The brief utilized the brand new Path Tracer function in Unreal Engine.
This week on the befores & afters podcast, we chat to filmmaker Adam Valdez about his brief movie made with Unreal Engine, Courageous Creatures.
befores & afters readers will know Adam as a VFX supe on such movies as The Jungle Guide and The Lion King. He was additionally a director on Prehistoric Planet.
With Courageous Creatures, Valdez acquired an Epic MegaGrant to create a brief all a few magic forest world the place a younger fairy tries to forestall a looming warfare.
You’ll hear how Unreal Engine 5 was used, together with Unreal’s new rendering mode referred to as Path Tracer for photo-real lighting. Different instruments relied upon included Megascans and MetaHuman rigs.
It’s a very enjoyable chat which dives into extra of the staging and shot manufacturing work as properly, plus the incredible construct and animation work by MPC.
Watch the movie right here.
Try the podcast beneath, and a few breakdowns of the work, together with utilizing the iPad as a digital digital camera, a development on the primary character, and Epic’s overview video of the brief.
