Additional assistance Jonah Colbert Server provided by: David M. Baumler Process Deviation was created by using the virtual environment of Counter Strike to block, rehearse, and shoot the scenes. Characters were controlled by players across the country and directed by Griggs through online voice chat. The scenes were framed using a virtual camera then shot with a Panasonic DVX100 videoing the computer screen. The coverage was edited traditionally using Final Cut Pro then sound design, voice acting and score were added to complete the film. Awards and Festival Screenings By being the first machinima piece to be officially selected and premiered in competition at a major film festival (that being the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in 2006), Deviation is credited with being the first machinima short film to be classed as a film in its own right by the film community. Film Quarterly notes Deviation “as the first machinima film to premiere at a major festival, Deviation's theatrical screening at Tribeca marked the break-out of this Internet-fueled, gamer-geek mode of virtual filmmaking into mainstream cinema.” Shortly afterwards, in September 2006, Deviation was also selected for the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Machinima Festival, where it picked up “Mackie” awards for Best Voice Acting Performance and Best Sound Design. At this festival, the film was simultaneously screened in a physical movie theatre and watched by real people, as well as being shown in a virtual online cinema, watched by gamers’ avatar in the virtual world of Second Life, or in a live simulcast shown by Destroy TV. As well as its premiere at Tribeca, 2007 saw Deviation being selected for screening at several other notable film festivals. September 2006 - Official Selection - Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Machinima Festival, New York, USA February 2007, Official Selection - Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France May 2007 - Official Selection - Rochester International Film Festival, Rochester, USA June 2007 - Official Selection - Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, USA July 2007, Official Selection - Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea August 2007 - Anonimul International Independent Film Festival, Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania September 2007 - Official Selection - Seoul International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea September 2007 - Official Selection - VisionFest, New York, USA October 2007 - Official Selection - Festival Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada References External links Deviation Home 2006 short films