http://www.sims99.com/ The Best Movies on the Web en http://www.sims99.com/feed/rss.gif http://www.sims99.com/ 88 31 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#143 Congratulations to DavieD123, director of FUNHOUSE, for the winning movie of April 2008! This wonderfully scary movie produced by DoubleD Studios and featuring the wonderful writing talents of formerdiva, and a stellar cast, was a hit with the sims99 viewers! Amazing attention to details, fun one-liners and a oh so creepy clown were the perfect ingredients to bring this project together. It's no wonder this is movie of the month! If you haven't watched this yet, you need only to check out DavieD123's profile and do so! There were a fantastic crop of movies in April and plenty of competition. The runner-up movie pick for April 2008 was directed by RupertCanada. A brand new series which had viewers wanting more right away! Cosmic, Episode One is a definite must watch. A sexy and intriguing pilot, this is a series that is sure to be one to keep up with! Thanks to the sims99 members for casting their votes and remember to cast your vote for your favorite movie of May 2008! Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#143 Thu, 08 May 2008 09:27:10 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#142 A fantastic new feature has been added to Sims99! All users can now have their own blogs to announce new films, talk about current projects, or just muse about life. All you have to do to get your own FREE blog on Sims99 is register for our forums. It's easy, it's free, and it's fun! So come on and start blogging! Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#142 Sat, 03 May 2008 05:17:56 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#140 Something dastardly is afoot on the Sims99 forums! Always on the lookout for fun stuff for our members to do to get to know each other and blow off a little steam between movie projects, over the past year we've been hosting mafia games on our forums. To learn more about it, or to sign up, visit the link in the title! Or go to the Sims99 Forums 'Mafia Games' section. For more information, send a forum Private Message to 'Mafia Moderator'. Hope you join the fun! Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#140 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:51:58 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#139 Some of you may remember a while back when the mods made a movie together for Halloween. Here it is again, just to refresh your memory. Now, did you ever wonder what would happen if the mods got a hold of your movie ideas and content and made a movie with it? Well here's your chance! Four different 'mini-contests', the winners of which will be used by the Sims99 mods to make a movie for your viewing pleasure! Click on this link for the contest rules and more information. Good luck! Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#139 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:42:28 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#138 Videotape by Hittepetit has been declared the Best Film of March 2008 by the Sims99 users! Congratulations on a well deserved win! Fantastic film! Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#138 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:45:30 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#136 Sims99 Members have spoken and the voting has given us February's Movie of the Month: created by the talented director VRevis it's a music video for the Nine Inch Nails song: 'Only' Wonderful special effects and her signature character Shep of Bogus Unfocused fame is featured in this great video - be sure to check it out! We had a fantastic runner up this month as well! Serenity's Cupid's Arrows 'Teen Spirit' episode 1.02. This is shaping up to be a great series with plenty of laughs and excellent writing and voicework - be sure to check out the series! Don't forget to leave a review for these wonderful directors! Speaking of reviews; The Sims99 Movie Workshop is about to have it's first anniversary this April. The group has really come together and continues to help out both directors and reviewers alike to fine-tune their craft. If you are a director looking for helpful, in-depth reviews for your movies this may be the Workshop for you! For more information visit our forums. Visit: http://www.sims99.com/sims99_movie_workshop.php for details on how to join. There will be more updates to come, we would like to also mention the past few months movie of the Month Winners and Runner-ups. Be sure to check them out! January 2008 - Winner and Runner up! Hittepetit for 'Memories of Erika Kauffman' and 'The Present of My Past' December 2007 - Winner: 'Warhawke for Snow White Queen' December 2007 - Runner-up: 'Sweet Dreams of Silent Earth' November 2007 - Winner: CrystalWitchery for 'COLD Companion One: intervention' November 2007 - Runner-up: One Jovial Sim for 'Eat Me, Drink Me' October 2007 Winner: Armanus for 'Sanguine Prologue' Congratulations to all of you! Amazing work! Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#136 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:35:20 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#135 The contest's entry deadline has been extended to SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008, to provide a more reasonable time frame to craft a great-looking entry. Details are still available at: http://z-studios.com/overcast-contest Thanks! General Machinima http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#135 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:53:36 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#134 Craft the perfect advertisement for the overcast: a machinima podcast ( http:theovercast.com ), and win massive machinima swag! The Overcast wants to expand its audience, and to do so it needs your help. Using only rights-free tools (like Antics, iClone, Moviestorm, Second Life, etc.), create a video ad of no more than 2 minutes in length to tell others about the show. Entries will be judged by a select panel of your machinima peers. The winner will see hisher name in lights, and take home the mother of all machinima prize packages! Entry deadline is SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008. Read all about the rules, judges, prizes, and download some available audio assets over at: http://z-studios.com/overcast-contest General Machinima http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#134 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:33:49 -0500 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#129 Win a copy of The Sims 2: Bon Voyage and other great prizes! Get your creative thinking caps on and be prepared to get swept away! The theme of the contest is 'Getting Away From It All'. This can be a vacation, breaking out of prison, running away from home to join the circus, or anything with a 'getting away' theme. Be creative! See the forum topic link for details. Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#129 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:39:22 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#128 We got some of our technical issues sorted out and are now able to start announcing past contest winners, as well as a brand new winner just declared today! Without further ado: Winner for September 2007: HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME by HALLOW3EN Winner for August 2007: REPENT - COLD2 by crystalwitchery Winner for July 2007: Alice by OneJovialSim Sims99 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#128 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#120 My Last Breath, a music video by RegevAway, was voted the Best Film of May 2007 by the Sims99 user population! An expressive film set to the song of the same title by Evanescence, RegevAway uses some interesting techniques to add effects and visuals that any experienced Simmer knows just aren't possible within the normal confines of the game. Congratulations, RegevAway! Sims99 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#120 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#119 Short Fuze wants more top-flight machinimators to show the world what Moviestorm can really do in the hands of experts. We're looking for established individuals or studios to produce absolutely top-quality movies using Moviestorm. You would be joining a small but rapidly growing team. This is most likely to be a part-time role or freelance / contract work, and you can work from home or in our (Cambridge, UK) offices. It would involve a mixture of commissioned pieces where we are responding to requests from IPR owners (TV, movies and music) and your own original work, and we're after anything from drama and comedy to music video or experimental work. What matters is quality, delivery to time and fanatical devotion to the art. We're looking for movies that go beyond existing "gamer" machinima, and will appeal to a wider audience. We'll provide full technical support, and you'll also get access to custom artwork and professional sound facilities. Payment terms by negotiation. If you're interested, please email me directly (matt [at] shortfuze.co.uk) and send links to your portfolio of machinima work (in any engine) and other film work if you have it, as well as details of any machinima or film awards you have won. You will need to demonstrate your proficiency with character performance, camerawork, editing and post-production. Please indicate what type of films you like to make and your level of technical expertise. We would particularly welcome applications from people who are making movies in languages other than English, though this is not a requirement. Start dates vary from immediate to October 2007. Sims99 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#119 Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#118 Filmmakers from all walks of life are invited to demonstrate their passion and skills by creating a Nintendo-themed short film or video. Create a three-to-five minute film incorporating Nintendo and enter to win a public screening in New York City! See the official website for rules and more information! General Machinima http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#118 Fri, 18 May 2007 04:03:35 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#117 The Starving Developer's Quickstart Guide by OrangeBrat lists dozens and dozens of helpful, and sometimes free software for machinima creators. It has been used (with permission) as a basis for the new 'Tools' section to be found here: http://www.sims99.com/wiki/Category:Tools Share your own favourite tools with the community by editing this listing or adding review articles to this category! Also added to the Sims99 Wiki this weekend, Lostatcore's guide to changing the videos that appear within the Sims 2 game for the in-game television and the in-game computer. http://www.sims99.com/wiki/Custom_Videos_in_Sims_2 Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#117 Sun, 13 May 2007 02:26:46 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#116 The 2007 DragonCon Film Festival (http://filmfest.dragoncon.net/)intends to feature an hour-long panel with machinima makers as well as an hour of the best machinima videos around. To that end, they are looking for suggestions and volunteers for panelists as well as machinima video submissions. DragonCon is held in Atlanta, GA the weekend of Labor Day (August 31-September 3, 2007). See the website link for submission guidelines! General Machinima http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#116 Fri, 11 May 2007 04:01:06 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#115 Award-winning director Jaydee has always been generous with her technical knowledge of The Sims 2 game, and now her amazing tutorials are available on the Sims99 Wiki. Find detailed information on hidden cheats (especially how to activate the All-Menus cheat), the creative use of animation overlays, and creating brand new animations now in the Tutorials section! Body Animations: http://www.sims99.com/wiki/Sims_2_Body_Animation_Converter Animation Overlays: http://www.sims99.com/wiki/Sims_2_Overlay_Tutorial Hidden Cheats: http://www.sims99.com/wiki/Sims_2_Hidden_Cheats Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#115 Fri, 11 May 2007 03:57:20 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#114 Peter Rasmussen of Nanoflix Productions has added his article on Machinima and the film industry to the Sims99 Wiki. Read an in-depth analysis of where film has been, where machinima is going, and the difference between the traditional art form and this new and 'completely independent eruption'. Compelling and thoughtful stuff! Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#114 Mon, 07 May 2007 13:21:03 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#113 Shooting Dialog by Tom Jantol should be required reading for all machinima directors. It gives in-depth explanations into different types of shots and camera angles, and when to use each for maximum effectiveness. Complete with notes and illustrations that anyone can follow, but still giving enough detail that even experienced directors can learn from it. Find this tutorial on the Sims99 Wiki in the tutorials category! (Or, of course, just click the link for this news item.) Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#113 Mon, 07 May 2007 04:11:24 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#112 http://www.sims99.com/wiki A new repository for articles, tutorials, help files, cheats, and tips on machinima opens today at Sims99.com. This resource is designed as a growing and evolving source of help for moviemakers, and a central location for everything machinima! Sims99 has seeded the wiki with an exhaustive list of Sims 2 cheats, Moviemaking Tips from Sims99 directors, a list of must-have downloads for Sims 2 filmmakers, links to online articles, podcasts and magazines on machinima, as well as detailed help files. Do you have tutorials, articles, or information you would like to share with the machinima community? Then add it to the Sims99 Wiki. For more information on what you can contribute and how, see http://www.sims99.com/wiki/Contributing_to_the_Sims99_Wiki Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#112 Fri, 04 May 2007 04:02:36 -0400 http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#111 Blessed3126, a long-time director at sims99.com, receives the Best Film of April 2007 award for 'The Fame Game', a music video set to Everything's Just Wonderful by Lily Allen. She weaves together several parallel stories, all with tragic consequences, and does it artfully. This is Blessed's first movie release in over a year, but she's approached it with a new energy that comes across beautifully in this well-crafted film. Sims99 Specific http://www.sims99.com/updates.php#111 Tue, 01 May 2007 04:57:56 -0400