Further to the previous post about Second Life, here’s more evidence of ‘accessibility’ to people. Last night I got an invite from the guys at MillionsOfUs to attend a screening of Eduardo Sánchez‘ new movie, ‘Altered‘. I hadn’t watched a full feature film in world before, so I teleported over to a drive-in cinema in SL and sat on the floor (I didn’t bring the car) then set my viewing camera angle right up at the screen and sat back and watched it.
It was great! I really like films of this genre. They’re fun. The framerate was great and the film ran perfectly.
But the really cool part was that after everyone had finished the movie, we gathered around and chatted with the director himself! Eduardo, who also directed The Blair Witch Project was there to answer any questions about Altered and BWP. Some great Qs and As. His favourite horror flicks are The Exorcist and The Shining He’d like to try machinima, but will be sticking with horror for now. He may still use consumer cameras in the future and he loves YouTube and the internet for getting attention.
Altered was originally a comedy script. He has never had a close encounter, but his ‘mad aunt’ has had many and used to go about them all the time!
It’s not all about zombies, aliens, ghosts, witches and intestines you know. Eds dream is to raise a few million and give 10-20 filmmakers the chance to make a movie for 100K. Nice dream!
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1. I used to love acting. Probably still would if given the time/chance That’s me in the photo aged 17 in a Vaudevillian role. I had over half the lines in the play which I learned the night before dress rehearsal by recording my cues and lines to a tape cassette and falling asleep with headphones on. It worked
2. I’m half German, but don’t speak it. I should learn (again after lessons at school). It’s strange, sometimes I understand it spoken and I can get the gist of it when reading, with a little help from dictionaries, but I can’t speak it fluently.
3. I have attended 13 years of Glastonbury Festival – the best festival in the world (and only 25 mins drive from where I grew up – hehe!)
4. The name ‘Kosso’ is a nickname derived from my surname, which is ‘Kossmann’. When I was at school, people called me ‘Kossy’. When I was at college I was known as ‘Kossa’. People tend to call me ‘Koz’ alot these days. Can’t think why
5. I believe that so-called extra-terrestrial visitors are actually inhabitants of Earth from the future, coming back to obtain various resources since depleted. Sightseeing time-travelling tourists too! If we do manage to survive on this planet for another couple of thousand years, we will have gone through many changes caused by the increase in radiation levels from the sun, over time. This could include natural eye protection and potential lack of genitalia. Ouch!
He’d like to try machinima, but will be sticking with horror for now. He may still use consumer cameras in the future and he loves YouTube and the internet for getting attention. 
