I’m working on an essay film project and have been thinking about the role of voice-over. For someone not used to ‘personal’ filmmaking, where you’re a presence in the film, getting the voice-over right is an important issue and not as simple as you might think.
One interesting session at the recent ASPERA Conference in Brisbane involved Michael Sergi talking about his research. Michael, who is the Director of Film and Television at Bond University, has a focus on the actor/director relationship in screen production. I was struck by similarities between some of his conclusions and my own research into improvised performances in filmmaking.
I have something of an interest in machinima and have written about it in the past: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hosting/ijets/journal/V4N2/V4N2abstract_berkeley.htm
I’ve recently been looking at Moviestorm as a software package that provides a whole range of machinima tools.