What are your machinima preferences?

@ZeeGee brilliant! I’ve subscribed so I’ll get updates ?

I don't watch a lot sim videos and don't actively follow any machinima stories. I've seen the one about Bella Goth before and love it. One youtuber that I like is Hatsy and I noticed she has quite many machinimas. I wanted to post these videos from her Witches let's play where she tries different things in the short machinimas at the beginning of the videos...

Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhdVn95kBI&t=89s

Subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuLjt-jwxIo

Voice over:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpSS9FM7NA

In these examples the voice over really shines! I think I might prefer music but if the sims talk, then I would like either subtitles or a voice over? I would say that my preferences depend more on the overall style of the story than the choice between above. I don't enjoy seeing a lot of poses or alpha CC for example.

Bumpity bump :)

Another goodie, a music video produced by EA when EA still did machinima. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll see Lady A as sims!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfAg6w4Cwto

@Koteyka A 2-3 minute machinima followed by a Let's Play? I've not heard of that before. Would you link one so I can see what you're talking about?

"ChelleJo;c-16868954" wrote:
I've seen a few, some are really well done and I do like both voice overs, and subtitles, but sometimes I feel that some of them state too much of the obvious and could just let the pictures tell the story. Then it's up to an individuals interpretations, and I think that makes some of the stories more exciting. When I can imagine my own story to go with the pictures.

@ChelleJo That’s a good point. And I agree! If you can use video or the sims to tell the story, subtitles would just interfere.

@Koteyka That is really amazing! I've seen a lot of Russian machinima on YouTube but don't watch cause it's frustrating to not understand what's being said. I wish the English community would jump on the machinima bandwagon too!

"luxsylvan;c-16869210" wrote:
Okay so to be fair, I've only watched two series by one creator, so my opinion is absed on what she did since I really loved them (kitsparrow27 for anyone wondering, Sims 2 machinima from quite a bit ago. I just really loved her ability to tell story).

Back in the heyday of Sims 2 I also did like machinima that was done as a music video for the song that was playing, but copyright has probably ruined that ? the Bella Goth video is also excellent, though it's the only Remi video I've watched. I imagine I'd be pretty averse to voice actors, because they're not necessarily experienced as such, but I haven't seen any, and I'm sure there are quality ones out there.

Again, most of my opinions are pretty dated. I haven't watched any machinima since...like...before Sims 3. I don't know why, but I just kind of assumed it died off after the move from 2 to 3.

@luxsylvan Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look up kitsparrow27. I love a good story!

I do love music videos. Copyright hasn't ruined them *yet*. You can use just about any song as long as your channel isn't monetized. Article 13 which will probably take effect in January will ruin all that. :tongue: At least for people in the EU, which will probably carry over to other countries.

Actually Sims 3 has tons of machinima, even by EA! You have to look waaaay back on their YouTube to find it. The open world made it very 'movie like' to film maybe? Anyway, there's lots out there still.

"Simberella777;c-16869367" wrote:
I don't really like it when the sims mouths are so robotically moving to imply talking. It is too fake and distracting to the story. Yes, I do agree those other stories are also very good and each one has their special place. It's just simply a preference for me.

@Simberella777 Haha I was guilty of that in my beginning days, the robotic moving mouths. :lol: Thanks for your insightful opinion. :)

"x_Always_Heart_x;c-16869387" wrote:
Partly bc I’m used to reading subtitles to certain shows, I’m not always fond of voice acting bc sometimes the recording is poor quality.

@x_Always_Heart_x Poor quality recordings and the wrong voice (16 year old sim sounds like 82 year old British guy) can really ruin the experience.

"katrinasforest;c-16869393" wrote:
Appreciate the recommendations. I haven't watched any machinima yet. (Machinimas? What is the plural here?) Not against it--just haven't gotten around to it. It feels a bit like the world of fanfic to me--there's lots and lots of stuff out there and some is really good, but finding the good stuff can be tricky without someone to help navigate it.

@katrinasforest There is a lot of 'fanfic' out there about the townies, mainly the Goths! But there's a lot that just use sims to create their own music videos or even series. It never ceases to amaze me how talented simmers are. If you want to try GOOD machinima without the townie fanfic, try LoneWolf simmer, the second one. She's on the second season of Robin and it's incredible.