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This is where Tutorials will be put up(written by me and anyone in the community who wishes to contribute) on as many aspects of Machinima as possible, links to helpful programs/plugins, sources for 101's in Acting/Directing/Filming, popular books and resources to help you learn the craft, and whatever else comes to mind as helpful!

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Pre-Production



How to breakdown a script. - ILL Clan.
What is an Aesthetic?
A Play Without Words
Making the Familiar Unfamiliar..
Objective Principle...
How To Format A Screenplay
Shot by Shot - Visualizing from Concept to Screen
Script Breakdown - Script and Scene Analysis
Finding Cast and Crew--Machinima.com
Home Studio Setup Tips



Filming



Azeroth In Focus
Moving Camera Between Views- Caution: Very Image Heavy
Camera Motion In World Of Waracrft
Film Theory-Machinima.com
10 Quick Cinematic Errors-Machinima.com
Fraps Facts



Editing


An Excellent List Of Programs Commonly Used By Machinimists
An Excellent List Of Tutorials For Most Of The Programs In The Above Link
Guide to Enocding Your Movies 1--Xvid and Virtualdub
Guide to Encoding Your Movies 2--Divx and Virtualdub
Encoding Your Movies Xvid or WMV---Warcraftmovies.com
An Excellent After Effects Basics Guide: 'Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects
5 Editing Tips-Machinima.com




Directing(connected with Acting)


Director's Notes.....
Body Movement.....



Acting/Voice Acting(connected with Directing)



An Excercise by 'Uta Hagen' - Action/Objective
As An Actor...Prepare Prepare Prepare
Some History Behind Acting... Konstantin Stanislavski
Getting A Good Performance




Tools/Plugins/Software


AE Plugin - Trapcode
http://fraps.com - screen capture software
Modelviewer - An excellent program for WoW Compositing



Hardware


ADD TO ME!!


Sound Effects

http://www.freesounds.info/ - Free
http://sounddogs.com/ - Pay per sound
http://www.freesound.com
A Comprehensive List of Sites for Sound Effects



Fonts

http://dafont.com
Simply The Best