Wagner James Au / New World Notes

This is a fun SL music machinima showcasing choreography originally created for BLACKPINK by dancer Kiel Tutin, which is now available for Second Life avatars. (Info in the YouTube video.)

It's also among the most high quality Second Life machinima I've ever seen, featuring dynamic shadow and an incredibly high framerate, so the dance moves are crisp and fluid.

There's an interesting if ironic reason why it looks so great, video creator Isabelle Cheren tells me:  

"I filmed on a empty region in the sky. Sadly to get it so crisp, [I need to] be where there is basically nothing… being in the sky away from things that cause lag is the best way to do these. Plus I tend to use mostly myself rather than other avatars which makes it easier."

She shot it with the Firestorm viewer, and used the LUMIPro HUD to adjust the lighting on the fly.

Like I said, there's some irony that the best way to shoot high quality Second Life machinima is to avoid other SL avatars and minimize the visible user-created content, but that's basically Isabelle's advice:

"Honestly film up high. Lately for dance videos I go way up in the sky to film, as the frame rate is way better, as nothing drawing on the camera. But also no unnecessary shadows from objects surrounding [the scene]. That way adjusting the WindLight is smoother."