THE
CAMELOT
PROJECT
PROJECT PARTNER TRAINING PACK
SESSION 1
During this session we will cover:
The Interface – toolbars and settings
Moving – walking, running and flying
Communication – text chat, speech
chat, IM, Call, Friends
THE BOTTOM TOOLBAR
Chat – this is where you can see local written conversations
Speak – green when working and green bars will come from your
avatar’s head, this means people can hear you. Speech needs setting
up. Use a headset so the sound is not picked up and replayed through
your system causing echo.
Destinations – Place to visit
People – your friends and people near you.
Walk / Run / Fly – can be used to activate your avatar but also page up
and page down and arrow keys work well.
Camera Controls – again can be used to control the camera which is
just behind you. Alt and mouse movements work well too.
How to – help guides
THE BOTTOM TOOLBAR – DRAG
“GESTURES” DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
TOOLBAR
THE LEFT HAND TOOL BAR
Avatars – change whole avatar
Appearance – change clothes
Inventory – stores all artefacts
Search – look for places / people
Places – landmarks to teleport to
Mini map – see who is about
Snapshot – take pictures, save to
computer or profile
SETTINGS – A FEW CHANGES
MOVE AND VIEW
WORLD SETTINGS
The time of day changes
quickly in Second Life.
To keep your film
consistent you need to
fix your settings or stop
time 
Use the World menu and
choose Sun – set it to
midday or an appropriate
time for the video, then it
will not change.
To restore the day/ night
cycle choose Estate
Settings.
MOVING / WALKING / FLYING
Also work with arrow keys to do the same actions,
avatars get used to using both.
INVENTORY
There are set folders, these
cannot be changed. Put your
clothes into the Clothing folder,
new things into Objects etc. Keep
it in order!
The + sign at the bottom allows
you to make new folders and
more!
The search bar allows you to find
belongings very easily, just
remember what they are called!
COMMUNICATION
Hover over an avatar, click on the i for information!
Here you can see a slider to turn Hazel’s sound up or down.
Offer and receive friendship
You can also access her profile to learn more about her.
RIGHT CLICK MENU
Right click on an avatar to access the menu.
IM them, Call them into a one to one call, Block a griefer
or Zoom In on someone or something – that is very useful
to see a poster for example.
COMMUNICATION
Voice chat
A notecard (Click on
the + sign in your
inventory) – Share
or drag it onto
someone
IM someone (right
click on them or
search for their
name)
Local chat
Call someone for a
voice chat
SECOND SESSION
During this session we will cover:
Clothes – using the Holodeck Boutique
Renoir to get clothes
Outfits – make and save outfits
Gestures – find and use gestures
GESTURES
You have the gestures button
on the bottom bar, select a
gesture that will open a menu
saying play locally or play inworld.
To play locally means only you
can see it.
Play in-world means others can
see it to – great to filming!
SPEECH GESTURES
Search for speech gestures in
the inventory. Click the top one,
hold shift and click the bottom
one, all should be highlighted
now. Right click on them and
choose activate.
As you speak now your arms
and body move slightly, looking
more lifelike – useful for
machinima!
WEARING CLOTHES
Select a garment
Right click and choose Wear
If it is something other than
clothes, e.g. an umbrella,
choose Attach and attach it to
the avatar, it can be moved by
editing and move it to where
it should be.
WEARING
The right hand tab shows
what your avatar is wearing
at the moment.
Go to the bottom, click on
Save As and give your outfit
a name.
APPEARANCE
You can make as many outfits as
you wish to.
See here some of the ones I have
made for machinima!
Simply click on a named outfit and
choose “Replace current outfit”
THIRD SESSION
During this session we will
Landmarks – use a set of given landmarks
TP – each other to different landmarked
places ( in pairs)
Camera Controls – Practice using all the
camera controls on MOSP
Screencast - using Fraps
VISIT GIVEN LANDMARKS
Touch the purple box on the sandbox.
This will put several EduNation landmarks into a folder
in your recent items.
Click on the landmarks to practice getting around
Edunation.
Offer teleports to each other and ask each other to
teleport you to them.
Explore The Machinima Open Studio Project (MOSP)
CAMERA CONTROLS
There are two ways of controlling he camera – using the built
in camera controls
Or, using Alt and the mouse
HIDE USER INTERFACE
1. Get Advanced button on top toolbar – Control Alt and D
2. Set window size – 1280 x 720
3. Set the Light!
4. Hide the MOSP HUD Shift / Alt and H
5. Hide the user interface – Control Alt
6. (or F1 or CMD / Alt and U)
FOURTH SESSION
During this session we will
Control light – sunrise, sunset, midday,
midnight
Search for places and landmark them
World - Region /Estate – Request
permission to film – talk about SL
machinima policy
CONTROL LIGHT
Second Life has six
days for out every one.
You need to control
the light or your
machinima may have
light changes.
USING SL SEARCH
Search for castles / churches/ Scotland
MAKING LANDMARKS
When you find a place you like make a landmark so that you
can get back.
REQUESTING PERMISSIONS
Mainland Second Life does not need permission it is already
granted. Go to World / Region Estate to see the owner – this
one belongs to the Lindens so it is already free to film.
THE END
Now you should have footage to edit, it is time to
work in your video editing program to make a
machinima.
Sessions will be run in Adobe Connect
demonstrating how to edit your footage, or look for
the software tutorials created by the software
company for help in the meantime.