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Building a Different Kind of Machinima Community

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 Jorgha Haq 0 Comments machiima community, machinima, sims 3, sims 4, SimsFilmFest, ts2, ts3, ts4

Welcome to Del Sol Valley. Sims from everywhere come here hoping to be The Next Big Thing™. The lucky ones make it. The not so lucky ones fade into obscurity.

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For the Machinima Fans

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Jorgha Haq 0 Comments machinima, machinima fans, machinima festival, promotion, sims 3, sims 4, sims international film festival, sims machinima, simsfilfmest, the sims, ts2, ts3, ts4

10 years ago, not long after the launch of Sims 3, the Simatography website was started. The following year The Sims International Film Festival was hosted for the first time.

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Character Development: The Character in Characters

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 Jorgha Haq 0 Comments character development, characters, machinima, sims 3, sims 4, the sims, ts3, ts4, writing characters, writing your story

There was a discussion recently in the SimsFilmFest discord about certain kinds of machinima with certain kinds of characters.

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Setting the Scene: How to Create a Realistic Street

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 Jorgha Haq 0 Comments building machinima sets, machinima sets, neighborhoods, realistic street, setting the scene, sims 2, sims 3, sims 4, ts2, ts3, ts4

This tutorial is reprinted with permission from RedHotChiliSimblr on Tumblr. It was written for The Sims 4 but the advice extends across all versions of The Sims.

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It’s Time…The “Unofficial” Start of the Festival Season

January 3, 2019 Jorgha Haq 0 Comments machinima, magazines, posters, sims 2, sims 3, sims 4, SimsFilmFest, the sims, ts2, ts3, ts4

We are really excited for this season of SimsFilmFest. Changing the festival to once a year has given us the

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SimsFilmFest
The Sims International Film Festival was created in 2010 as a way to foster creativity in The Sims community through machinima, an art form that uses video game footage to make movies. Over the years, as new entries in The Sims franchise were released and new editing methods became available, we’ve seen a lot of changes, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to showcasing the creativity of this community and inspiring new artists.

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