Josh Toonen – Unreal Fundamentals 2024 – Create Films & VFX in Unreal Engine 5 – Unreal For VFX

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WANT TO CREATE BLOCKBUSTER FILMS 
WITHOUT THE HOLLYWOOD BUDGET? 

LEARN UNREAL 5 THE FUN WAY
 
Kickstart Your Filmmaking Dreams and Make Your Own Movies with Unreal Engine 5
 
CREATE YOUR OWN ACTION SCENES IN 21 DAYS
 
THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO UNREAL FILMMAKING

“THIS IS EASILY THE BEST UNREAL 5 COURSE OUT THERE. I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO MY FRIENDS IN A HEARTBEAT!”
Jay Lee ★★★★★
FX Artist from Vancouver, BC 
 

TRANSFORM YOUR SKILLS
 
FILMMAKER FOCUSED
Recreate on-set filmmaking techniques to make
films that feel true to life
 
BUILD ENVIRONMENTS
We’ll break down the concepts to create your own sets by building four environments step-by-step
 
CHARACTER WORKFLOWS
Learn each module of the Character Pipeline by dissecting a real-world production case study
 
UNDERSTAND BLUEPRINTS
Create artist-focused blueprints and learn an easy framework for troubleshooting
 
TECHNICAL + CREATIVE
You’ll understand the simple workflows and frameworks to create looks from your favorite Hollywood films

500+ HAPPY STUDENTS
WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS SAY?

“DOPE! EASY TO UNDERSTAND COMPARED TO OTHER COURSES”
Tom Davis ★★★★★
Character Animator at Sony Imageworks

“I KNEW NEXT TO NOTHING ABOUT UNREAL ENGINE 5. I’VE GAINED THE SKILLS TO BUILD SCENES AND 
RENDER CINEMATICS 
FROM SCRATCH.”
Jonas Singh ★★★★★
youtube.com/@zulushi – 487K+ Subscribers
 
 

 
 

LEARN FROM A HOLLYWOOD PRO
  
HEY FILMMAKERS
AND VFX ARTISTS! 
I’M JOSH TOONEN
  
You might not recognize me… but you’ve probably seen my work!

Because for the last 8 years, I’ve been working as an Artist and Supervisor on Hollywood VFX for movies like Star Wars IX, Dungeons & Dragons, 
and Across the Spiderverse

BUT THAT’S NOT WHERE I STARTED!
Ever felt like the odds of “making it” were stacked against you? Me too.

In fact, I grew up in a small town with zero industry connections…
and dropped out my first semester in college…

But, I had a burning passion for filmmaking and a love of cinema.

And I would stop at nothing until I learned how to make the films I loved watching at the movie theater.
  
But it wasn’t until I learned Unreal Engine 5 
that I got to live my dream:

working on-set for the Virtual Production of Avatar the Last Airbender

There I was, controlling the World’s Largest LED Stage. Surrounded by studio lights, cinema-grade cameras, actors and extras. It was everything I’d dreamed of. 

The massive sets. The buzz of the crew.

Building sci-fi and fantasy worlds and bringing them to life!

It was like the movies I loved, but I was in them.
 
What if you could do the same thing?
 
BUT HERE’S WHAT 
THEY DON’T TELL YOU…
 
As a Filmmaker at heart, 
each passing day turned into a gut punch of reality…

The state-of-the-art gear, the army behind every shot…

The scale of it all? MASSIVE. But the budget? ASTRONOMICAL.

Ever wondered how expensive it is? I didn’t want to believe it…
so I wrote down what it might cost you for just a single shoot day in LA
 
LET’S BUDGET AN AVERAGE SHOOT DAY OF AN INDIE PRODUCTION

A crushing truth hit me 

How in the world can filmmakers like us without multi-million dollar budgets
bring our epic visions to life?

Thankfully, the answer to my problems was staring me right in the face…
 
  
UNREAL ENGINE 5
 
What if you could learn a completely free software
 
AND NEVER PAY FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF FILM EQUIPMENT EVER AGAIN

• Never get shaky, out-of-focus footage
• Never rent another Camera
• Never buy another Lens

What if instead you could film in any location in the world…

the Arabian Desert, Icelandic Glaciers, or a galaxy far, far away… 
all without leaving your room.

What if you didn’t have to beg your friends to be your makeshift crew, only to deal with 
last-minute cancellations and amateur results?

You could eliminate all of it!

But more importantly…

What if you could have more creative freedom?

What if you could actually create the movies you want to watch?

ARE YOU READY TO MAKE MOVIES ON YOUR OWN TERMS?
 
 
CREATE YOUR OWN 
ACTION SCENES 
A GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS TO
CREATE FILMS INSIDE OF UNREAL ENGINE 5

• Are you a filmmaker wanting to take your movies and ideas to the next level?
• Maybe you’re a VFX artist, eager to level up your skills, but scattered YouTube tutorials aren’t solving your problems
• Or you’re an industry pro, comfortable with Maya, Cinema4D or Blender, but the transition to Unreal feels steep and intimidating

Then you’ve realized the learning path of

Unreal and Virtual Production can be unclear.

YOU SHOULDN’T FEEL LOST IN THE 
COMPLEX WORLD OF UNREAL ENGINE

Unreal Fundamentals is here to bridge the gap and guide your transformation.

We’ll cut through the confusion and focus on what matters most for 
VFX and Filmmaking

Together, we’ll learn the complete Unreal Filmmaking workflow and 
create four detailed environments from scratch as you go! 

By the end, you’ll be ready to create films complete with characters and animations

DON’T JUST LEARN CREATE!

MASTER THE FUNDAMENTALS

• Go from a beginner to creating your own animated films in days!
• Learn where to download Characters and Environments 
• Build unbelievable Niagara and FX systems created from live-action footage
• Avoid the pitfalls of troubleshooting alone and sifting through endless tutorials
• By the end you’ll be ready to create films with characters and animations 

START YOUR CAREER CHANGE
The tools to build a portfolio — learn the workflows to work 
on-set or in-studio, giving you and future job prospects tangible evidence of your growth and new skills 

YOUR JOURNEY STARTS TODAY

CHAPTER 1 – GETTING STARTED
Whether you’re a VFX Artist or Filmaker, let’s get you up and running fast in Unreal

CHAPTER 2: THE BASISCS
Create your first environment the right way. We’ll start learning Unreal as we go

CHAPTER 3 – THE GAME MODE 
Beginners make mistakes because they skip over Game Dev.
Guess what. We’re using a Game Engine to make movies. Thankfully, you’ll create your own game in just 30 minutes and focus on what matters for VFX

CHAPTER 4 – ENVIRONMENTS
Build an Environment from Scratch complete with Lighting and FX
By the end of this chapter, you’ll be ready to create environments on your own.

CHAPTER 5 – CHARACTERS
Master the complete Character Workflow in Unreal Engine. Learn the workflow for indie Motion Capture

CHAPTER 6 – MATERIALS
This is the fast-track to mastering materials to turn your environments from flat, boring surfaces into cinematic sets

CHAPTER 7 – LIGHTING
This is the secret ingredient. Lighting takes your work from amateur to pro. Learn on-set techniques and how to recreate them in Unreal.

CHAPTER 8 – NIAGARA
Create Drag and Drop VFX elements for your scenes. Includes templates for spark hits, dust and debris, and dynamic gun trancer fire.

CHAPTER 9 – PUTTING IT TOGETHER
Assemble assets and create a fantasy environment built step-by-step! Master sequencer for final animations and rendering.

CHAPTER 10 – RENDERING
Includes my Personal Nuke Render Template and 8 Rendering Presets. Understand how to Render AOVs and comp in NukeX in ACES

CHAPTER 11 – FILMMAKING
Combine characters, animations, and environments to create your first shots and direct your first film

CHAPTER 12 – FILMAKING
Create your own plane battle complete with animation-ready models, and a step-by-step filmmaking guide. Take your shots to the next level and build your first demo reel.

LEARN FROM A HOLLYWOOD PRO

MEET YOUR 
NEW MENTOR
You’ll learn from me, Josh Toonen, a former Virtual Production Supervisor at Pixomondo and a Lead Unreal Operator on projects like Avatar the Last Airbender.

I’ll teach you exactly what it takes to achieve Hollywood-level VFX in Unreal Engine 
because I’ve done it myself.

Learn from my 8 years of VFX experience as a Compositing Artist, Lead, and Supervisor on blockbuster movies like Star Wars IX: Rise of Skywalker, Deadpool 2, and Across the Spiderverse at studios such as ILM, MPC, and Framestore.

BUT CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU?
I had a BIG decision to make when I started creating Unreal Fundamentals…

OPTION ONE 
Whip up a short and cheap video course, like the countless other Unreal courses out there. They give you some of the answers but then throw you in the deep end.

It’s like paying for a puzzle with missing pieces

Or will it just leave you with more questions than answers, sending you spiraling back into that never-ending YouTube vortex of outdated tutorials and confusing documentation?

That’s because most teachers out there haven’t actually worked in the industry, stepped on-set in Virtual Production, or even finished a film in Unreal Engine.

So I went with…

OPTION TWO 
Overdeliver. Big time. I wanted to give you the FULL deck – a comprehensive filmmaking toolkit. This isn’t just any course. It’s every secret I’ve discovered, every template I’ve created, and a tried-and-true workflow that’s battle-tested on real-world commercial film projects.

Why? Because I’ve been in your shoes. I’ve navigated the winding maze of Unreal, spending months connecting the dots…

And I spent two years perfecting a fail-proof pipeline to churn out cinematic masterpieces
fast and efficiently.

…and today I’m going to give you the entire roadmap

LEARN UNREAL 5 
IN JUST 21 DAYS
Now you have the resources, but it’s worthless if you don’t stick to it.

But what if you had an Unreal Coach checking your progress
reminding you of the most important takeaways every single week?

LESSON RECAPS IN YOUR INBOX

• Receive Daily Reminders to keep you on track and hold you accountable
• Get Lesson Recaps of the info you don’t want to miss
• Cheatsheets of key workflows like animation, materials, and rendering

Why does this help?

The same reason your parents kept reminding you to brush your teeth as a kid.

You need to be reminded more than you need to be taught.

Never get left behind! Now you’ll learn Unreal in a matter of days, not months or years

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