# UE5 concept game trailer cinematic | SOJOURN **URL:** \ **Category:** Showcase\ **Tags:** Staff-Pick-UE, unreal-engine\ **Created:** [October 1, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416 "2025-10-01T13:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leabags](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/leabags/32/1113680_2.png) [@Leabags](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Leabags)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/1 "2025-10-01T13:13:33Z")
[![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/e/7/5/e75874462e8aea9cf92bdc9632fc6deedb641bf1.jpeg "SOJOURN – (Concept) Game Trailer | Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Short Film") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zToajVm7g98) “Sojourn” is a short cinematic trailer I created in Unreal Engine. With a background in directing, animation and visual effects for Film and TV, this was my first project using Unreal — a challenging but incredibly rewarding learning experience. I hope you enjoy the film. ---
**Author:** ![PresumptivePanda](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/presumptivepanda/32/1194593_2.png) [@PresumptivePanda](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/PresumptivePanda)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/2 "2025-10-01T21:14:47Z")
Hi there @Leabags, Hope you’re well and having a wonderful week so far 🙂 This was absolutely incredible from beginning to end. The animation, the “voices”, and the storyline all get you engaged _immediately_. It felt polished and high quality in the most impressive way. If you don’t mind me asking, what exactly inspired this cinematic? ---
**Author:** ![Leabags](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/leabags/32/1113680_2.png) [@Leabags](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Leabags)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/3 "2025-10-02T08:54:11Z")
Hey, thanks—that’s really kind of you. At first, the whole thing started as a way for me to learn Unreal, i find it esier to lern things if I have a full project to do it in - that way your learning and discovery is guided by actual problems you need to solve. My background’s in post-production and filmmaking (you can see more of my work here: [davidlea.com](http://davidlea.com)), and I’d been wanting to move more into games and game cinematics. Then I realised I hadn’t actually done much “action” work over the years, so I thought it would be fun to choreograph a chase or a fight scene. The twist was making the hero a pacifist—someone who has to escape rather than fight. Framing it like a video game launch trailer felt like the perfect way to make it self-contained. As for the actual idea, I’d been coming up with possible game worlds and narratives in my head ever since working with Creative Assembly on the narrative films for the Warhammer 3 video game. One of those ideas was about a pacifist robot trying to escape a totalitarian algorithm. That had been sitting in the back of my mind for a while, and it all kind of clicked into place one day while I was out for a walk. hope that answers the question. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Travisj28](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Travisj28](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Travisj28)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/4 "2025-10-02T19:51:33Z")
Are you interested in making a trailer for my game? I would be willing to pay. You can contact me at [Travisjohnson60@gmail.com](mailto:Travisjohnson60@gmail.com) and we can talk about details. ---
**Author:** ![RatherBored](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@RatherBored](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/RatherBored)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/5 "2025-10-06T14:58:19Z")
Wow, this is amazing! There’s so much feeling in what seems inhuman. I especially like the animated ‘face’ with the (I want to say ‘8 bit’ style) icons and emojis. ---
**Author:** ![MrMr1232](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MrMr1232](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MrMr1232)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/6 "2025-10-07T03:57:44Z")
very beautiful and well done! - definitely would like to see more! hehe ---
**Author:** ![Leabags](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/leabags/32/1113680_2.png) [@Leabags](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Leabags)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/7 "2025-10-13T11:29:24Z")
Hi, Thanks for your interest. I’m currently booked until December - you can contact me via my website: [davidlea.com](http://davidlea.com) with more information if you like. best D ---
**Author:** ![Ahivo](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/ahivo/32/980463_2.png) [@Ahivo](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Ahivo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-concept-game-trailer-cinematic-sojourn/2661416/8 "2026-08-09T15:18:58Z")
That was amazing David keep up the good work