Introduction To Film-Making in Unreal Engine

Over the last quarter of a century the Unreal Engine has been used by developers to make a whole variety of videogames. In the last few years, it’s use has been ‘adopted’ by the film and television industries. Most noticeably in the tv series The Mandalorian, in which a digital environment created in Unreal is rendered in real-time and displayed on a wall of LED screens as a virtual film set

In this workshop participants will learn some of the fundamentals of using the Unreal Engine for independent filmmaking. We will be using in-engine content to inhabit, texture and light a 3D scene. Then using the sequencer, Unreal’s multi-track cinematic editor, we will animate actors within our scene and render a short video.

Jake Major is a digital artist working and living in London. Using a variety of 3D software, he makes and develops rendered imagery, films, and videogames. He currently works at Chelsea College of Art as Technician Assistant.

Unreal engine can be downloaded at the link: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US

Recommended System Requirements:

Windows 10 64-bit, quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM

macOS Big Sur, quad-core Intel, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM

Linux Ubuntu 18.04, quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 32 GB RAM

Please create an Unreal Engine user account before the workshop.

Host or Publisher Peckham Digital CIC