CINESHOTS - Solo Animation, 3 Years Across UE 4.27 → 5.5 | 70+ Shots

Jakub Lesniak
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:16:10 +0000
Film, TV & Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgbnF0BucE

Hey everyone - just released the teaser for a personal project I’ve been building for the past three years.

CINESHOTS is a non-narrative animation exploring Nordic mythology. 70+ cinematic shots - all environment art, creature design, lighting, camera work, and compositing done solo in-engine across UE versions 4.27 through 5.5.

Technical overview:

Started in UE 4.27 with a standard deferred pipeline, then migrated through 5.0, 5.1, 5.3, and 5.5 as Lumen and Nanite matured

Heavy use of volumetric fog, God rays, and atmospheric scattering for the Nordic landscapes

Creature design uses custom organic bark/stone hybrid materials

All cinematography done with Sequencer - final color and edit in DaVinci Resolve

Original 4-track score composed and produced by me (bass guitar and electric guitar recorded live, integrated with synths and drum programming)

By day I work in virtual production - credits include Dune: Prophecy S2 (HBO), CNN, F1, Netflix NFL, ESPN, and the Australian Open. CINESHOTS has been my personal project on evenings and weekends.

Album releases March 27 on all platforms. Happy to answer any technical questions about the pipeline, Lumen migration, Sequencer cinematography, or lighting setups.

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