October 2007 "pilot" aka "storybook machinima" of SL Shakespeare Company's Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1, set in the SL Globe Theatre, sLiterary. Barnardo, Marcellus, and Horatio spot a ghost in Elisnore keep, realize its significance, and decide to tell Hamlet. 

This machinima was done without sets and with a budget of less than L$10,000 ($USD 42), which, through frugal shopping, was enough to pay for everything including actor wages and sound licensing (but not tier!). None of the cast or crew have ever met in person, and we somehow managed to find each other all completely on SL.

This was done back when we planned to do everything in the tradition of "black box theatre" with minimal props and sets. Also, unlike our 2008 productions to follow, barely any custom props or costumes were created for this "storyboard machinima." http://programmes.SLshakespeare.com for more details and imagery of our more extravagant 2008 (and beyond) productions.

SL stream-ready: http://www.inacentaur.com/tony/hamlet-hq-a1s1.mov
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sdsKf3KkPE
Higher resolution: http://slshakespeare.com/pages/storyboard_hamlet_a1s1

Full credits as listed in last 30 secs or so of clip. Sound effects provided by Hastur Pierterson, Music provided by Heath Elvehjem, script is based on the open source Moby edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

More credits: 
http://credits.SLshakespeare.com

Venue info: 
http://visit.SLshakespeare.com