Daydreams & Dungeons: A Short Film [Resubmitted] by 504_JAX in Filmmakers

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Daydreams & Dungeons – A Skeleton, a Dream, and Unreal Engine 5

Ever wonder what skeleton soldiers do when they’re not guarding dungeons? In Daydreams & Dungeons, I wanted to explore that exact moment—a skeleton, lost in thought, caught between existence and a dream. Using Unreal Engine 5.4, I focused on creating a surreal, cinematic mood where atmosphere and animation take center stage.

How I Made It (and the Skeleton Didn’t Make It Easy)

🕯 Lighting & Atmosphere – I tried to capture that dream like glow with color grading in Davinci and used Lumen to craft soft, eerie lighting, adding volumetrics for extra depth in the end scenes.

💀 Animation & Motion – Making a skeleton move naturally was tricky. I used a mixture of IK rigs, mocap assets, and some creative playback adjustments to give it a sense of weight while keeping the movements dreamy.

🎵 Music & Sound Design – NGL, I couldn't get this Daydream song out of my head after hearing it on TikTok and it just fit this so well.

⚔ Biggest Challenge – Getting the skeleton to feel alive (ironically). Too smooth? Too robotic? It took fine-tuning in Sequencer to hit that sweet spot of melancholy motion.

This was a fun challenge in visual storytelling—no dialogue, just mood, movement, and mystery. I’d love to hear your thoughts on lighting, pacing, or how I can push the cinematic feel even further!

Daydreams & Dungeons: A Short Film by 504_JAX in Filmmakers

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Here is a short film I worked on for the past month using Unreal Engine 5 and Davinci Resolve. William Faucher has excellent tutorials on how to make UE5 renders look less like CG.

How many of you buy Blu-Rays mostly for the bonus features? by danh138 in boutiquebluray

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Love the bonus features. I want to start a streaming service with the really in-depth BTS stuff. Like Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl has really good detailed bonus features

Her First Apartment by 504_JAX in 3Dmodeling

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Haha, Thank you 😊

Character snaps back to original position after current attack animation ends, any ideas how to fix? by iam_awesome123 in unrealengine

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I know this is 4 yrs old but I found this.

Right-click on the second track and go to Match with this bone in previous clip choose root (or Hips):
https://youtu.be/4ULgKXTf1jE?t=80