The Dragon Ate My Cameraman

“Wanted: film production assistant with sufficient power to ward off attacking monsters. Must be able to resist shooting fireballs at your mortal enemy while we are on location.”
An amusing Washington Post article discusses the challenges of creating a movie using an online environment for your set. These filmmakers are creating ‘machinima,’ or movies that draw from, or are set in, online virtual worlds like World of Warcraft. They have discovered that, in some cases, they have even less control over their set than they would have filming in the ‘real world.’
The project, the joys, the challenges,and the surprises: full article by Mike Musgrove:
“Shooting a Movie in a Fantasy World…”