So I thought it was time for a quick update on the Unreal Engine 5 short film project. I’m still testing out city designs and building different scenes. I’ve created a more gritty look for the city, which I like. As I wrote in my last post, I found my initial design too pretty. I… Continue reading More City Designs & Traffic. Shortfilm Diary Part V
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Testing City Designs. Shortfilm Diary Part IV
As I mentioned in part III of this diary, I’ve been working on different city designs to see what I like and don’t like. So I want to share one of my ideas and what I like (and don’t like) about it. Here’s a quick animated fly-over of the design. The idea behind the design… Continue reading Testing City Designs. Shortfilm Diary Part IV
Screenplay And Character Design In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part III.
I think it’s time for a status update on the FilmDaft cyberpunk animated short film I’m working on in Unreal Engine 5. Read Part I here. I’ve been working on three things: finishing the screenplay, creating characters (and starting animating them), and building the scenes (and testing city designs) for the movie. In this article,… Continue reading Screenplay And Character Design In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part III.
Character Animation In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part II.
I’ve begun to understand how to create a cyberpunk city in Unreal Engine 5. But even though the city itself is a very important element in neo-noir and cyberpunk films, without characters in it to bring it to life, it is just dead and empty streets. So I created a small test scene to take… Continue reading Character Animation In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part II.
New FilmDaft Short Film Project: Animating A Cyberpunk Short Film In Unreal Engine 5
The lines between the tools used in the gaming industry and the film industry are getting blurrier each year. Not at least thanks to Unreal Engine, which is now being used on hit shows like The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi. For those unfamiliar, Unreal Engine (UE) is, in essence, a gaming engine created for making… Continue reading New FilmDaft Short Film Project: Animating A Cyberpunk Short Film In Unreal Engine 5
What I Learned From Making My First Short-Film
About a year ago, I finished my first short film called VECT0R. And I didn’t really know what to do with it. You can watch it here: As old readers might recall, I started this crazy short-film project because I wanted to try out some stuff in After Effects. I’ve covered the whole process here… Continue reading What I Learned From Making My First Short-Film
The Ideal Short Film Length For Festivals: Optimize Your Chances
Even though a short film can technically be as long as fifty minutes and still qualify as short, most film festival programmers agree that the ideal length for a narrative short film is under 10 minutes. That said, narrative shorts between 8 and 12 minutes are still viable, while documentary shorts can be up to… Continue reading The Ideal Short Film Length For Festivals: Optimize Your Chances
How to Write a Short Film Script (Step-by-Step Guide)
Writing a screenplay for a short film involves condensing the traditional structure of a screenplay into a shorter format, usually ranging from 5 to 30 minutes in length. The process includes several steps: 1. Conceptualize Your Story: Brainstorm ideas for your story. What message or emotion do you want to convey? Decide on the genre… Continue reading How to Write a Short Film Script (Step-by-Step Guide)
My First Short Film. The Journey. Part 4. Creating A Backstory
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might know that I’m currently working on my first short film. And if you’ve been reading about this project from the beginning, you know I’ve no idea what I’m doing. I make a living by shooting corporate and animated explainer videos for companies, not post-apocalyptic… Continue reading My First Short Film. The Journey. Part 4. Creating A Backstory
My First Short Film. The Journey. Part 3. The Abandoned Amusement Park
This is my third article on my attempt to make my first short film with just a Panasonic GH5. You can read the first episode here. Man, this was a stressful but fun shoot! By chance, I found out that there was an old abandoned amusement park here in Denmark, which I had never heard of.… Continue reading My First Short Film. The Journey. Part 3. The Abandoned Amusement Park