3. Introduction
• The Team
• History of Red vs. Blue
• Characters
• Plot of the Show
• Distribution
• Cultural Impact
4. The Team
• Burnie Burns
• Geoff Ramsey
• Gustavo Sorola
• Matt Hullum
• Joel Heyman
• Jason Saldaña
5. History of Red vs. Blue
• Started with drunkgamers.com
• Burns Halo Video Voiceovers
• Apple Switch Parody
• Originally 6-8 Episodes
• Address Various Jokes Game
Brought About
6. Characters
• Red Army
• Blue Army
• Reconstruction
• Supporting Characters
11. Plot
• Blood Gulch Chronicles
• Out of Mind
• Recovery One
• Reconstruction
• Relocated
• Future Series
• Additional Videos
12. Blood Gulch Chronicles
• First Series
• Five Seasons
• 100 Episodes
• Made using Halo and Halo 2
13. Blood Gulch: Season One
• Introduced Characters
• Focused on the development of the
characters
• Ended with the removal of Omega AI from
Tex
• Summed Up by Simmons, “Why are we
here?”
14. Blood Gulch: Season Two
• Introduced Doc
• Continued the struggle between the teams
• Explored the troubles Church has with his
new body
• Ends with Omega/Doc attacking both
teams who then pursue him
15. Blood Gulch: Season Three
• Starts with the Characters scattered
• Has them re-team to take on Omega
• Massive Explosion sends the teams
forward in time, but Church back
• Shows the Reds and Blues still trying to
stop Omega
• Shows Church’s struggles to change the
past
• Ends with the teams re-united as Omega
16. Blood Gulch: Season Four
• Starts with the Reds finding themselves
back at Blood Gulch
• Follows Tucker and his quest to help the
alien
• Has Church dealing with what has
happened back in the canyon
• Ends with Omega leaving Doc as Tucker
gets sick and has a “baby”
17. Blood Gulch: Season Five
• Introduces Tucker’s alien baby and Sister
• Follows the teams as they deal with
Omega once and for all
• Shows the destruction of the ship carrying
Tex, the aliens, and the sword
• Ends with things going back to almost the
way they were
• Repeated a lot of the First Season Jokes
18. Out of Mind
• First Mini-Series
• Takes Place Between Seasons Four and
Five
• Follows Tex as She Hunts Omega
• Introduces Delta AI
• Originally Distributed on X-Box Live
19. Recovery One
• Follows Events of Out of Mind
• Introduces Agent Washington
• Focuses on His Search for a Mysterious
Enemy
• Also Introduces Agent South Dakota
20. Reconstruction
• Follows Blood Gulch Chronicles
• Focuses on Washington’s Fight against
the Meta
• Reunites Characters from Blood Gulch
• More Dramatic Storyline
• First Series Shot in Halo 3
• As stated by Hullum, “Meant to be a
standalone.”
29. Impact
• Most Popular Machinima Series
• Helped Propel Genre to Mainstream
• Become a major source of personal
entertainment
30. Conclusion
• Machinima Series
• Grew From Humble Beginnings
• Colorful Cast of Characters
• Intricate Storylines
• Widely Distributed
• Huge Impact on Machinima Community as
well as myself
31. Sources
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