At this stage, we create a raw movement of cameras and basic character and object animations. It is time for the most important element of the pipeline: the animatic of the movie. Tips: You usually want to make corridors and passageways slightly larger than they actually are. Then, we check whether the sense of size and proportion in Virtual Reality is correct.

For collisions of the mesh we are checking the option “use complex collision as simple”. Scene blockout is made in a 3D software, after which the whole is imported into Unreal Engine. Obvious, right? In fact, it does not matter whether we are making a movie or a game – deadlines are necessary. Sticking to schedule milestones makes it possible to bring a project to its conclusion and constantly monitor progress in its implementation. Otherwise, time is running out, and the work is not getting done. It is advisable to set deadlines, even if they are not arbitrarily established. In terms of the organization of work, however, each movie has its own wall on Trello, where we define a plan of action and associated deadlines.

For each project, we create a Pinterest wall to collect inspirations and initial ideas. Because none of our movies are longer than 10 minutes, we must plan all scene timing sparingly. Then comes the specific content idea and the full script that includes a breakdown of scenes and the timing for each scene. The first thing we do is choose the genre we want to enter and the atmosphere we want to create. In the Solar System project, individual scenes / planets were treated separately. This is how we completed the Solar System project, which has entered Polish 7Dmax cinemas this summer. Note: This timeline can be used not only for a whole movie, but for each scene as well. We are also creating a new game inspired by the atmosphere of Silent Hill PT using photogrammetry.Įach project is a little different, but in most cases the pipeline is more or less as shown below. So far we have made five VR movies (Dino Safari, Motoride, Afterlife, The Colossus and SolarSystem) as well as a stereoscopic movie entitled Pirates 3D. With the release of Unreal Engine 4, we expanded this movie with the new engine in mind, thus beginning our adventure with VR movies. Our VR adventure started with the Dino Safari project designed for Oculus Rift DK1 in UDK. Together with Dominik Sojka, our Art Director, I am more than happy to share our knowledge about how to create both 3D movies and Virtual Reality based on the Unreal Engine 4.ĭominik and I have been working in the gaming and film industries for many years now. I have previously worked for such companies as Platige Image and Fuero Games. Hi, my name is Lucas Smaga and I am the founder of the Polish studio Illusion Ray.

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