Friday, January 30, 2009

Fri. Jan. 30, 2009

Our new machinima has been finished up and has been thrown onto the interwebs for you to snatch up. It's titled "Friend". Click here to view now! Here's a little background on the video:

For a while, I've been wanting to do a "deep" machinima that leaves the viewer open to interpret the film. This is that machinima. The film defiantly has a sort of moral to it. If you wish, you can read the intended moral below, but I recommend that you watch it first. Enjoy!

Moral:

Even life's greatest joys seem dull when there is no one to share them with.


That's it for this post. Marlin # 31 is coming soon!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Thurs. Jan. 22, 2009

It's time for an update! Yea! We're working on 2 machinimas right now, one being Marlin ep. 31, the other being a stand-alone. We're going to finish up the stand-alone one first, then Marlin 31. I've captured about half of the footage and edited it, so tomorrow I'll capture the rest. I'm not going to officially announce what it is yet(although I can tell you that it is not Halo 3 Dance TV 3). However, I have provided a screen grab of the movie being edited:



Isn't technology great?!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Fri. Jan. 16, 2009

Well, a lots been go'n down that I thought I should inform you guys about. Our Marlin videos are being taken down from YouTube because of a deal that fell through between YouTube and Warner Music Group:

From the YouTube Blog:

"We work with the music industry worldwide -- with major and independent labels and publishers, rights collecting societies, and with artists and songwriters directly -- to build user-friendly licensing arrangements. With these partners and our cutting-edge Content ID technology, we've created a win-win situation the likes of which never existed before YouTube: a system that gives artists a brand new revenue source and a great way to connect with their fans. That said, despite our constant efforts, it isn't always possible to maintain these innovative agreements. Sometimes, if we can't reach acceptable business terms, we must part ways with successful partners. For example, you may notice videos that contain music owned by Warner Music Group being blocked from the site."


So contrary to the last post I made, expect all the Marlin videos to go away for good on YouTube :( However, we're working on getting all of them up to our site. We will be updating the links on our video page as we get more of them up. New Marlins will begin as usual in February, and we will upload those to YouTube, the only difference is that we'll be using almost (if not all) original or royalty-free music so that this doesn't happen again. If you wish to see older Marlins, Seasons 1 & 2 are now on the Video Archive section of our website. Just scroll down and find the Marlin episode you cant to watch. Season 3 will be coming soon.

On a happier note, we pumped out a few new live-action movies: Horse's Horrid Hairdo and McJuice. Both have a heavy case of the randoms, so expect insanity. Please go watch them!
That's it for now!


Sunday, January 04, 2009

ATTENTION TP FANS!

Some of our videos are being taken down because of the music they contain. Just know that we are reworking them with original music and they will come back up when they are done. Sorry for the inconvenience.

TPCast