Souls-Inspired Cutscene Animations

Souls-Inspired Cutscene - Animations

I was one of the animators on a group project where we worked towards creating a Souls-Inspired Video Game cutscene. A couple of artists created the character models and environment while three animators worked on some shots each.

First Shot - Dragon Waking Up

For this shot I was responsible for the animation, composition and camera work. I went through the process of planning the composition, doing testing with blur and camera shake in Unreal Engine 5 with a posed dragon, then finally animating it waking up. I also added some very clearly amazing Sound Effects work to top it off.

Animation Progression

Composition Progression

Second Shot - Knight Readying For Battle

For this shot I was responsible for the animation only. It is supposed to come after the shot with the dragon waking up, as a reaction from the knight. I did some Sequencer work in Unreal Engine to make a prettier presentation of the animation. In the final cutscene it was supposed to be seen through a camera looking from the dragon's Point of View as it was walking towards the knight.

Animation Progression