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The Ultimate Guide to Cinematography with Unity

Created in partnership with Unity Technologies: Master Timeline, Cinemachine, & C#. Develop a stealth adventure game!
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (642 ratings)
8,522 students
Created by Jonathan Weinberger, Unity Technologies
Last updated 9/2020
English
English [Auto], Spanish [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • Create gorgeous cutscenes with Timeline and Cinemachine in Unity
  • Master intermediate C# concepts, including the Singleton Design Pattern and Observer Pattern
  • Discover the latest environment lighting techniques and different material channels
  • Build a UI menu complete with a loading screen
  • Develop systems like intelligent AI and point & click character controllers from scratch
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Course content

17 sections • 189 lectures • 12h 39m total length

  • Preview03:31
  • Preview01:44
  • Preview02:39

  • Introduction
    01:26

  • Course Support
    06:37
  • Introduction
    00:52
  • Project Setup
    01:32
  • Unity Layout Overview
    01:50
  • Preview01:42
  • Course Assets Overview
    06:16
  • Unity Teams: Collaborate
    03:30

  • Introduction
    00:48
  • Albedo Channel
    05:18
  • Sub Meshes
    05:45
  • Material Transparency
    03:23
  • Challenge: Sub Mesh
    01:29
  • Challenge Review: Sub Mesh
    06:57
  • Occlusion Map
    03:19
  • Emission Channel
    03:39
  • Light Mapping
    05:16
  • Light Probes
    05:13
  • Sky Box
    02:50
  • Reflection Probes Vs. Screen Space Reflections
    04:20

  • Introduction
    00:46
  • Preview03:52
  • Blocking the Scene
    04:30
  • Composing the Shot
    12:44
  • Cutscene Organization
    02:36
  • Preview08:12
  • Preview02:23
  • Pan Virtual Cameras
    08:33
  • Pan Mid Shot Camera
    07:31
  • Timeline Activation Tracks
    02:25
  • Camera Fade to Alpha
    03:34
  • Cutscene Cleanup
    01:52

  • Introduction
    00:51
  • Preview01:56
  • Block the Scene
    02:47
  • Challenge: Compose Shot
    01:19
  • Challenge Review: Compose Shot
    07:27
  • Cutscene Organization
    01:33
  • Play Actor Animations in Timeline
    03:39
  • Challenge: Create Cinematic Cut
    01:32
  • Challenge Review: Create Cinematic Cut
    01:55
  • Dolly Track Setup
    06:28
  • Dolly Track Animation
    02:22
  • Challenge: Pan to Ceiling
    00:40
  • Challenge Review: Pan to Ceiling
    02:27
  • Challenge: Black Fade to Alpha
    00:45
  • Challenge Review: Black Fade to Alpha
    02:51
  • Challenge: Alpha to Black
    00:39
  • Challenge Review: Alpha to Black
    02:22
  • UI Setup
    05:56
  • Animate UI
    05:11
  • Cutscene Cleanup
    01:22

  • Introduction
    00:32
  • Preview00:45
  • Block the Scene
    02:13
  • Challenge: Animate Actors
    00:16
  • Challenge Review: Animate Actors
    02:49
  • Challenge: Compose Shot
    00:47
  • Challenge Review: Compose Shot
    02:58
  • Animated Virtual Cameras
    07:47
  • Challenge: Camera Fading Effect
    00:32
  • Challenge Review: Camera Fading Effect
    08:19

  • Introduction
    00:58
  • Preview04:48
  • Blocking the Scene
    06:04
  • Composing our Shots P.1
    09:20
  • Composing our Shots P.2
    08:21
  • Creating Cinematic Cuts
    07:01
  • Animate Darren Down Rope
    02:40
  • Animate Darren Side Shot
    05:13
  • Animate Rise to Reveal
    04:01
  • Rise from Marble
    02:36
  • Organize Virtual Cameras
    01:56
  • Animate Darren Underdressed
    03:09
  • Animate Look at Guards
    04:03
  • Animate Look at Security Cameras
    06:52
  • Animate Security Guard
    06:44
  • Animate Vault
    05:46
  • Add Voice Over Track
    04:56
  • Polish Intro Cutscene P.1
    09:33
  • Polish Intro Cutscene P.2
    07:44
  • Challenge: Fade Effects
    01:00
  • Challenge Review: Fade Effects
    11:10
  • Cleanup & Commit
    00:34

  • Introduction
    00:34
  • Baking the Floor
    02:34
  • Player Setup
    03:49
  • Preview04:43
  • Challenge Review: Point & Click
    05:31
  • Challenge: Player Movement
    03:22
  • Challenge Review: Player Movement
    04:20
  • Fix Player Clipping Objects
    01:21
  • Challenge: Camera Trigger Setup
    04:13
  • Challenge Review: Camera Trigger Setup
    02:35
  • Challenge: Camera Trigger
    01:52
  • Challenge Review: Camera Trigger
    04:27
  • Challenge: Camera Look At
    02:46
  • Challenge Review: Camera Look At
    03:08
  • Setup Darren: 3D Model
    04:27
  • Setup Animation Controller
    03:18
  • Setup Animation Behaviour Tree
    05:16
  • Challenge: Walk Animation
    03:05
  • Challenge Review: Walk Animation
    02:13
  • Challenge: Back to Idle
    02:48
  • Challenge Review: Back to Idle
    04:48
  • Commit Changes
    00:23

  • Introduction
    00:45
  • Guard AI Setup
    09:27
  • Cleanup Waypoints
    01:21
  • Challenge: Move to Point A
    07:06
  • Challenge Review: Move to Point A
    02:41
  • Moving Between Waypoints: Sloppy
    10:34
  • Challenge: Modular Waypoint Movement Part 1
    03:11
  • Challenge Review: Modular Waypoint Movement Part 1
    02:11
  • Challenge: Modular Waypoint Movement Part 2
    02:23
  • Challenge Review: Modular Waypoint Movement Part 2
    01:44
  • Challenge: Reverse Enemy AI
    02:20
  • Challenge Review: Reverse Enemy AI
    05:16
  • Challenge: Enemy Idle
    04:47
  • Challenge Review: Enemy Idle
    09:00
  • Challenge: Control Guard Idle
    00:43
  • Challenge Review: Control Guard Idle
    16:48
  • Guard Animation Setup
    03:40
  • Challenge: Guard Animation
    00:49
  • Challenge Review: Guard Animation
    09:20
  • Setup Other Guards
    09:41
  • Let Them See!
    03:37
  • Challenge: Eye Functionality
    01:52
  • Challenge Review: Eye Functionality
    09:10
  • Main Camera Fix & Commit
    01:59

Requirements

  • Students should have a fundamental understanding of C# programming and the Unity environment, as this course will dive into more intermediate programming topics.
  • Students should be comfortable with the general work flow of Unity3D. It is highly recommended students complete "The Ultimate Guide to Game Development with Unity"

Description

Have you ever wondered how AAA studios make sleek cutscenes that are integrated throughout a game to tell the player a story?  Are you interested in making your own short films like the Adam Demo created by Unity Technologies? If so, this is the course for you!  The Ultimate Guide to Cinematography with Unity teaches you how to create a complete stealth adventure game in Unity, where you’ll not only increase your C# programming capabilities, but also create four finished, cinematic cutscenes that tell your game’s story!

This course utilizes two of Unity’s latest features: Timeline and Cinemachine. These features allow developers to take their game a step further by adding animation tracks to tell a story.  Through this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to build amazing cutscenes for your Unity games. Hone your game logic skills and problem solving techniques by developing systems from scratch.

In this course, you will:

  • Create a “Point & Click” Character Controller

  • Design Intelligent AI Behaviours

  • Customize Camera Detection Systems

  • Build a Notification System

  • Develop Trigger Interactions

  • Synthesize Animation State Behaviors

  • Integrate a Complete UI Menu

  • And more!

In this course, you will also create four visually stunning cutscenes for your game, The Great Fleece. Join Darren, our thief, in this stealth adventure game as he silently descends a black rope and lands in the Beatrice Auction House. Wow your players with panoramic views of the auction house’s treasures: glittering jewels, marble, and fine artwork. Use voiceover and suspenseful music to allow the player a quick glance at the security cameras, patrolling guards, and the main vault. Pull the player into your story and artfully explain your game objective.

Additional cutscenes include Darren successfully stealing a keycard from the sleeping guard, reaching the vault to win the game, and getting caught by the guards to trigger “Game Over.”  Build these cutscenes with over 50 activities, where you’ll create timeline activation tracks, develop camera positioning and tracking, attach post processing profiles to virtual cameras, and more!   


Why Is Cinematography Important in Games?

What makes some games stand out from the crowd?  Games like Grand Theft Auto, The Last of Us, and Life is Strange are all wildly successful franchises, but why? Apart from advanced game mechanics and creative stories, what makes these games so intriguing? Game developers draw in players by creating vivid storylines with cinematic cutscenes. Take “The Book of the Dead” demo, created by Unity, which gives players a first person cutscene. As a player, you can see what the character sees and imagine that you are in the game yourself.

Adding cinematography to a game with cutscenes is essential to telling the story of a game.  Which is more immersive: explaining the game objective in a block of text or providing players with a concrete visual of their goal?  In English class in school, we are taught to “show and not tell.” What better way to show your player the game environment, the player objective, and any other important features through a film-like cutscene?  Not only does this take your game to the next level, but it also provides the player an opportunity to become emotionally invested in the game and want to continue playing. Unity’s newest features, Timeline and Cinemachine, give developers the ability to create absolutely stunning cutscenes that elegantly tell your game’s story. This course will provide you with the foundation needed to understand cutscene development, which can then be applied to future projects!  


Why Learn From me?

This is the second game development course that has been co-created with Unity Technologies on Udemy. Because creating elegant cutscenes can seem intimidating, Unity Technologies wanted to create a course that breaks down how to use Timeline & Cinemachine to make them. You'll learn the process of setting up the scene, placing actors, and working with voice over recordings to create these cutscenes. Just like in my previous course, "The Ultimate Guide to Game Development with Unity", there will be challenges throughout that test what you've learned, while developing your cutscenes and your games. 

I've been working in Unity since the initial public release of version 2.6, and I've authored a book on Unity 3.x. As a self-taight software engineer, I found there weren't any interactive video tutorials that allow beginners to truly grasp concepts essential to game development. To remedy this and to help others trying to learn, I created my own YouTube video series focused on Unity game development, where I've had the privilege of helping thousands of others grow their passion for game development. As I've progressed in my career, I've had the opportunity to develop games for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, the casino industry, and several indie game companies. I've also developed enterprise augmented reality applications for Futune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, GE, and Thyssenkrup. Teaching has always been a passion of mine, and i hope you will see that throughout this course. 

Upon completing this Unity course, you will understand Timeline & Cinemachine and how to use both of these tools to create amazing cutscenes in video games. You will leave this course with confidence in your ability to utilize the latest greatest game development techniques, propelling you to success in your personal or professional aspirations.

Join me on this adventure today! I'll see you in the course.


Who this course is for:

  • The ideal student for this course is someone who is interested in creating polished games in Unity that integrate cutscenes that tell the player a story.
  • This course is designed for students who are interested in developing games professionally or as a hobby.
  • Students interested in creating professional game art or cutscenes for films will benefit from this course.

Featured review

A. Lynn
A. Lynn
50 courses
13 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
This course was ridiculously fun! Maybe too much fun. Now I have to figure out what else to do with myself, and that's a bummer. But I enjoyed building this game together with the instructor. It was a great refresh after going through a complete Unity 2D Course. Upon conclusion of this course, I was able to begin working with my Lead Programmer to begin incorporating Cinemachine and Timeline into my our products.

Instructors

Jonathan Weinberger
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Hi! I'm Jon. I'm a self-taught software engineer with over eight years of experience, and the author of Learn Unity Programming with C#. I've developed several Unity games for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, the casino industry, and various indie game companies. I've also developed real world enterprise augmented reality applications for companies like GE, Coca-Cola, and ThyssenKrupp. I got my start in programming when I was 16 years old, developing private game servers for a popular MMO. When I decided to look at game development as a career, I struggled to find content that didn't just spoon-feed me the answers. After countless hours of learning concepts and trying to figure out the logic behind everything myself, I decided to start my own YouTube series that teaches developers to code from scratch through interactive challenges. It quickly became popular within the Unity community, and my educational career became a reality. I have a passion for teaching, and I love watching my students go from zero to hero, with some of them even landing big time game development jobs with companies like Oculus and Cartoon Network! Several of my students have gone on to create their own amazing titles and even start their own indie game studios! My favorite thing about programming is when you're developing a feature and the logic for how to solve a problem just "clicks." That "eureka" moment is what I strive to teach all my students!

I am the Authorized Unity Instructor, working in partnership with Unity Technologies to create C# programming courses in the Unity engine for developers of all levels.  The goal of this collaboration between Unity and Udemy is to make the learning curve of getting into programming less daunting, and helping experienced developers fine tune their skills.  Currently, two courses created in partnership with Unity are available on Udemy, with two more in the works!  Stay tuned for the latest and greatest Authorized Unity Courses!

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