5 Great Movie-Making Videogames

Ever wanted to be a director? This lot give you the chance...

BY Total Film Sep 10th 2009 8:08AMFILED UNDER: Features

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If given a chance, would you run your own film studio?

Admit it - you'd be drunk on the power and all too ready to start pumping out better pics than half the tosh you see down the local fleapit.

Movie-making games have been available for PCs and game consoles for a while now, so we thought we'd round up some of the best and see how much control they give you.

Will you be the next Spielberg? Or even the next Ron Meyer (he runs Universal, and his daughter's married to Tobey Maguire, in case you were wondering)...

1. The Movies

Play It On: Windows PC, Mac OSX

Gameplay: The Movies is one of the better business simulation games out there, and essentially allows you to control every aspect of running a major motion picture studio.

Kicking off during Hollywood's 1920s birth, you slowly build the physical studio, hire staff and start getting the pieces in place to actually make films.

You get the chance to write scripts - or choose from those already available - and pick talent, including directors and actors.

Choose wisely, though, since the thesping types can be moody, demanding and chaotic. Just like in real life, then.

And you can even output the finished films. For a while, the game had a dedicated website to let you publish in a specific forum, but it was shut down a couple of years ago.

If you're wanting to run the game on consoles, however, you might not want to hold your breath. Despite several assurances, it has yet to arrive on anything beyond personal computers.

Can You Expand Upon It? Yes - one expansion pack has been released so far - Stunts And Effects, which brings CGI and better stunt teams to the table, along with the ability to create custom camera angles.

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