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February 2011 Top 10

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February 2011
Top 10 Commented

#1

LOVE STINKS for Slim Jones
Added: Feb 11, 2011
From: kwistufa

#2

It Always Rains on Tuesday
Added: Feb 13, 2011
From: BenTuttle90

#3

Blood in the Dust
Added: Feb 19, 2011
From: Tumac

#4

Antichrist: Psychology of...
Added: Feb 08, 2011
From: Nikro

#5

DREAMTOWN
Added: Feb 25, 2011
From: Rik Vargard

#6

ODYSSEY: SEASON TWO...
Added: Feb 22, 2011
From: Killian

#7

Oh! Darling (TMOA Idol...
Added: Feb 11, 2011
From: macwemyss

#8

The Egg
Added: Feb 22, 2011
From: animatechnica

#9

Two Weeks in Texas
Added: Jan 31, 2011
From: jakechief

#10

Waiting
Added: Feb 09, 2011
From: Makrim

Ken and Roger 10 Hour New Years Extravangza

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The Ken and Roger Show
10 hour New Years Extravaganza
With Monk

Ken has returned from his trip with the aliens and seems fine except for the funny walk. I asked him if it was true what they say about aliens doing the anal probing and he gave me a stare that could kill a fly at 10 paces and said "Do you want me to demonstrate what they did? Huh? Do you, do you huh? If not then get running fat boy!"

So I decided not to press the matter any further and left to go do some laundry. I might add that I only left as fast as I did as I had some very urgent laundry especially the trousers I was wearing.

Anyway we have a show.

Being the New Years special we will be reviewing 2010 and would like to ask as many of you sweet people to come on the show as possible. We would also like to ask the not so sweet and the absolutely undesirable ones to drop by too. If you are reading this or have been told that I said this, then you are not one of the undesirable ones. It's that other guy, OK?

So if you want to come on the show either contact Ken or myself before or during the show, you can also contact Monk during the show as he will likely be running the boards unless he escapes from his cage.

I know it my seem cruel to keep a grown man in a cage, but we are talking about Monk here and we are thinking of everyone's safety. The last think that anyone wants is Monk running amok in public, I mean at the very least it might cause a major diplomatic incident not too dissimilar from the Cuban missile crisis, and we all know how bad that could have turned out, right?

BTW does anyone know how to get some really stubborn stains out of trousers?

Plus we'll have all the regular BS, Rednecks Massacre Cinema with The Monk. RPO will be doing his preview of 2011 movie releases.

The show begins at 2 pm Eastern, 7 pm in the UK, 8 pm in Europe, and the early hours of Monday morning along the western side of the Pacific Rim. Why not head over to the TMOA website Where you can find the show streams or you can click one of the handy links below.

Links to streams

64k Winamp or MP3 Player

64k Windows Media Player

64k Quicktime Player

32k Winamp or MP3 Player

32k Windows Media Player

32k Quicktime Player

You can also listen from the TMUTheater.

Don't forget you can hang out with your friends and fellow film makers in the TMOA chatroom.

Roger

TMUnderground Weekly Top 10 - Dec 3, 2010

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Week of November 26-December 3, 2010

Top 10 Commented

The Blob trailer
Added: 18 hours ago
From: Chrisproductions

Bat Boy: The Beginning
Added: Nov 27, 2010
From: timothy_richmond_3

Grumpier Old Men in 2D
Added: Nov 30, 2010
From: Wolf

Betrayals
Added: Dec 01, 2010
From: luxaeternam

The Dark: The...
Added: Dec 02, 2010
From: mcornetto

Excerpt from William Peter...
Added: Nov 28, 2010
From: martok2112

Sherlock Holmes (Title...
Added: Nov 29, 2010
From: comicarmageddonfilms

\"The Wayfarer Inn\"
Added: Dec 02, 2010
From: smallWstudio

A Dog\'s Life Trailer
Added: Nov 30, 2010
From: rgr

TWO AM
Added: Dec 02, 2010
From: ChantalHarvey

Narrative: The Story Teller Contest

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Narrative: The Story Teller Contest

With winter fast approaching, I thought it might be a good time to release details for the 2010/11 Storyteller Contest. I ran this once before using ‘Once Upon A Time…’ as the theme (original contest thread is HERE)

A great movie (often) needs to have a great story driving it; and there are many different ways of conveying that story to an audience. This year the Story Teller Contest will focus on Narrative Techniques.

Narrative is generally accepted as possessing two components: the story presented and the process of its telling, or narration, often referred to as narrative discourse. Story is a series of represented events, characters (or agents for some), and actions out of which the audience constructs a fictional time, place, and cause–effect world, or digenesis.

Key points

Create a movie or audio play utilising narration to enhance the story

Solo or group project

Any length, any genre, any format (TM, MS, I clone etc)

Narration workshop hosted by Jase & AND on the 101 Show (date tba)

Prizes tba (anyone that would like to suggest or donate a prize please pm me)

So, your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to create an original piece of machinima or audio theatre that employs narrative techniques to enhance the story. Your submitted piece will be judged on the effective use of narration in your story, originality, creativity and overall story quality

Very basically there are 2 types of narration, first person and third person. First person narration involves one of the characters within the story providing narration in either a past or present context. Third person narration involves a character not directly involved with the story providing narration. There are many different ways you could use narrative techniques to provide another dimension to your story

Rules

Submission period will be from 1st March 2011 to midnight 31st March 2011

Must be an original works created for this contest

Any machinima platform is acceptable

Movies must be uploaded to the Story Teller Contest page on TMU (details tba)

Narration must be audible (i.e not by subtitle)

As with any contest the primary aim should be to have fun, so get thinking, have fun and we hope to see you taking part in this years Story Teller Contest

TMUnderground Weekly Top 10 - November 13

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Week of November 6-13, 2010

Top 10 Commented

Hitman Blues
Added: Nov 11, 2010
From: Smokstir13

Blues Documentary
Added: Nov 07, 2010
From: smallWstudio

Harbinger: Short Mixed...
Added: Nov 08, 2010
From: Phaylen

Parks
Added: Nov 09, 2010
From: Yarmond

The Ubar and the Peasant
Added: Nov 07, 2010
From: Fakejewell

Temple Approach
Added: Nov 08, 2010
From: Samulis

The Shadows - Ep1
Added: Nov 11, 2010
From: Giu

The little witch
Added: Nov 07, 2010
From: chandnikhondji

Till death do us part
Added: Nov 07, 2010
From: chandnikhondji

Bedridden-cloth sim test
Added: Nov 08, 2010
From: stvndysn

Ollie Technical Awards Plus More to Come Tomorrow

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TECHNICAL AWARDS 2010

1: BEST SOUNDTRACK FOR A MOVIE OR SERIES
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

WINNER: DEATH IN VENICE (by ChatNoir)

2: BEST SOUND EDITING IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Incubus (ChatNoir)
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
The Calling (JosephKW)

WINNER: CQ: Blackstar Rising (by K4OWNZALL)

3: BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
CQ:Blackstar Rising (K4)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Ricky Grove)

WINNER: CQ:Blackstar Rising (by K4OWNZALL)

4: BEST CUSTOM MOD FOR A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
CLEAR WINNER: Castle Greyskull by BudBundysMullet in the Greyskull Movies by Rage.

5: BEST MOD/SET USE IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (SamyHouse)
Solar Freyr (allpoint)

WINNER: Hybris (by SamyHouse)

6: BEST COSTUME OR MAKEUP IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (Samyhouse)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)
Grayskull (Rage)

WINNER: Voyages of the Sojourner (by Animatechnica)

7: MOST OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
The Calling (JosephKW)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)

WINNER: The Calling (by JosephKW)

8: MOST OUTSTANDING MODDER FOR A MACHINIMA ENGINE
MikeDBoing
Warlord
SexyMaria

WINNER: MikeDBoing

9: BEST MACHINIMATOGRAPHY IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
Denial (Macwemyss)
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)

WINNER: The Bard (by AnimaTechnica)

The Film and Community Award Winners will be announced on the 2010 Ollies Special tomorrow night.

This Weekend - THE OLLIES

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This year, we are splitting the awards into two separate categories:-

On Saturday 16 October, we will be announcing the Technical Awards (sound, vision, etc) on The Weekly Look TMOA Radio Show (thanks to Chris62 for allowing us to displace the second half of his show!).

On Sunday 17 October is the full Film and Community Awards, on the Roger & Ken Show on TMOA Radio.

Who will win? Be there for the machinima event of the year to find out!

Featured Movies

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TMUnderground is proud to feature these movies:

Beyond Sundown from Jorge on Vimeo.

SB1070 from Anima Technica on Vimeo.

Your Clips Played During The Ollies Awards

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As you've no doubt have heard, the Ollies are getting bigger and better. Not only that, The Ollies are now getting wonderful attention by those companies that support moviemaking; companies such as Moviestorm, Reallusion, and CelTx.

The Ollies is a platform for highlighting YOUR movies as well - whether they have been nominated or not. The only criteria is that the movies must have been released on TMU between 22 July 2009 and 21 July 2010

Whether you movie has been nominated or not, please consider sending a short audio clip from your movie to:

thek4network@hotmail.com
under the Subject Header:
OLLIES - MovieTitle - YourName
and
name the submitted file:
ollies_movietitle_yourname
(mp3 preferred, but wav is fine)

Then be listening to TMOA during The Ollies to hear your clip in a montage of movie memories we have all shared at TMU.

Also, Please consider making a good comment about your movie, or the community, or The Ollies in a 1 minute or less mp3 or wav audio file.

These will also be used in the production of The Ollies Award Show on TMOA Radio.

Send to:
thek4network@hotmail.com
under the Subject Header:
OLLIES - Comment - YourName
and
name the submitted comment file:
ollies_comment_yourname

TMU Ollie Award Finalists

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THE 2010 TMU OLLIE AWARD FINALISTS

BEST PICTURE OR SERIES
Tribute – Rik Vargard
Death in Venice – Chatnoir Studios
Family Values – Macwemyss

BEST MOVIE OR SERIES DIRECTOR
JosephKW
Macwemyss
Chatnoir Studios (Kate Lee/Sherwin Liu)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
AnotherNewDawn - Death in Venice
K4 - Family Values
GoofParade - Incubus

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
GoofParade - Grayskull
K4 - Incubus
MikeDBoing – SINS (Remake)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Victoria Electa (Incubus)
Sonya (Denial)
Bella (The Only Alien on the Planet)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Sisch (Incubus)
Sonya (Shadows of the Past)
Bella (Grayskull)

MOST OUTSTANDING TMU NEWCOMER
Luxaeternam
Seabiscuit
KV

MOST OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITER
Macwemyss
Kate Lee
JosephKW

BEST COMPOSER FOR A MOVIE OR SERIES
SherwinLiu (Death in Venice)
GoofParade (The Tom Wopat Christmas Spectacular)
Nukester (SINS)

BEST DRAMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Incubus (ChatNoir)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)

BEST COMEDY MOVIE OR SERIES
The Ex Files (Biggstrek)
The Tom Wopat Christmas Spectacular (BudBundysMullet)
Farce of the Zombies (BenTuttle90)

BEST WESTERN MOVIE OR SERIES
Deadly Bullet (Macwemyss)
El hilo de Láquesis (Reepicheep)
The Merciless Sun (Mericc)

BEST ROMANCE MOVIE OR SERIES
Denial (Macwemyss)
Complication (Dulci)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OR SERIES
Family Values (Macwemyss)
Enigma (Uber)
Solar Freyr (Allpoint)

BEST ACTION MOVIE OR SERIES
Indiana Jones and the Gray Ghost (MrPoe)
Sting of the Scorpion Part One- WXIVAN
Voyages of the Sojourner - animatechnica

BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIE OR SERIES
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
The Biz’s House of Horror (The Biz)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

BEST FANTASY MOVIE
Hybris (Samyhouse)
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)
Grayskull Series (Rage)

BEST HORROR MOVIE OR SERIES
The Calling (JosephKW)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Entity (KV)

BEST MUSICAL MOVIE OR SERIES
Jesus Christ Superstar: Gethsemane (Jase180)
J-Hard's Christmas Album (act3scene24)
The Ultimate Showdown of TMO History (Guppi)

BEST WAR MOVIE OR SERIES
Shadows of the Past (Harb40)
Sandstorm (HardyCapo)
The Dragon Slain (LewisQ)

BEST MYSTERY MOVIE
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)
Hard Requitals (MefuneAkira)
Denial (Macwemyss)

BEST TRAILER FOR MOVIE OR SERIES
Gerbil Man (Pookashells)
The Nobbit Trailer (AnimaTechnica)
Tribute Trailer (RikVargard)

BEST SOUNDTRACK FOR MOVIE OR SERIES
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Incubus (ChatNoir)

BEST SOUND EDITING IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Incubus (ChatNoir)
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
The Calling (JosephKW)

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
CQ:Blackstar Rising (K4)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Ricky Grove)

BEST MOD/SET USE IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (SamyHouse)
Enigma (Uber)
Solar Freyr (allpoint)

BEST COSTUME OR MAKEUP IN A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
Hybris (Samyhouse)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)
Grayskull (Rage)

MOST OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
The Calling (JosephKW)
Voyages of the Sojourner (Animatechnica)

MOST OUTSTANDING MODDER FOR A MACHINIMA ENGINE
MikeDBoing
Warlord
SexyMaria

BEST CUSTOM MOD FOR A MACHINIMA MOVIE OR SERIES
CLEAR WINNER ALREADY PICKED BY NOMINATION!

BEST MACHINIMATOGRAPHY IN A MOVIE OR SERIES
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
Denial (Macwemyss)
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)

BEST SHORT FORM FILM OR EPISODE (<15>
Ad Hominem Attack (act3scene24)
The Calling (JosephKW)
Family Values (Macwemyss)

BEST LONG FORM FILM OR EPISODE (>15 MINS)
Tribute (RikVargard)
Hybris (Samyhouse)
Death in Venice (ChatNoir)

BEST "THE MOVIES" FILM OR SERIES 2010
Tribute (RikVargard)
Elegy to the Mind (Reepicheep)
Family Values (Macwemyss)

BEST "MOVIESTORM" FILM OR SERIES 2010
Incubus (ChatNoir)
Hard Requitals (MefuneAkira)
Embers (IceAxe)

BEST "ICLONE" FILM OR SERIES 2010
The Bard (AnimaTechnica)
Grayskull: Rise of Hordak Parts 1 - Finale (Rage)
Voyages of the Sojourner (AnimaTechnica)

BEST OTHER MACHINIMA FILM OR SERIES 2010
CLEAR WINNER ALREADY PICKED BY NOMINATION!

BEST "ANYMATION" FILM OR SERIES 2010
The Duleks (SatscapeFilms)
Incubus (ChatNoir)
DiVAS (Phaylen)
The EX Files (Biggstrek)
(yes, there are 4, but it was a dead-hat, so we're letting YOU decide!)

BEST SINGLE SCREENPLAY FOR A FILM OR SERIES 2010
Tribute (JosephKW)
Death in Venice (KateLee)
Incubus (KateLee)

BEST SUBTITLED FILM OR SERIES 2010
Clout (Tumac)
American Hero (Smokstir13)
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM OR SERIES 2010
A Nightmare in Hell (Laviv42)
Garel's Invention (Gilga)
Hybris (samyhouse)

BEST LIVE ACTION FILM OR SERIES 2010
Cinderblock Dreams (Nick Blacketer)
The Nose Collectors (Timothy Richmond 3)
The Console (JosephKW)

BEST PR CAMPAIGN FOR A FILM OR SERIES 2010
Enigma III (Uber)
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
Tales from the People Zoo (thebiz)

BEST MOVIE/EPISODE POSTER 2010
CQ: Blackstar Rising (K4)
Enigma III, Episode 6: Et Tu Kwong (Burkey1993)
The Calling (Burkey1993)

MOST HELPFUL COMMUNITY MEMBER 2010
Macwemyss
Chris62
K4

MOST ENTERTAINING GUEST ON A TMOA RADIO SHOW 2010
MefuneAkira (The Ken and Roger Show)
K4 (The Ken and Roger Show)
Act3Scene24 (The Ken and Roger Show)

THE "THONG DE ROGER" AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TMU 2010
Ken
K4
Dulci

So, there we have it; the finalist list for the 2010 Ollies!

The Voting Form can be found HERE; this form is slightly different from the previous one, as it e-mails a copy of itself to me as well as storing the database.

RULES
1) ALL categories must be voted on; no abstentions in Phase Two!

2) As ever, you cannot vote for yourself or you will be disqualified!

3) Again, no canvassing for votes or you will be disqualified.

4) If you make a cock-up on the submission, PM me or Tom on here and we will sort it out for you.

And there we have it!

You have until midnight, UK time on 30th September 2010 to complete your form and get it in.

And, as a reminder....

...and, because I forgot when typing all this out, MASSIVE KUDOS to those collectively-minded individuals who nominated; without dedicated folk like you, the community event that is the Ollies would not have happened, so THANK YOU!

TMU Weekly Top 10 - Aug 21

Posted by TMUnderground

Week of August 14-21, 2010

Top 10 Commented

Monsters of the Atomic Age
Added: Aug 16, 2010
From: thebiz

The Big Event
Added: Aug 20, 2010
From: act3scene24

Monster Chronicles Episode 1: The Beginning

Monster Chronicles Episode...
Added: Aug 17, 2010
From: jakechief

Grumpier Old Men
Added: Aug 20, 2010
From: Wolf

Looking for the Truth
Added: Aug 18, 2010
From: ed

ATST Star Wars
Added: Aug 18, 2010
From: sexymaria

Shadows of the West Trailer
Added: Aug 20, 2010
From: BenTuttle90

Macwemyss - Catch the Last Train Home (music video.. kinda)

Macwemyss - Catch the Last...
Added: Aug 20, 2010
From: macwemyss

"FIRST WAVE SAGA" part 3
Added: Aug 16, 2010
From: smallWstudio

Knights in Cleveland Teaser
Added: Aug 18, 2010
From: hardhat2920

Honorable Mention

TMU Halloween Fest Promo

The Big Event Premieres Tonight

Posted by TMUnderground

"The Big Event" Premiere Thursday!

Hey TMUTheater Manager, a new film from the prolific film-maker act3scene24.

Premieres August 19, 2010 at 7:35pm US: Pacific / 10:35pm US: Eastern / 3:35pm UK (Friday)

You can RSVP this event by going here!