Ready for your enjoyment, click here to enjoy Torley's Guide to Making Movies in Second Life!
Everything on that page (currently) I can vouch for because I've done it. Nothing is on-the-fence. It's all true experiences, directly distilled from my adventures making over 225 video tutorials and dozens of short film machinima-things. Learn about:
- How to optimize performance
- Which recording tools you can use
- Hiding the interface (MUST-KNOW!)
- Changing sky + water settings for badass beauty
- Avatar movement
- Where to host your video
… and more!
And this is just the "1st edition", future ones will be expanded to cover "props" and topics of interest as they come up. Since it's a wiki, I encourage making this guide better. Feel free to tweak it to accelerated awesomeness, k?
Now LET ME WAX my enthusiasm for SpaceNavigator + Flycam! These devices can regularly be found for about US$50 — watch for sales on deals sites — and make an ULTRA difference when filming smooth pans and other cinematic shots. Like the above trailer for Here island, which I recorded in a few seconds before edits. See what a difference that makes compared to the "normal camera"?
Let me know if this helps you — otherwise, I wouldn't know! 
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:46 PM PDT
Love the music Sir! Capitol! A chap after my own heart
And here, here regarding 'SpaceNavigator', it changed my machinima experience totally.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:44 AM PDT
Torley please rate my vid! It's in a contest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oak5djruqF8
October 10th, 2008 at 1:56 PM PDT
@Oolon: Awesome! Yeah, Hans Zimmer (composer) did some of my fave music soundtracks. I was actually listening to this on album AT THE SAME TIME and started filming… an inspired moment, all the pieces worked together.