ILL Clan

The ILL Clan logo 1997-2008.

"Hardly Workin'" redirects here. For the 1979 comedy starring Jerry Lewis, see Hardly Working.

The ILL Clan is a machinima production team based in Brooklyn, New York City. One of the first of the "Machinima Clans," (originally they were a Quake gaming clan) they created their first short: Apartment Huntin' in 1997, and have continued to produce machinima since then. Their most notable work to date appeared on CBS television's CSI: NY on October 24, 2007, in which the show follows a killer into Second Life.

The clan has produced a number of machinima shorts, series and several live performances at film festivals, often interacting with the audience. Their work often makes heavy use of improvised dialogue. The team has been featured in numerous articles in various media (mainly print) [1]. They are considered innovators of the technique, and were called "Machinima Masters" by Wired Magazine in 2005.

In 2007 the members of the ILL Clan joined the Electric Sheep Company, one of the world's largest builders of virtual worlds, serving as their machinima division recording mostly in the virtual world of Second Life. They produced numerous machinima for clients such as CBS, NBC, Paramount, Universal, MTV, IBM and more. They produced animation for the CSI: NY episodes 405 "Down the Rabbit Hole" and 415 "Doa for a Day" where the shows characters followed clues of a murder in the virtual world of Second Life.

In June 2008 the current members of the ILL Clan left the Electric Sheep Company to reform as ILL Clan Animation Studios.

Members

Team members have nicknames mimicking famous persons or fictional characters whose names begin with either "Will" or "Bill," and subsequently dropping the first letter, in favor of "ill." Some members are no longer active in the group.

Current Members:

• Frank Dellario (ILL Bixby): Cofounder, president, producer, virtual camera
• Paul Jannicola (ILL Spector): Cofounder, Voice actor/puppeteer, Sound Engineer, Writer, Composer, virtual camera
• Kerria Seabrooke (ILL Kim): Cofounder, Writer, Director, voice-actor, story editor
• Tom Donnelly (ILLy Bob Thornton): Cofounder, Post Effects, Machinima

Former Members:

• John Olinyk (ILL Rogers): Voice actor/puppeteer, writer
• Paul Marino (ILL Robinson) – Cofounder, director, producer, animator
• Manu Smith (ILL Smith): Cofounder, audio engineer, foley artist
• Matt Dominianni (ILL Clinton): Cofounder, creative director, voice-actor/puppeteer, writer
• Patrick O'Shaughnessey (ILL Gibson): Lead programmer, puppeteer

Filmography

• Apartment Huntin' (Directed by Matt Dominianni) (1998)
• Hardly Workin' (Directed by Paul Marino)(2000)
• Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook (2003) – performed live at the 2003 Florida Film Festival
• WMD (2003) – performed live at the Machinima Film Festival 2003
• 6 Minutes with Mike Whitely (2004) – performed live at the 2004 Florida Film Festival
• Lenny and Larry on the Campaign Trail series (2004) – (Directed by Matt Dominianni)
• TrashTalk with ILL Will series (2006) – (Directed by Matt Dominianni)
• The Grid Review series (2007) – (Directed by Kerria Seabrooke)
• Down the Rabbit Hole episode of CSI: NY (aired October 24, 2007)
• DOA for a Day episode of CSI: NY (aired April 2, 2008)
• Tiny Nation (Directed by Kerria Seabrooke) 2008

External links

• The ILL Clan
• The Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences
• An interview regarding the Electric Sheep acquisition
• Tiny Nation