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Navigating Through Narratives: The Development of Opening Cinematics

This project demonstrates opening cinematic design from conceptualization to final composition. Using Unreal Engine 5, I created an opening cutscene using Unreal’s sequencer editor to film and edit my shots. This document presents the steps I took to create my sequence from the writing process to the final layout. Starting as a written story, I worked my way to the final project by creating a mock scene and storyboarding. After this, I built my scene using assets from the Unreal marketplace and lit my scene with HDRI and dynamic lighting. I encountered many new programs such as Cascade and Mixamo to create and edit particle effects for my scene and animations for my protagonist character. I created unique sound effects for the level, recorded my shots with movement and color correction, and edited the final composition.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:honors-2011
Date01 December 2023
CreatorsStewart, Jacob Q
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourceUndergraduate Honors Theses
RightsCopyright by the authors., http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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