NoFilmSchool » machinima http://nofilmschool.com NoFilmSchool is a site for DIY filmmakers and independent creatives. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:41:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Web series watch: Dragon Age http://nofilmschool.com/2010/05/web-series-watch-dragon-age/ http://nofilmschool.com/2010/05/web-series-watch-dragon-age/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 22:09:50 +0000 Ryan Koo http://nofilmschool.com/?p=3716 One of the things I was most proud of when it came to my web series The West Side was, quite frankly, that it should’ve sucked a lot more than it did. If you took the challenging concept and combined that with our utter lack of resources, it really should’ve been a laughable home movie. The fact that we were even able to suspend disbelief at all was a minor miracle. I had a similar “it should suck more than it does” feeling while watching the latest Machinima.com web series to premiere, Dragon Age. This is a credit to the directing and editing, because if you think Hollywood’s video game adaptations are bad, imagine trying to make a movie using the video game engine itself. Not easy, and the unitentionally risible moments are surprisingly few in Dragon Age: (more…)

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