Machinima Used for Multiple Causes

I'm going to talk about two machinimas I saw as the most influencial and useful out of all the ones I looked at. First, there was a machinima made by Global Technology Public Relations who made the machinima to get company's who are interested in being involved on Second Life to come to them to help with reaching their public. The machinima was very well done with one girl leading the video as well as clips being shown of meetings they have planned, or an area for a speech to be made, things like that. Their area for the meetings that they planned was very well built and neat looking. I thought this was a well done advertisement for them illustrating that their knowledge of specifically Second Life can help companies with their promotion in the virtual world.
The second machinima I liked was for a social cause illustrating the awful atmosphere and cruelty that is going on in Guantameno (I don't think I'm spelling that right) prisons. They made this virtual Guantameno to be able to put other people's virtual self through the same experiences that people are going through in this country in order to create a want to help in real life.

I liked how most of the machinimas, like we talked about in class, are very simple. They are just browsing around the area that they are talking about. This makes it easier for the audience to understand what is trying to be said and what's going on. Sometimes, the virtual people who were suppose to be talking weren't even moving their mouth, but it didn't matter. The point that was needed to be made was being heard through the different scenes and views shown in the machinima with the addition of the background voice. I think because Second Life is still so new, machinima needs to be simple to help others understand and not be intimidated by it.