Film & cinematics

Unreal Filmmaker

Create a full short film from the ground up with virtual production tools.

6 chapters · 54 lessons Intermediate

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What you will learn

Direct scenes with Sequencer, cameras, and shot structure
Bring MetaHumans into a production pipeline
Record performances live with Take Recorder and Live Link
Render final-pixel shots with path tracing and Movie Render Queue
Light cinematically and add atmosphere and effects
Complete a short film end to end

About this course

Sequencer fundamentals, MetaHumans, live production with Take Recorder, advanced rendering, cinematic lighting and effects, and a complete short film project. Built for filmmakers and anyone producing cinematics or in-game cutscenes.

Syllabus

6 chapters, 54 lessons. Click any lesson to open its public preview.

01Sequencer Fundamentals7 lessons

01Unreal Filmmaker Introduction1:35 02Simple Animation Part 18:53 03Simple Animation Part 215:19 04Blueprints and Sequencer12:32 05Character Animation13:34 06Animation Sequence17:45 07Cannon Animation Project37:06

02Metahumans8 lessons

08Intro to Metahumans3:41 09Metahuman Creator Legacy17:21 10Metahuman Creator UE5.615:01 11Importing Metahumans14:55 12Control Rig for Metahumans20:33 13Metahuman Identities14:16 14Metahuman Animator16:22 15Face Animations from a Normal Camera UE5.67:55

03Live Production7 lessons

16Take Recorder13:40 17Virtual Camera20:55 18Live Link Face12:42 19Metahuman Animator Live UE5.67:55 20Motion Capture23:48 21Editing Animations23:14 22Animation Blending and Retargeting20:20

04Advanced Rendering7 lessons

23Introduction to Rendering1:43 24Movie Render Queue Part 110:46 25Movie Render Queue Part 219:15 26Path Tracer15:50 27Path Tracer Rendering24:21 28Post Process Color Grading18:35 29Resolve Color Grading11:33

05Lighting & Effects9 lessons

30Camera Exposure24:37 31Physically Accurate Lighting14:12 32Physically Accurate Lighting Part 227:56 33Light Setup18:52 34Special Lights15:15 35Control Lights11:26 36Control Particles and Levels10:07 37Fog Pack19:17 38Character Lighting19:32

06Short Film Breakdown16 lessons

39Shortfilm Intro3:13 40Preproduction10:16 41Metahuman Setup15:14 42Metahuman Setup Part 219:04 43Constraints15:30 44Previsualization Introduction20:11 45Previsualization Part 214:04 46Previsualization Part 319:26 47Previsualization Lighting13:40 48Previsualization Lighting Part 211:47 49Body Animations22:10 50Body Animation Part 220:53 51Face Animation23:37 52Special Effects18:06 53Sound Effects21:53 54Final Render12:53

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