Oh Hey Void,
Today's short film drops us right into the shoes of Benny — a cowardly criminal who desperately wants to be tough.
🎬 The Scene
Benny gets a call from his crime boss with a simple job: deliver something to the Night Owl Club. Easy, right? Except Benny doesn’t realize the Night Owl is no ordinary nightclub. It’s a vampire den — a hidden party spot for the worst monsters in the city.
🛠️ The Tech Side
On the production side, this short film doubled as a workflow experiment. We tested the brand-new Wan 2.2 AI models guided by Unreal Engine 5 MetaHuman renders.
Here’s how it worked:
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UE5 guides animation, lights, & character performance.
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We then used Wan 2.2 with a Re-Styled Frame.
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By feeding in custom ControlNet workflow, we re-styled the raw game engine look into something with more cinematic textures and detail.
It’s still a rough test — lots to learn and refine — but this process has huge potential to strip away the “game engine feel” and get us closer to film-quality visuals on an indie budget.
🚧 What’s Next
This is just the beginning of Benny’s night from hell. We’ll be sharing more scenes soon as we expand this into the full MonStar world.
Thanks for being here at the ground floor — where everything is rough, messy, and raw. You’re helping us shape what these films will become.
đź–¤ Amber + Jayson
