It was pure fun to create something very different from what I usually do. At first I wanted to go with environments and mood that are with me everytime I get to light something but then I looked at my daughter’s table with various LEGO creations, so different from each other but all together in every possible story she imagine everyday just like I did and to be honest - still do.
After coming up with LEGO, I’ve searched for tool where I can find, construct and export lego sets to Unreal Engine 5, to test how it behaves with Nanite and Lumen and - it’s perfect.
For this I used Studio 2.0 and it’s library - Great tool!
For the lighting, besides directional and skylight I used couple of filling/composing lights around models just to help them shine. I established bloom to make the image softer and then the cameras with proper DoF settings did the magic
The real fun begun when I found this song from Billy Murray - in a second I was taken by old Disney mood and knew that there will be more than closeups. I had to make everything dance and really wanted to make it a magical moment.
I used 25FPS for the camera and random, glitchy animation for Lego with Constant keyframes to simulate stop motion feeling.
Anyway - This was a great ride! Kudos to all Artists in here - hats off!
Thanks Unreal for this and thanks all my friends and teammates for feedback.
Credits to sourced content:
Music - Billy Murray and Haydn Quartet - By The Light of The Silv’ry Moon
That’s an impressive work there…I have been using Unreal for past three year and I didn’t realize that stop animation style animation was possible…can you give some insight? Cheers!
Hi thank you! Just use Constant Keyframes when animating -
then the transition is happening in the frame not between the frames so you can move camera with your regular fps and then for instance keyframe every 6 frames to have stop motion feeling
I absolutely, positively loved your video! This was genius! I am beyond amazed! This was fun, lighthearted, and conveyed so much without having to say anything at all! This was nostalgia, creativity, adventure, mystery, and comedy all combined in a well-executed, properly lit for the mood, masterpiece! Thank you for walking us through your project and sharing your inspirations!
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