Introduction This lesson was about creating materials in Unreal Engine 5 using a node-tree. Materials in Unreal are the equivalent of shaders in Maya. Creating a basic material To start, I added a basic prop to the scene that I could apply my materials to. I opened the content browser, navigated to the ‘startercontent’ folder, […]
Category: B2 Theory & Research
Concept Art and Storyboards
Introduction Concept art is a piece of artwork that shows ideas for a creative production in an initial form that helps the creator to generate ideas and expand upon those ideas for their project. These initial ideas could be concepts for characters, locations or objects. Concept art presents an idea in a way that fits […]
Target Audience and Character Profile Breakdown – Lesson
Introduction This lesson was about the different things that the creators of a film will think about when deciding on a target audience for their production. Common things to be considered when thinking of the target audience for a film There are many things that filmmakers and producers need to think about when marketing their […]
Unreal Engine 5 – Lesson 2
Introduction This was the second lesson we had using Unreal Engine 5. Recapping on the previous lesson, to create a new level, open the content browser by pressing Ctrl + Spacebar and navigate to your levels folder. Then, right click and select “level”. Creating a Sun in the Sky Instead of adding a ‘sun in […]
Treatments – Theory and Research Lesson
Introduction A treatment is a synopsis or summary of a TV show or film. It includes a breakdown of the story, characters, locations, themes and tone of the production. The purpose of compiling all of this important information into one document is to help pitch or advertise the idea to producers or buyers. The Key […]
Initial Creative Project Ideas and Thoughts.
Introduction This blog post is dedicated to my first ideas for my creative project. This will help me in the planning and brainstorming phase of pre production. Idea 1 A 2D animated film – with a science fiction or horror theme. Maybe a sci-fi horror theme. Idea 2 A short film – If I was […]
Research and Development – Pre Production Documents.
Introduction This blog post is dedicated to my notes from the first R&D lesson about pre production documents. A pre production document is a way that the producers of a film or TV show will plan out the production of their film or TV show. Treatment A treatment is an entire summary of a film […]