Machinima Shortcuts
I was looking at MovieStorm as a means of making Machinima, or cheap animation, but seems not so cheap as you have to pay a subscription (I'd rather pay a lump sum) . Besides, in a way it seemed a bit like "cheating".
Click to viewLikewise, Voovees looked rather interesting, and like Moviestorm seemed set up for cheap 3D style animation. At $37.59 the price for the full version seemed cheaper than $249.99 for a life subscription of MovieStorm. And yet, do I really want either?
I have an interest in Videos - took a component of of my Bachelors in it, but had to let it go because of lack of funds, and the fact that film and video making is a co-operative venture. While it's possible to make film and video by oneself, much more can be accomplished in a group, or company. The promise of both of the above is that you can direct the whole she-bang - set up your actors and cameras, add soundtrack et cetera, and let rip.
t's possible to do interesting things in other ways. There's Scratch, a programming language to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. It's also meant to be a teaching/learning tool. I like the concept (basically cut-out animation) but there's yet another tool out there like this - Alice.
Of course any animation is only as good as the content. Scratch and Alice only seem to be able to move one object at a time for example, but of course that's not the point. And it's possible to do animation with more commercial stuff, like Toon Boom, Anime Studio, and Flash (I have a legal copy of Flash). Whatever I choose, I'll have to spend timing in learning techniques appropriate to the software.
Not that I'd need any software. Possible to do cut-out stop animation with just a camera and paper/cardboard cut-outs. That seems a lot of work though. Why do that I'f I can do it (easier) on computer?