I'd never expected this little film to have that much success. It's awesome. Thanks to everyone who has helped get the word out.
Finally, I received the horrible news that Machinima pioneer Peter Rasmussen died a short while ago. I've known Peter for years, and this is a dreadful loss. I'll write more soon, but right now I just can't.
With 3 days to go, we're rather excited, as our little two-day shoot Fair Trade ad is about to hit 100,000 views. Will it do it before the year's out?
Other than that, we're pretty much logging off. 2007's been a great year for us, between the launch of Machinima for Dummies, the feature-length cut of BloodSpell, Fair Game, the infamous podcasts, "Hugh Hancock is awesome" in a major newspaper, and other Stuff We Can't Tell You About TM.
We'll have one more post over at Machinima For Dummies on the 31st, discussing the year's events in Machinima (HBO aquisitions, Moviestorm, Bioware hoovering up Machinima creators, feature films, and more), and then, in keeping with our Scottish roots, we intend to lose about two days over Hogmanay.
And then, in 2008, we'll be back - with the DVD special edition of BloodSpell (with about 90 minutes of additional features, which I'm putting off editing by writing this right now), new Machinima, new content on Machinima for Dummies (including the updated version of the Moviestorm tutorials, and a GMod tutorial for HL2 - promise!), and other exciting stuff.
I can also announce that 2008 will mark our first non-Machinima series - a cooking show. Stay tuned.
It's been a great year for Machinima - perhaps the best ever. Looking forward to 2008. Out.
BloodSpell, the feature-length movie from Strange Company, is now available for viewing.
BloodSpell has been four years (and one month) in the making. It's a "punk fantasy" adventure story, about a world where some people are infected with magic in their blood. When that blood is spilled, the magic comes out, to harm or heal.
These people have been forced into slums and magical hiding places by the Church of the Angels, who believes they must hunt the "Blooded" down and bring them to their Angelic master to be "cleansed". The story starts when a young warrior monk in training with the Church discovers that he has magic in his blood, and has to flee into the world of the Blooded...
We've got epic battles across clifftops, gladiatorial fights with enormous monsters, cockney guardian demons, love, family and all that good stuff. We've also had some great press - we were on bbc.co.uk and the BBC World Service last week, and before that we've hit Suicide Girls, USA Today, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, BoingBoing, SFX magazine, and loads more places.
For those of you who watched the series version - this is a completely recut and in many cases reshot version of the story.
BloodSpell runs 84 minutes long. It's available for download or streaming from http://www.bloodspell.com/film/list/ , and was made in Neverwinter Nights.
It's a big week for us. The feature-length cut of BloodSpell, one of the very few Machinima feature films ever made, comes out this Sunday the 21st of October. We'll be running the premiere in association with the Machiniplex - there's a Second Life event planned, interviews and more.
And we've also been on the BBC! There's a discussion of BloodSpell in their print article around the Machinima Europe festival, and Johnnie Ingram and I are interviewed on the BBC World Service too!
Secondly - WoWInsider have an interview up with Hugh Hancock and Johnnie Ingram, talking about the book (Machinima for Dummies), BloodSpell's upcoming feature release, and more.
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