Why CG camera looks fake? How to fix it? | Unreal Engine Cinematic Tutorial

Breakdown my thinking, creative process, and techniques in my shortfilms with Unreal Engine. In today's Behind the Shots, I talk through the cinematic camera tricks I use to make my Unreal render more like a film. Quick tips that you can use it too to improve the "Cinematic Vibe".
My short films in the video:
Embers Descending: • PROJECT EMBER | DESCEN...
--------------------
Twitter: / hanyang_vfx
Insta: / unreal_hany
Artstaion: www.artstation.com/hanyang
--------------------
00:00 Introduction
00:13 What's Behind the Shots?
00:31 Spaceship shots lens choice
01:20 Camera Movement Keys
01:38 Camera HAS Weight
02:09 Camera Shake
02:50 Bonus

[@Unrealhan]

I can spend hours on each of these points, so let me know if you want me to dive deeper and do more in depth tutorial! Happy Animating!!

[@abdurrazzakabdurrazzak2925]

Of course

[@MyCreativeFxofficial]

please create depth tutorial pl

[@jamesfield8023]

Without question… this is the biggest aspect where amateurs struggle.

[@Max-cv7pr]

Please! I need an in depth tutorial haha. Your work is amazing

[@wewantmoreparty]

Yes we need more

[@crisppxls]

I love your work man. Incredibly inspirational stuff that really makes me want to push my Unreal filmmaking to the next level.

[@m1sterv1sual]

Thanks for sharing especially for the bonus tip! Would love to see your approach to texturing, materials and lighting workflow since they impact so much on fidelity. Great stuff!

[@paul_PX]

Man, you saved my day (week, month...) each frame and tip in these 3 min was a masterclass. Special kudos for the bonus tip ❤

[@Mr33cats]

Thank you for this Tutorial Han. This is sick man as always! Really helpful!

[@AlexKongMX]

Beautiful! Those were some awesome tips! Thanks Han!

[@3dchick]

Omg, this was more helpful than six other videos on the topic! As a person with zero real life film education or experience,everything you’d like to on cameras, or on the visual storytelling process would be absolutely eaten up by me!

[@saadrahman4345]

Please do more of these! Such a great resource that's not explored enough on youtube.

[@borakian]

Awesome tips, Han. Keep them coming.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Loving the production value of these videos man, top notch work, well done!

[@Unrealhan]

Thanks a lot, man, yours def a big inspiration too!

[@robertdouble559]

The fact that you don't have 500k plus subs boggles my mind! Outstanding content.

[@PolygonAcademy]

awesome content dude, well made and presented, super good info!

[@abdurrazzakabdurrazzak2925]

Good see you back sir❤️

[@SuperMyckie]

quite insightful, thanks man!

[@3dchick]

Just got it today! Can't wait to play!

[@HCKNEOBOOM]

Great process to obtain that sought-after Cinematic look.

[@marcusmurphy2771]

Pleeeaaase dive deeper!!! Been waiting for an peek inside your workflow and mindset!

[@timohelmers]

Very nice overview. I will have to look into that lens and film post process plugin

[@cSimster]

Lens and Film blueprint is sooo helpful!!! Also gotta dive into mocap camera capturing. Gonna be so much fun to play around with :D

[@UrbanExplosionsGuy]

good tips Han! :)

[@Karma-pf9tb]

There are a ton of tips like these. It really is a combination of all of them, not just one or some. For instance, primary subject of shot should be the brightest object in frame, to amplify something precede it with its opposite, and of course, knowing when to cut and what to cut on. So many factors.

[@elartistadelosartistas]

The main character looks like Dwayne Johnson, Nice work Han! :)

[@Nynex]

Camera has weight is one of the best tips. Might be simple but I overlooked it before this.

[@ryanjstever]

Thanks for this! I was curious about the plugin. Ive tried custom lens pp mats for lens distortion and found that it actually pixelates the image and youll see some ugly aliasing. Is that the same for this plugin?

[@davinsaputraartandgamedev9453]

Hi I notice after using the Lens Distortion PPV, it makes the Render Passes (Object ID mainly) not aligning with the Final Image. How did yoo deal with this? Also Would be great if you can explain what render passes you extract and how you use it too in compositing :)

[@CanalBigMaqui]

I know this is old topic but I have a question. I have a camera shake on my sequence (8sec), and as I work in pathtracing my renders are long (10hrs+). So I have to stop the renders and continue some other time and so on. When it is finish and I check it I noticed that there is a radical a movement tha frame where I stop/start the render again, as if the camera shake reboots itself or as if the camera movement reestarts from frame 0 or something. How do I keep the movement of the camera shake constant?. HELP! PS: I noticed the same thing happens in EasyFog, when the wind is activated, the fog looks in different positions in the frames I start/stop render again 😥

[@HUNTERRRR]

Thank you a billion times.

[@Udara1801]

Thanks sir ❤️

[@robertdouble559]

Thanks for telling people about not rotating the camera on the z too much. It's the #1 thing people get wrong with cam shake and it totally ruins their shots. Great tip. Listen up folks!

[@Hijackedac]

Would be awesome to have an insight on how to make use of the interpolation and tangeant (1:21) i'm having a hard time having the interpolation i want, It just seems very cheesy when ever i wanna modificate the tangeant.

[@smithedits]

Where can I find the mocap’d cam shake?😊

[@makotosdaily2300]

太棒了🎉

[@aero96ify]

Would you ever make a video of the add-ons you have for unreal? Im just curious since the marketplace can be a minefield for bad content

[@cpsstudios]

And another one! Would love to know more and how your experience prepared you. Also what would be the minimum requirements needed in Film Study, Cinematography (or if James Cameron's Master class is enough), Computer requirements, and how much time it takes if one had your set up. This (again) is top notch and just need to know the level of investment.

[@Unrealhan]

Good question. I think it’s a grinding process. To me the most important things in filmmaking are figured out through watching a lot films repeatedly, also making films myself. But nothing stops you from making something in Unreal as it requires minimum hardware to start. Master class is great but that’s def not the silver bullet. Try to make something, compare it to films have similar sequence, see how other would’ve done it. That’s how I started to be honest. Hope this helps!

[@cpsstudios]

@@Unrealhan That helps, bigtime! Appreciate you taking the time, Han.

[@DzageRxDD]

MORE MORE MORE! :D

[@itaydesigns320]

Hey there, i really wish to learn from you how you got to this level of cinematics in unreal, is there any way to speak with you?

[@GameboyCitizen]

dude where is the course! I need to buy it!

[@shivangipriya4153]

How you make the kiss? any video?

[@Shka_maru]

You did this all in Unreal? Not Unreal to Maya? amazing. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we wanted to see the entire process, start to finish! leave nothing left untalked about. From idea, to storyboards, to previs, to final. Do you have different files per shot or every shot done in Unreal? What about coverage? gah, so many questions...THANK YOU

[@Unrealhan]

I am thinking/planing longer tutorials and class. So any feedback what you want to know is helpful :)

[@MsDushyant333]

@@Unrealhan That would be great honestly! Your work is so inspiring! (fellow Vancouverite here :) )

[@satanicblood6666]

Awesome when someone confirms exactly what you think yourself the all time. I always imagine these cameras are actual cameras which need to be transported, I have limited amount of "camera guys", they never teleport, they never aim the camera perfectly, they don't fly (unless they have some camera rig). Sad truth is that even in present action movies, overloaded with CGI, people who make shots don't give a shit about any realism of shots and everything looks as synthetic as can be.

[@nishitmistry2399]

Can you share the bg music track name? :P

[@SlavaLisovsky]

Hey guys, where I can get Mocap camera shakes. Could you give me a link for a marketplace ?

[@Unrealhan]

i use this one. marketplace-website-node-launcher-prod.ol.epicgames.com/ue/marketplace/en-US/product/cinemotion-real-handheld-camera-motion-kit

[@SlavaLisovsky]

@@Unrealhan thank you!

[@simonkennedy6116]

Something I've been aware of in CG movies is when the camera does something a real camera couldn't such as following a character making an impossible move or tracking 180 degrees while corkscrewing, flipping and keeping the motion perfectly smooth. They could have made a cut and not all that rigging and made their lives much simpler

[@lovelearn341]

Can you also do a project same as this but in blender instead of Maya? We would like to see the results and see and learn how to do it! 🙌

[@Unrealhan]

I don’t use blender personally, but my new projects Maya has very little involvement (only rigging). Other steps are all in Unreal.

[@robsonhenrique4346]

Take a course teaching you how to create this animation

[@dm.b7560]

Man you need to start making proper tutorials, your content is great but we can't do what you do just with some notes, these videos are more like documentaries, I guess that was the intention, but would love to learn to do all you do.