Rick Pearce
A face set with dark crystals, lit in magenta and blue

Case 07 / 07 · Film & Animation · Real-Time & Virtual Production · 2020

Grace

Role
Cinematography / Lighting
Year
2020
Format
Teaser for the Real-Time Shorts Challenge
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Original film
Grace, a VR film by John McInnes
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A teaser for the Real-Time Shorts Challenge.

It reimagines Grace, a VR film by John McInnes, as a close-up study of a digital character, with the camera and light cut to the music.

My contribution

Cinematographer and lighter on the teaser.

  1. 01Shot the digital character in close-up, from macro skin and crystal detail to full profile.
  2. 02Lit each moment as its own colour world: amber, magenta, teal and deep blue.

Method

Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Subject
A high-detail digital character
Delivery
92-second teaser

Frames

A digital character's head in amber light, with drifting particles
A face set with dark crystals, lit in magenta and blue
The character in profile under pink light
Crystals across a purple surface, against teal
A figure in dark armour, seen from behind in blue light

Credits

Cinematography / Lighting
Rick Pearce
Original VR film
John McInnes
Music
“What The Hell Have You Done”, Sir Jude