This semester I worked with Karl and Sean, and we all want to learn more about Unreal Engine 4. Trying to use ue4 to make an animated short film is a good way to learn. In the beginning, our inspiration comes from a small eyeball.

Karl showed us the eyeballs he made according to the tutorial. The effect is very shocking. The production of this eye comes from an official live broadcast of ue4:

Our thinking started to expand from how to use this eyeball. The first thing that came to mind was to make realistic characters. This is what Karl is good at and I am also very interested in it. In addition, what we think of is the Cthulhu element. I happened to be watching Tanabe’s comic “The Call of Cthulhu” recently. His works are exquisitely portrayed and realistic, and the open pages are very amazing, using the ultimate lens composition to show all kinds of indescribable objects shockingly to the readers.

So we imagined a short story plot:

The explorer discovered an abandoned village. The village was obviously abandoned for a long time. The interiors and buildings in the village have some elements of Cthulhu culture. There is a church in the village. The church has obviously been remodeled, and the gods once believed in are shattered, replaced by a statue of a terrifying Cthulhu monster, and the body of worshippers in the church. The explorer walks to the back of the church, and a strange sound comes from the dense forest. When he pushes aside the bushes, there is a huge eye oncoming him.

According to this story, I tried to make a few atmosphere pictures with PhotoShop.

Afterwards, I discussed with Karl and Sean to determine our production direction. Sean will mainly make some models of scenes and props. Karl will focus on the scenes in UE4, and I will be responsible for the production of characters.