How I Made a Godzilla Cinematic in Unreal Engine 5

Go behind the scenes of our Godzilla cinematic made entirely in Unreal 5. Learn how to create Hollywood-level VFX at home using Unreal Engine 5! In this video, I show you step-by-step how I recreated an epic Godzilla battle sequence using the same tools available to you. I'll share some insider tricks from my experience working on blockbusters like Star Wars IX and Godzilla vs Kong, now applied to Unreal Engine 5.

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Props to the small but mighty team who helped bring this to life! The whole short was animated and rendered directly out of Unreal and composited with Nuke.

Credits -
Animation: Jon Abanheim - Watch his channel! @watchmeanimateYT
Control Rig: Sanal Deep
Sound Design: David Carmichael

Thank ya'll so much for making this happen :D

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Chapters
0:00 - Is this even humanly possible?
1:14 - Getting Godzilla into Unreal 5
2:07 - How to Think Like a Filmmaker in Unreal
2:50 - Beginner's Method to Animating Crowds
4:06 - Day to Night Environments Lighting
5:04 - Environment and World Building Shortcuts
6:32 - Use this VFX Technique from Godzilla vs Kong
8:02 - The Secret to Photoreal Rain in Unreal
8:53 - Level-Up Your Renders with NukeX
10:22 - Watch the Full Cinematic
11:18 - Join the Godzilla Masterclass (link in bio)

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[greatikechukwu]

I want GODZILLA shorts with AMAZING graphics made by people using UNREAL ENGINE 5, who are paid more to work less, *AND I'M NOT KIDDING!*

[udamaefule]

shout out to the person that made the godzilla model, that shii is clean

[greatikechukwu]

That's... THAT'S... *THAT'S UNREAL!!* 😮😲🫨🤯

[kachow_artwork]

It was awesome to watch this Live and see you explain the process in detail!

[sammyt]

How has no one hired you as a VFX artist? You did a phenomenal job in fact I think you did so good you deserve an Oscar.

[DEADTUBERS_]

Brooo THE SHOT WHEN THERE SHOOTING HIS FACE IS SOOO

[Kidultchar]

Crazy! Thank you for taking a look at this amazing piece of work. There's a lot to learn from your videos.

[BgBoyPants]

I love how many times we go to the next level. And it is funny how many times you say it, but it really is true. Every time you did something to bring the render "to the next level, " I was like "oh wow, I guess we really did take it to the next level"

[AmirrezaHosseini-vzzr]

Did anyone else notice the small detail at 5:23? It’s so cool!

[moeburhanimeez]

Most of these shots look movie worthy here! Great Job!

[UnitedWeStandFreedom]

I think Godzilla minus one also proved that . Awesome job btw .

[Javon-bupxuu]

Overall, this animation was top-notch. I love it. It was so good. It seemed like a real movie.

[RyDaCol]

You'r crazy. And I love it. Great work! Keep it up!!

[Safetyman]

Nice work Josh. Thanks for the breakdown.

[The_Hoodie_Guy]

this is soo amazing!!
but do you really want use to compare that to the film visuals??
The film visuals were so realistic!! this can make up for the great in-game visuals but movie realism is on another level!!

[vasanthvelanm]

So thats Pure Skill and Creativity ... wishing u a good luck with all future projects ..Good Work Buddy

[Dinovart]

A game like this would be phenominal. sadly, there are only a few modern games allowing to play as godzilla on PC, most of them only have mods which add godzilla. Dedicated kaiju brawlers arerarity, like Gigabash.

[MAITTREOFFICIAL]

Hey Josh, amazing job in this project! How long did it take you from the beginning to the completion of this project?

[wutguycreations]

Im getting ambitious - Im VERY beginner level in Blender and I'm newly installing Unreal, but I saw this and now I feel motivated to make a Godzilla animation LMAO

[Agent-]

Suscribed. That is some serious skill. I am starting to learn UE5 but first I need to complete my 3DS Max course.