r/machinima • • Jun 12 '26

❔ What was your first machinima❔

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Not the first one you finished. The first one that made you realize you could tell your own stories with a game.

Maybe it was Halo. Maybe it was The Sims. Maybe it was a GTA stunt video, a Skyrim series, an old Red vs. Blue episode, or something you've completely forgotten about.

What was it, and what made it stick with you?


r/machinima • • May 01 '26

Leave a Machinima, Take a Machinima - Official Feedback Thread 🎮

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This thread will serve as an opportunity to share machinima works and give and receive feedback. Post here and someone will check out your content and give you meaningful thoughts on it, but you must check out someone else's content first.

Rules

  • Engage before posting
    • You must read, watch, or otherwise fully engage with the previous submission before posting your own.
    • Engagement should be meaningful feedback: insights, suggestions, or reactions that show you genuinely digested the work.
  • Posting your own story
    • Only after leaving feedback can you post your own story.
    • Post your feedback and a link to your content in a single comment reply to the previous comment.
    • You can post as often as you like, provided you continue to give meaningful feedback on the latest item posted. Posting and discussing more content is encouraged!
    • The only restriction: you cannot post if your previous submission is still awaiting feedback.
  • Feedback standards
    • Low-effort comments (“cool” / “nice video”) won’t count—moderators may remove posts until proper engagement is given.
    • Feedback should be constructive, specific, and helpful. It can include:
      • What worked
      • What could improve
      • Questions or observations that spark discussion

r/machinima • • 7h ago

Temu Taxi Driver — A Three-Part GTA V Machinima Inspired by Scorsese's Classic

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After several months of work, I recently finished Temu Taxi Driver, a three-part film that's part parody, part tribute to Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. It follows Beavis Trickle, a recently divorced Los Santos cab driver whose growing isolation and frustration lead him down an increasingly dark path.

I approached this primarily as a filmmaking project, using Rockstar Editor's free camera exclusively to maximize my options for shot composition and visual storytelling. It's been a labor of love, and I thought fellow machinima enthusiasts might appreciate it.


r/machinima • • 3h ago

AiT The Source Movie - Scena pościgu

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r/machinima • • 2d ago

BATTLEFIELD 6 — This Is War. | Cinematic Short Film

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I recently created a cinematic Battlefield 6 edit using gameplay footage captured entirely by me. I focused on the atmosphere of war, cinematic shots, and immersive visuals.

I'd love for you to check it out if you have a moment!

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_Fbj8w7AE


r/machinima • • 2d ago

From baling contract to unpaid invoice — a Farming Simulator 25 machinima episode (Podmon E3)

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Podmon creator account here. E3 is a full episode of a fictional series filmed inside Farming Simulator 25.

For this episode, the useful storytelling detail is the equipment learning curve: the farmer agrees to another baling contract before he really knows the machine. Finishing the work doesn't resolve the scene; it creates a new problem when the money still hasn't arrived.

The episode moves from that practical task to $18,000 outstanding and four unanswered calls. We're using contracts and cash flow as story stakes, with the gameplay doing some of the narrative work.

Full episode (~18 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb27UXftg04

English audio; Polish and Russian subtitles are available.


r/machinima • • 3d ago

Machinima update!!!

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Hey everyone i know we said we'd be working on the continuation of the GTA machinima we did but we've been busy working on the script for it, the script is done and we will be looking to cast it soon but the biggest delay has been that we have been fully enhancing the original with DLSS 5 and improving the visual effects and color grading so without further explanation here it is!


r/machinima • • 4d ago

Four angry firefighters can turn a car scene into instant comedy

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Full Episode of “Grapeseed Cowgirls”: https://youtu.be/7_kgswGad8c.
Do spontaneous NPC reactions make machinima feel more alive, or are they usually too unpredictable to keep in the final edit?

https://reddit.com/link/1x29l2j/video/xw65xddqjluh1/player


r/machinima • • 5d ago

A flare gun can turn a rooftop scene into a ritual

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Full Episode of “Sinners of Vinewood”: https://youtu.be/0s67AkTwKRA.
Do you like quiet symbolic moments in GTA machinima, or do you prefer more direct action?


r/machinima • • 9d ago

Accidental failure can reveal more than a perfect action scene

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Full Episode of "Grapeseed Cowgirls": https://youtu.be/u6_ofnqr10w.
Do you guys prefer highly choreographed, flawless action scenes in your machinima, or do you appreciate when creators leave the natural jank in for comedic effect?


r/machinima • • 9d ago

Steel Ball Run: Red Dead Online

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Hello I am going to be remaking steel ball run in red dead online on PlayStation and could use all the people who can help me 🎥


r/machinima • • 9d ago

Once Upon a Time in Los Santos

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Full Episode: https://youtu.be/W_9hg0V4P7A

A sleepless night leaves Robin arriving at the morning briefing in her pajamas, casually reporting her impulsive destruction of a rival cargo truck. Meanwhile Alice proves her meticulous efficiency by quietly securing a van of electronic goods for the warehouse. Evan assigns the duo a dirty job for their client Gerald. Robin heads to the Raven Slaughterhouse in Cypress Flats to shut down a rival operation, crack a safe, and secure a secret recipe, while Alice provides cold and calculated remote support. The operation ends with an explosive car chase and one very strict piece of advice from both Evan and Alice: always wash your hands.


r/machinima • • 10d ago

I created a new short-form machinima video

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As well as making my long form stuff, I thought it'd be fun to delve into short form as well. This one is about a bomb defused gone wrong. I hope you enjoy. :)


r/machinima • • 12d ago

Grand Theft Auto Ascension | GTA V Machinima | Full Movie HD |

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Us at KnightHunter Studios have now released the 10th and final film in our 'Agent 11' franchise, and we'd love for you to check it out!


r/machinima • • 12d ago

-2: a halo machinima [full movie]

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r/machinima • • 12d ago

KiN – a Minecraft machinima series from 2016, revived (Chapter 1)

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A loner tends a grave that bears no name, and builds a life nobody comes to share. Chapter 1 of a series continuing my 2016 machinima ALONE. New chapter every 1st & 15th.

Full chapter: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bHnniQGDwfQ


r/machinima • • 14d ago

A Long Trip to Sleep – An Instrumental Story About Routine, Pain and Transformation

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A Long Trip to Sleep – An Instrumental Story About Routine, Pain and Transformation

A Long Trip to Sleep is an instrumental visual story made inside GTA V, narrating the descent, collapse and spiritual transformation of a man trapped in the monotony of a meaningless life. Each chapter of the film is set to an original composition that reflects the character’s inner world.

From the lifeless routine of waking, bathing, working and sleeping, to the emergence of his shadow—a side of him that seeks escape through alcohol and women—this journey is as psychological as it is symbolic. One day, everything changes: a woman on the beach awakens a dream of a better life. The man imagines success, love, and fulfillment… but the illusion fades, leaving him alone again.

Through vivid dreams, failed fantasies, and an intense desire for something more, he faces his own frustration and spiritual poverty. Eventually, after losing even his broken car to a thief (a consequence of his own destructive thoughts), he is forced to walk into the mountains, naked and alone, until a symbolic rebirth at dawn. From that moment on, his life transforms: abundance arrives, he becomes someone new, and the dream becomes reality—ending with a long-awaited reunion with the woman on the beach, now from a place of completeness and self-worth.

This is not just a story. It is a symbolic death and rebirth—a hero’s journey told through music, movement, and silence.


r/machinima • • 15d ago

Dark Studios Yt

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Just need some feedback on this machinima I made this summer


r/machinima • • 15d ago

Selective magenta coloring over a B&W train crash, and the aesthetic is incredible

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Full Episode of "Sinners of Vinewood": https://youtu.be/0Ji-x78vMzE.
Do you like when GTA machinima leans into surreal imagery, or do you prefer it grounded?


r/machinima • • 17d ago

Once Upon a Time in Los Santos

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Full episode: https://youtu.be/RSaq1FCtsQY.

The Las Angeles agency tackles the chaotic logistics of CEO warehouse sales. Kate handles a heavy duty Brickade delivery to Rockford Hills, relying on the unpredictability of a public session for a ride back to base. Meanwhile Robin takes on a maritime delivery in Cypress Flats that escalates from a dockside ambush to an outright disaster involving an EMP launcher, a low flying plane, and a pod of orcas. After a quick police car rescue by Kate, Evan demands a rapid recovery operation. Robin gets a chance at redemption with a high stakes raid on a heavily armed Auto Shop in Strawberry, guided remotely by Kate.


r/machinima • • 17d ago

I have released a new video

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Usually, I focus on making my web series 'Captain Torpedo' and 'Headcase' but I have decided to - on the side - also make short-form comedy sketches that aren't connected to my web series.

This one is about the overthinking spirals and anxieties of meeting New People. I hope you enjoy. :)


r/machinima • • 17d ago

KNOX UNION BROADCAST

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PLAY DEAD: Rapture

a project zomboid series

chapter one, day of the knox event


r/machinima • • 18d ago

Chell’s Mind - Episode 5 | Portal Series

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r/machinima • • 19d ago

Episode12:”Fire at will”[-2]

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r/machinima • • 19d ago

3 Peeps - DJ Dale Butler

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Just a stupid little machinima series I've started working on using GTA V.

I would love to hear any thoughts/feedback on how I could improve.

And yes, it's meant to be poorly produced. To me, that's the funniest part!