Directing Machinima and Roleplay Scenes with Emotes

Filming Clean Machinima Shots

When recording machinima with player animations, combine your custom character movements with vanilla camera controls for clean footage:

• Set up a dedicated camera player: Put one player into Spectator mode or Creative flight to act as the camera operator while the remaining players stand on their marks as actors.
• Clean up the screen: On the camera account, open Options and Video Settings to lower the FOV slider for a cinematic lens effect, then toggle off the vanilla HUD so hotbars, crosshairs, and nametags disappear.
• Cue animations together: Use text chat or a countdown to cue actors when to trigger their dances or gestures simultaneously, ensuring synchronized group choreography.

Having actors unequip unnecessary off-hand items and turn off potion particles before performing keeps the visual focus entirely on their custom animations and set builds.