Clear Skies (machinima)
A machinima series set in the Eve Online universe.
Clear Skies is a machinima series created by Ian Chisholm, set in the fictional universe of the game Eve Online. The first film was released on May 29, 2008, with two sequels following in 2009 and 2011.
Quick Facts
- Show name
- Clear Skies
- Engine
- Source engine; Eve Online
- Genre
- Space Western
- Runtime
- 39:14 (Clear Skies)
- 45:57 (Clear Skies 2)
- 73:33 (Clear Skies 3)
- Creator
- Ian Chisholm; Richie Powles
- First release
- May 29, 2008
- Last release
- May 29, 2011
- Formats
- Windows Media
Facts from the source article.
Plot
The series follows the crew of the Minmatar Tempest class battleship Clear Skies as they earn a living in New Eden. After a pirate attack leaves the ship damaged, captain John Rourke negotiates repair costs at a space station, draining their funds. They accept a high-paying contract to transport Mr Smith through the fringes of Empire space, a job the crew considers a death trap.
Production
The first two films were produced using Editstudio 5, CoolEdit 96, Fraps, the Source SDK, and PaintShop Pro. For the third film, Chisholm used Sony Vegas Pro 9, Adobe After Effects, Paintshop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Cooledit 96, Fraps, IPISoft Markerless Motion capture, Softimage XSI, CCP's in-house Melissa engine, and the Source SDK. In January 2020, Chisholm announced Clear Skies 4 would move away from the Half Life Engine, planning to use iClone7 for production, with the script completed after nine months. A few months later, he requested volunteers, estimating two to three years of work to finish the next movie. Within 24 hours of release, Clear Skies 3 was downloaded over 5,000 times via BitTorrent, and within 48 hours, Clear Skies was downloaded over 20,000 times. The first film won the Mackie Award for Best Long Format Film at the New York Machinima FilmFest 2008 and the Grand Prize Jury Award of the Machinima Expo. Clear Skies 2 won the Jury Award of the Machinima Expo in 2009 and the public choice award at the Atopic Festival de films Machinima 2010.
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