Something I loathe to do. It just makes no sense to me, after all this is SL and none of it is *real* , we wont be going to Hollywood for Oscar night, the best we can hope for since it is SL is to just have fun creating what we ourselves like.
At Opium Films that is what we do. We do what we have fun with and what we enjoy and we get a few laughs along the way and meet some new people and we post it to share in hopes that anyone viewing will have fun with it too.
The 2 major porn sites used by SL'ers , Naughty Machinima and SL Porntube, use a star rating system and a comment section. Sadly some avatars see fit to abuse that and leave unflattering responses. Pretty sad but eh some people need to do that I guess. The more they try to put you down the better they feel about themselves. It's all pretty high school mean crowd crap. Now I could go thru the vid sites and flickr and blogs and point out all the mistakes, flaws and ugly BUT I don't care enough to do that for one and for two it would be only my opinion and we all know opinions are like assholes and for three I don not intend to waste my SL fun critiquing your work. If you are happy with it that is all that really matters.
That said, if anyone really has the creds to leave a review at all I can think of few that are very qualified to do so, like, Rysan Fall, Adam Sin, Nik Arlington, Pixie Rain.
Lately the number of avatars bashing others movies or abilities or credentials is really just a new low for the SL porn communities. I rarely even watch SL porn vids to be totally honest, but when I do I don't feel compelled to critique them neither good nor bad, because what I see will not be what say oh,
Henry, might see.
It was said that vids were dull or boring, well maybe so but it is SL and it is pixel sex, how many times have things been done and redone. Nothing new has been invented in RL or SL it is what it is, I don't care what you name it, it is pixel fuks r us. There is no genius to it. Unless you are a pose creator you will struggle with making a pose look good, angles etc. Things are going to poke through, hair, arms cocks etc adjust as best you can to suit you using your cam view or buy Anypose (listed below). Learn your lighting. Use the basic rule of 3rds, learn when to break that rule.
I've watched over time avatars post their latest vid project or photo project into group notice/chat panes with very very little response or feedback, neither positive or negative. Often I'm thankful for that to be honest because I figure either no one bothered to even look (which would be my category) or no one had anything they wished to say about what was posted OR is it cliquish? More about whose ass you can kiss to get that next huge video/photoshoot part?
I always wonder though about the newcomers to porn and vids and photos. True newcomers with no experience, do they get scared off by what they see/read in reviews , group chats, chat feedback when it comes? Everyone likes positive feedback, we all want someone to say oh hey awesome job, even if we don't think it is, you can say that as well. It is all about delivery. Not what you say but more how you say. I've learned that not everyone wants feedback really unless it is glowing so why bother at all. How important in the grand scheme of any ones SLife? Some, like me and OFG, are going to shoot what WE shoot despite what anyone says because we are not here to please masses . We are here to please us and enjoy OUR SL. I don't aspire to be the SL equivalent of Spielberg or Scorsese or Picasso because it is just stupid.
It's not rocket science people , It takes patience without a doubt but anyone can do it if they try. If you have a creative mind, the right tools and the patience to learn you can make SL porn till your head explodes. Try not to plagiarize others work , RL or SL, try to be original if you do use something that is NOT yours, give credit where credit is due, including sounds and sound tracks , logos etc. It takes one minutes to say hey this music was found here.....or this voice is not mine , I found it here or this avatar did a voice part. We all use music tracks in our vids that we did not make, recently someone used an entire movie audio, some use sound bites.
If you have a good rig and basic knowledge of the tools you need to shoot a vid or a photo, you are aces. BUT, you can do this with a not so powerful machine as well in a control environment , lag free, in the air , lower some settings in the UI . TONS of ways to do this. Patience is the key, along with how much work you really want to do, at some point the fun gives way to work. I'm here for fun not work. Your mileage may differ. You may want to aspire to be the SL Spielberg.
I will not critique you but I will help you find ways to improve, if you are interested, if not ....it's all good.
Here are some tools and tips.
Fraps, a very nice $30 USA program, to record videos in Second Life. But Fraps will only record the game itself. http://www.fraps.com/ ( I prefer Fraps, you can use the free version and edit out the fraps.com too.)
Camstudio is a free tool for recording video of your entire desktop, a specific region, or a window. It's perfect for recording Second Life videos, and best of all, its free! You can get the free version at http://camstudio.org/, Camstudio gives you control over the output of your video: custom cursors, and to record the whole screen or just a section of it. http://camstudio.org/ (this pogram is really best for those who want to make tutorials etc, but will shoot SL vids)
Is your pc SL ready? LL's list the BASIC pc req's to even play in SL but I will tell you this they set the req's for Ram way to low. way way too low.
http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/
Good luck and welcome to SL porn.
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