Bloodspell Film Released

Strange Company, an Edinburgh-based filmmakers company, have just released the first trailer for their new fantasy adventure, BloodSpell, a feature film on their official Bloodspel website. This new film is a combination of Indiana Jones, the Lord of the Rings, and the Sex Pistols. Although the film only had a micro budget available, its Hollywood look and feel does not reveal this fact. This is all thanks to the technique of `Machinima` film production using game technology.

`BloodSpell is a milestone film for us in many ways,` says Hugh Hancock, Artistic Director of Strange Company. `In terms of number of sets, characters, and action sequences, BloodSpell is on the same scale as Star Wars or even the first Lord of the Rings movie - in a different visual style, but the scale is there. And that scale allows us to tell stories that just haven`t been possible to visualise before.` BloodSpell was created using the `Neverwinter Nights` computer game, developed by Bioware, which since its release has attracted a number of surprising non-game uses, from further education, to artificial intelligence research, to Machinima.

`The millions of Neverwinter Nights fans worldwide are in for a special treat when Strange Company`s feature-length production `BloodSpell` is finished. Everyone at BioWare is waiting with anticipation for this project,` says Jay Watamaniuk, Community Manager for Neverwinter Nights. `We`ve found working with Neverwinter Nights to be a joy compared to earlier engines,` says Hugh Hancock. `Overall, the speed with which computer games technology is moving forward is fascinating. When we started creating Machinima, everyone thought we were crazy to believe that computer games could make movies. Now, it`s accepted wisdom, and the availability of that technology is changing the entire creative landscape.`

                                 

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