Machinima
The term machinima refers to a production process used for filming inside digital environments. In 2007 Gayeton created the first machinima documentary made in a virtual world: "Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey".
The American broadcast rights were purchased by HBO Documentary Films in August, 2007, marking the first time a US television network purchased a series which premiered on YouTube. The groundbreaking film has been profiled in two books, The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World (ISBN 978-0061353208) by Wagner James Au and I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life by Mark Stephen Meadows (ISBN 0321533399).
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