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| Author of 300 Frank Miller appears in SL. |
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SILVERSCREEN - To celebrate the worldwide premier of the US box office hit 300, Warner Brothers opened an exhibit located on Silverscreen to the public after hosting a press conference for journalists all over the world. Stars and the director, along with legendary comic book writier Frank Miller (FrankMiller Oh in SL) whose graphic novel by the same name inspired the film were on hand. Director Zack Snyder (ZackSnyder Oh), and actors, Gerard Butler (GerardButler Oh), Lena Headey (LenaHeadey Oh) , and Rodrigo Santoro (RodrigoSantoro Oh) also appeared. The actors and director were in London and Miller joined in from Los Angeles all via streaming audio. The sim Silverscreen is designed with a main area in the middle with four nodes extending from it. The main area is the auditorium, while the four nodes contain a gallery with stills and art work from the movie, a re-creation of the Spartan village from the movie, a theater, and a reading area where visitors can pick a readable in-world excerpt from the book 300: The Art of the Film and listen to music from the soundtrack. Extensive clips from the movie can be watched in the theater. While visiting the Spartan Village residents can exlpore the re-creation of the well, the place
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where one of the more dramatic moments of the film take place. Be sure to fall in the well, where besides a freebie gift from sim builder Liam Kanno, CEO of The V3 Group, another surprise awaits. Adam 'n Eve designers created detailed Spartan costumes along with an intricately rendered spear, shield and helmet. These are free and are available in the Spartan village. At the press conference, Snyder said that the opportunity to promote the film in Second Life was an "interesting" and "innovative way to market films and talk about films." The making of 300 combined live action with virtual backgrounds, using a technique often referred to as bluescreen meaning the action in the movie is shot in front of a blue or green screen and the backgrounds are set in later. Many of the sceneries in the film were computer generated and were created specifically to look like the graphic novel." While critics have disagreed on the historical accuracy of the film, director Snyder claims historians have deemed it 90% faithful to what is known about the battle. Miller was compelled to create what were first a series of comic books called 300 after watching the 1962 film version of the battle. Miller gave agreed that for the most part, Snyder's rendering of the film was accurate to his vision but stressed that besides history, like all comic books, the story is indeed partly fantasy. |
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