Unreal Engine is pretty much everywhere these days. It’s powering all your favorite games, like Outriders, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Chivalry 2, Crash Bandicoot 4, and Psychonauts 2, just to name a few, but it’s also being used to create special effects in shows like The Mandalorian and Westworld, and major motion pictures like Ford vs. Ferrari and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Unreal is a powerful tool for creating multimedia experiences and Tribeca wants to give that took to indie filmmakers. So Tribeca Enterprises (the company that actually runs the Tribeca Film Festival) is partnering up with Epic Games to bring a series of “educational experiences” to filmmakers in New York City.
The program is an extension of the Unreal Fellowship, which got started last year and aims to teach creators how to use Unreal Engine. That includes developer tools that can be used to create detailed 3D objects and manipulate them inside a virtual environment.
“We are inspired by the tools and capabilities Unreal Engine offers filmmakers and production studios to help them reimagine storytelling and create stunning imagery in real-time,” said Tribeca Enterprises CEO and Tribeca Film Fest co-founder Jane Rosenthal. “The technology that has powered so many of today’s most renowned video games is becoming more and more essential to the production of films and television shows, and our mission is to provide a platform for independent filmmakers to learn more about these incredibly powerful tools and resources available to them.”
To sign up for this workshop series, head over to the Tribeca Film Festival and Unreal collab website and enter your email address where prompted.
If you’re still unconvinced just how powerful Unreal Engine can be, check out the new Metahuman Creator that recently entered in early access for select developers. This powerful tool lets devs create realistic human avatars in a fraction of the time it would normally, and each model comes fully rigged and ready for animation.
