Meditate and Destroy: featuring Second Life machinima
There's a fascinating new movie soon to be released called Meditate and Destroy, which features the real-life story of Noah Levine, and his conversion to Buddhism after a living a punk-oriented lifestyle during his adolescence, complete with substance abuse and jail time. What brings it to the attention of Massively is its inclusion of a Second Life-made machinima that functions as the climatic scene of the documentary.
"We have been trying to include animation in the film but our budget has been very limited. Animation is a time consuming and laborious process. With the tools available in Second Life, we are relieved that we can create something cutting edge in a community atmosphere." said director Sarah Fisher. The documentary's studio, Blue Lotus Films, collaborated with Virtual Light Studios to create the machinima.
The movie screens at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco on the 14th of November.
[Thanks, Sarah!]
