EXPLORER

EXPLORER is a cinematic short film focuses on the ship’s slowly departure from a planet and gradually fades into the distance. Environment consists of black rocky surface, covered in foggy atmosphere.

I modeled the main ship using hard‑surface techniques in Blender, then sculpted the planet’s large terrain forms in Gaea and imported everything into Unreal Engine 5. Once the landscape was in place I applied ground materials and set up lighting, as well as HDRI sphere to match the mood. I animated the spaceship’s takeoff and created several camera shots to capture different stages of ascent. For smoke and flames, I used Unreal’s Niagara templates as a starting point, adjusted them to fit the scene and keyframed emitters to control when effects start and stop. I exported the final sequence to Premiere Pro, added music, sound effects and changed colours little bit.