology of computer games.

2. a film or films made in this way.

Word History and Origins

Origin of machinima¹

First recorded in 2000–05; misspelled blend of machine and cinema

Example Sentences

This isn’t the first time “Hamlet” been repurposed as machinima — as in machine-cinema, or machine-animation, depending on whom you’re asking — a genre in which filmmakers hijack role-playing games to act out a different plot.

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Grand Theft Hamlet is not the first film to adopt the in-game visual style - known as machinima.

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Discovery, is one of a number of digital studios that gained traction during the rise of web-based video and YouTube, including Maker Studios, Fullscreen and Machinima.

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You’re starting to see more people kind of adopt that Machinima idea of, “Hey, here’s a world in which I can treat this not as a game, but as a platform.”

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In 2016, video network Machinima settled a deceptive advertising complaint with the FTC for not disclosing that it paid YouTubers to make endorsements of the Xbox One, and telling them to position their opinions as independent reviews.

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