Cabotage Virtual Production Demo Environment

Real-time ICVFX environment for virtual production.
Project realized as final of the intensive training at NAD on unreal 5 and virtual production. Projected for filming at Mels studio the 28th june 2023.
The challenge here was to run at 60 fps a fisherman hut with fog and an horizon made of sea.
This should work for the project deliverable on a machine with an nvidia rtx 2060 and less than 30gb.
I use each sequence for each camera position and activates inside what I need to see on camera.

The scene is made up of a combination of Marketplace, Quixel, personnal assets.

I tried different water systems, this ocean method was the best option in my case. Simulation wasn't needed :
https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/qM1o/unreal-engine-ocean-simulation

Animations are most triggered with autoplay sequences or made in blueprint actor for the buoy.
It wasn't just to do the virtual environment but bringing life with lighting, actor, practical props...

The final result was recorded in 2 hours at the studio.

Sincere thanks to :
André Comiré (Actor)
Rémi Lapierre (Unreal mentor)
Ifaz Matoub (3D generalist advisor)
Vincent Ladouceur (Virtual production mentor)
Simon Girard (Tracking operator)
Patrice Puiberneau (Lighting designer / mentor)
Alexis Sénécal (Lighting assistant)
Nicolas Fournier (Technical director and camera operator at Mels)
Jérémy B. Raymond (sound co-designer)
Michel De Silva (Colleague and making-off content)
Pascal Lavallée (Colleague, good advices for scene optimization and logistic for the filming)
Guillaume Beauchamp (Colleague, tests of different water system, ressources)
Aran Beik (Colleague and focus operator)
Nicolas Lachance-Brais (Colleague and advices for pratical assets)
Vivianne Proulx (Colleague and tests for pratical assets)
Élyz Bouchard (Make-up artist)
Frederic Vicaire (Guest and advisor on set)

Hope you like it.