It's been a clear indication that the making of RuneScape movies is a large and popular part of RuneScape's community and has some impact on the members of Tip.It. Currently we can post videos in one sticky which is merged with sounds and pictures; and its also clear that the sticky is dominated by pictures.

 

The goal of the machinimator (one who makes machinima) is to reach his/her audience, receive feedback, and improve. Though the current sticky thread and it's picture dominance most people will not expect many movies to be shown there and thus will not enter it. This removes a big chunk from the viewing audience. The fact that it is only one thread shared with two other subjects, it makes feedback very difficult and spread out due to the constant bumping/other posts irrelevant to the video. The last issue, best fixed with a subforum, is the methods of improving editing, writing, and directing skills of filmmakers. Though help threads and constructive criticism (made difficult on the current sticky, reasons above) the machimator can improve his work to entertain better his/her audience.

 

The solution to fix these problems or even just help out machinimators a whole lot, is to change the way videos can be posted. Either Tip.it can include a machinima subforum within General to cover all areas of concern, an entire sticky just for machinima so it won't be overun by pictures and sounds, or be allowable to be posted on the General forum. To be orderly, a machinima would have to consist as a traditional "Hollywood" movie; that is, no bank videos, PvP or Boss kills, things best left in Blogs or Rate This.

 

I really hope Tip.It can improve the thing it's been lacking, even through minor update. Jagex did and it was well received. A last point I want to say is that clans have their forums, bloggers have their forum, PK'ers have their forums, artists have their forum, achievers have their sub-forum, and I think now machinimators deserve some sort of personal space in this rich community. :-)

I don't think people would like having the topics in General but either of your other two suggestions (a separate sticky or a subforum) would be good imo :) I agree that it's not ideal to have "Hollywood" style movies mixed in with everything else that is posted in the Screenshots/Music/Videos sticky.

I support this, and I agree a subforum would probably be the better option.

I think a subforum is a very good idea. I dunno if it would do well in the Gallery, because while that's where it ought to go, no one there really likes/plays RS. If it did go there, it would increase the traffic in the Gallery; it's kind of dead atm.

I would like to see a RuneScape Media forum/subforum or something. That way people could also post their RuneScape fakes/fan art there as well. Right now those two things belong in The Gallery, where nobody gives a crap about RuneScape. It would be nice if there was a forum where people could post all RuneScape-related works of art (which would include "Hollywood" style videos), where people who would actually appreciate the work would see it. Though it would also be nice if in addition to that, people could choose to post their work (mostly fan art) in The Gallery instead, where they would probably get more critiques and help on things with anatomy, composition, etc. So depending upon what they were after (people who appreciate the subject of the work or looking to improve their artistic skills) the RuneScape-related art could be posted in two different places.

I like the idea. :)

 

(Sorry, not to much to add, just don't want you to feel it's being ignored. :P)

I support this as well. IMO, Machinima makers are gravely overdue for this kind of place in the forum. BTW... no wonder I've been unable to find the videos! :wall:

 

~D. V. "Give 'em a place already!" Devnull