The process

I used Midjourney early on to get the vision out of my head and into something shareable. It wasn’t polished, just clear enough to align the team and client quickly.

A written visual storyboard covered pacing, script action and the shadow work, which was key to the emotional tone at certain moments.

Pre-vis

We built the studio to scale in Unreal Engine. Then we captured a rough performance using Rokoko and facial capture, driving a MetaHuman. This was purely for internal visualisation and getting the client to sign off the storyboard.

When the script changed along the way, AI lip-sync tools handled it easily.

On set

Thanks to the pre-vis, most of the edit and motion graphics were locked before we got on set. We shot the whole film in a single day. Sound design pulled it all together, and the project wrapped within a week to glowing feedback.

Takeaway

A great blend of creativity, planning and the right tech at the right moments.