Atmosphere & storytelling
Museum of Vellamo — historical film
Ship environments, lighting and cinematic sequences created in Unreal Engine 4 for a Museum of Vellamo historical film.
- Role
- Technical Artist — lighting & Sequencer
- Year
- 2020
- Output
- Museum film · cinematic sequences
- Tools
- Unreal Engine 4 · Sequencer
The context
Historical storytelling in real time
Create cinematic scenes that support the director’s account of a naval battle while keeping atmosphere and visual continuity consistent across shots.
My contribution
I assembled the ship environments, integrated assets, adjusted materials and created the lighting setups and cinematic sequences in Unreal Engine 4, working closely with the director on camera placement and atmosphere.
The approach
The battle moved through very different shots and lighting conditions. I used atmosphere, camera positioning and Sequencer work to maintain a consistent dramatic tone.
Selected images
Project views.
Ship environments, lighting and cinematic frames from the film.
Process
Inside Unreal Engine.
Scene assembly and Sequencer work inside Unreal Engine 4.
In motion
Cinematic sequences.
Selected video from this work.
Outcome
Delivered work.
A set of real-time cinematic sequences for the museum film, with environment assembly, lighting and sequencing documented in the process imagery.
Alfonso Escalona — environment assembly, asset integration, lighting, materials and cinematic sequences, in collaboration with the film director.
Virtual production stage with LED walls, camera equipment and an Unreal Engine workstation
Close-up study of an eye with reflective crystalline material
ParticleEffects cave scene relit in Unreal Engine — view 1
Kaiju staged on a miniature film set — view 1
A man detailing a miniature village — view 1
Lighting and detail studies of a male MetaHuman — view 1
Blue-haired digital character portrait
Weathered figure sculpture in a misty garden