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VIRTUAL FILMMAKING UNLEASHED.

The perfect companion course to Unreal Engine for Filmmakers, The Virtual Filmmaker's Playbook teaches you how to make your dream film in ANY space, using Indie Virtual Production.

NORMALLY $199.99 NOW $149.99

THRIVING COMMUNITY

Join over 18,000 satisfied students - from total beginners to professional artists at ILM, Lucasfilm, Blizzard Entertainment, and more.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTION

We introduce the concepts, then teach you how to implement them in REAL cinematic projects.

LIFETIME ACCESS

Enrollment grants you instant access to all course content and future updates FOR LIFE, at no additional cost to you!

VIRTUAL FILMMAKING UNLEASHED.

Make the films you've always wanted to make, without the price tag.

NORMALLY $199.99 NOW $87

THRIVING COMMUNITY

Join over 18,000 satisfied students - from total beginners to professional artists at ILM, Lucasfilm, Blizzard Entertainment, and more.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTION

We introduce the concepts, then teach you how to implement them in REAL cinematic projects.

LIFETIME ACCESS

Enrollment grants you instant access to all course content and future updates FOR LIFE, at no additional cost to you!

PROOF THAT THE PLAYBOOK WORKS

We created Treasure of the Mummy to demonstrate that the Virtual Filmmaker's Playbook process actually works. The film was shot entirely in a 2x4 meter spare bedroom by a crew of 3, and was put together using only the tools and techniques covered in the Playbook. We hope you have as much fun watching it as we had making it!

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS COURSE

UNREAL ENGINE

  • Benefit: Remember to speak to the benefits of each feature 

  • Feature: And how that speeds them to their desired result

  • Benefit: What's your market desire most, what makes their mouth water?

INDUSTRY-STANDARD WORKFLOWS

  • LEARN FROM THE PROS: Learn to do things the RIGHT way, with cutting edge, industry-standard professional workflows 

  • LAND REAL JOBS: You'll be prepared to jump into any professional pipeline, workflow or studio as a filmmaker, VFX artist, game cinematics creator, and more.

  • Benefit: What's your market desire most, what makes their mouth water?

HOW TO CREATE CINEMATIC IMAGES

  • INSIDER SECRETS: Learn the best-kept secrets to creating cinematic images through lighting, composition, and movement

  • HANDS-ON PROJECTS: Put your knowledge to work as we create real, cinematic scenes step-by-step

  • HOLLYWOOD-LEVEL VFX: Create Hollywood-level VFX using free tools and software

WHAT GEAR DO YOU NEED?

IPHONE

An iPhone 13 and above is required to take advantage of the Jetset Cine app for camera tracking. The iPhone must be a "Pro" version because the app partly utilizes the LiDAR scanner on the phone for tracking.

It is not required to use an iPhone for this course, as we are providing alternatives such as matchmoving in Blender - however it is STRONGLY recommended, as it will save you a significant amount of time and headache, and provide other benefits like the ability to view a live composite of your real and virtual sets during shooting.

CAMERA

We recommend using some sort of "cinema" camera for this course in order to take full advantage of the Jetset Cine app, provide a cleaner image to pull a key from, and ensure your film is captured at the highest quality possible.

This could be a DSLR, mirrorless camera (which we use in the course), or a higher end cinema camera. If you don't have one, you can still utilize this process with an iPhone camera, but your results will not be to the same level as what we've demonstrated in our examples. Even some of the cheapest mirrorless cameras these days will do the job!

GREENSCREEN/STUDIO SPACE

You don't need a fancy greenscreen for this course! A piece of green fabric will do - you just need a solid colored surface that can be lit evenly, doesn't have too much texture, and isn't too reflective (reflections and bumps or ridges will make keying more difficult). As we demonstrate in this course, you don't need a large space or a fancy studio to get great results! You can do this in your spare bedroom, just like we did!

LIGHTS

We recommend using artificial lighting for this course, because matching the light between your virtual environment and physical set is extremely important for a convincing composite. It is also important to light your greenscreen to ensure it's evenly lit. There are plenty of cheap RGB LED lights that will work great for this process - and if you're shooting in a small space, they don't need to be super powerful!

COURSE BREAKDOWN

PART 1 - INTRO & BEGINNER TRAINING

  • Concepts & fundamentals of Virtual Production

  • Learn Unreal Engine basics with our included Beginner Training course

PART 2 - BUILDING YOUR ENVIRONMENT

  • Creating mood boards & gathering reference

  • Basic environment design

  • Creating cinematic environments

PART 3 - CAMERA TRACKING METHODS

  • Using Jetset Cine for live camera tracking using an iPhone

  • Rigging a cinema camera for tracking

PART 4 - VIRTUAL LIGHTING

  • Learn to light any scene in Unreal Engine

  • Lighting concepts & theory

PART 5 - LIGHT MATCHING

  • Achieve a perfect match between live-action footage and virtual scenes using a simple, repeatable method

  • Easily match light color, intensity & angle for perfect composites

PART 6 - SHOOTING

  • Preparing for a shoot

  • Lighting a greenscreen & lighting in a small space

  • Capturing & syncing camera tracking data using an iPhone

PART 7 - CREATING CINEMATIC SCENES IN UNREAL ENGINE

  • Adding detail & achieving photorealism

  • Finalizing Unreal Engine backgrounds

  • Adding depth with fog & atmosphere

PART 8 - SIMULATIONS

  • Create realistic Chaos destruction simulations in Unreal Engine

  • Dynamic, real time fluid simulations spawned from Chaos destruction sims

  • Rendering simulations

PART 9 - CHARACTER ANIMATION

  • Rigging a 3D character

  • Animation retargeting & working with motion capture

  • Character animation in Unreal Engine with Control Rig

PART 10 - FACIAL MOTION CAPTURE

  • Facial motion capture using an iPhone

  • Creating Blend Shapes

  • Applying facial motion capture to characters in Unreal Engine

PART 11 - COMPOSITING

  • Color management

  • Advanced Greenscreen keying

  • Advanced Compositing

  • Secrets to blending live-action & CG

  • Cinematic color grading

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