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Machinima production tools: a vernacular history of a creative medium

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Jeffrey Bardzell,

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CHI '13: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 971 - 980

https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466124

Published: 27 April 2013 Publication History

Abstract

In recent years, HCI has shown a rising interest in the creative practices associated with massive online communities, including crafters, hackers, DIY, and other expert amateurs. One strategy for researching creativity at this scale is through an analysis of a community's outputs, including its creative works, custom created tools, and emergent practices. In this paper, we offer one such case study, a historical account of World of Warcraft (WoW) machinima (i.e., videos produced inside of video games), which shows how the aesthetic needs and requirements of video making community coevolved with the community-made creativity support tools in use at the time. We view this process as inhabiting different layers and practices of appropriation, and through an analysis of them, we trace the ways that support for emerging stylistic conventions become built into creativity support tools over time.

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Gross SVerplank BJu WAntle AMazalek AMueller F(2015)Material and Meaning in Tangible InteractionsProceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/2677199.2691609(453-456)Online publication date: 15-Jan-2015
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Gross S(2013)Glitch, pleaseProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces10.1145/2513506.2513525(175-184)Online publication date: 3-Sep-2013
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