For once, a game movie
that won't suck!



We spoke with Peter Schieffelin Brauer, Juan Carlos Piñeiro, and Victor
Piñeiro of Pure West Documentaries about their upcoming movie, "Second
Skin", which tells the surprisingly complex tale of several common (and
not-so-common) MMO gamers against a backdrop of the MMO games industry
at large. In part 1 of this series, we discuss the technical and
artistic challenges of bringing out the humanity of MMO gameplay, Far
West's portrayal of an online gaming addict's recovery process, the
films industry pressure to make a "shockumentary", and much more!

"What we're exploring are the idea of community,
identity, and economy
inside these virtual worlds, but we're trying to do it from a very
human perspective. Primarily, our film follows a group of gamers in
Indiana through a year of their lives within and without of World of
Warcraft. Alongside that, we have a couple that met inside of EverQuest
2 and we kind of follow them from meeting inside the game to meeting in
real life all the way – nearly all the way to their wedding in real
life. Our third story explores somebody who was addicted to EverQuest 2
and World of Warcraft and kind of his evolving relationship with the
game as he kind of transcends the addiction, realizes that the game's
not to blame for his addiction. It's a really neat story."

• Ten
  Ton Hammer Interviews "Second Skin" Cinematographers
  
  Peter Schieffelin Brauer, Juan Carlos Piñeiro, and Victor Piñeiro
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