Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Una Voce

One of the best-kept secrets in the Church today is an organization called Una Voce America. Liberal Foundations do not fund Una Voce America and it does not have great influence in chancery offices. However, it is slowly attracting talented young Catholics and spreading to more and more dioceses throughout the United States.

Una Voce America is a member of the International Una Voce Federation. The federation was founded in Rome in 1966 and acts as the umbrella organization for over 20 national associations. Its mission is to ensure that the Roman Mass codified by St. Pius V remains one of the forms of Eucharistic worship in the liturgical life of the Church. The federation also promotes Latin, Gregorian Chant and sacred polyphony in Catholic liturgy. The current president is author and lecturer Michael Davies of London, England.

Una Voce America was established in 1996. Its goal is to create a coordinated national network of traditional groups in order to solidify and strengthen the Traditionalist movement and provide greater support for those working with their bishops to obtain the Traditional Latin Mass. The President of Una Voce America is Dr. John Rao, Professor of History at St. John's University (NY) and Director of the Deitrich Von Hilderbrand Institute.

Monday, March 27, 2006

Machinima

Machinima (muh-sheen-eh-mah) is filmmaking within a real-time, 3D virtual environment, often using 3D video-game technologies.

In an expanded definition, it is the convergence of filmmaking, animation and game development. Machinima is real-world filmmaking techniques applied within an interactive virtual space where characters and events can be either controlled by humans, scripts or artificial intelligence.

By combining the techniques of filmmaking, animation production and the technology of real-time 3D game engines, Machinima makes for a very cost- and time-efficient way to produce films, with a large amount of creative control.



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