REAL‑TIME PIPELINES

Emotion‑driven, performance‑grounded workflows built on

clarity systems, emotional intention, and studio‑level architecture.

These pipelines allow me to move from

idea → performance → layout in hours instead of weeks.

They’re the backbone of my real‑time directing practice — fast, expressive,

emotionally grounded, and designed to empower teams.

Real‑time filmmaking is no longer limited to studios with massive infrastructure.

I came up in the ILM era of mocap — giant warehouses, dozens of cameras, entire teams.

Today, I’m capturing body and face performance alone in my garage using markerless

mocap and Unreal Engine’s monocam facial capture — supported by the clarity systems

I’ve built to make iteration predictable, humane, and emotionally aligned.

This page breaks down the systems and workflows that make that possible.

THE BREAKTHROUGH

Markerless Mocap + UE Monocam Facial Capture didn’t just speed up my workflow —

they changed the altitude of my directing practice.

They allow me to:

direct performance anytime
iterate instantly
feel the story through layout
collapse previs → layout → performance into one loop
build emotionally grounded animatics without a stage or a team
maintain emotional intention through every iteration
apply studio‑level clarity systems to a one‑person workflow

This is the moment I crossed the threshold into real‑time directing —

where layout becomes immediate, intimate, and emotionally alive.

Markerless Mocap → Layout

I grew up in the ILM era of mocap — giant warehouses, dozens of cameras, entire teams.

Today, I’m capturing body and face performance alone in my garage using markerless mocap and Unreal Engine’s monocam facial capture.

This breakthrough lets me move from idea → performance → layout in hours instead of weeks.

It’s the foundation of my real‑time directing practice:

immediate, intimate, emotionally grounded iteration supported by clarity systems.

Screen Recording 2026-01-14 150039.mp4

Initial Markerless Mocap test

Meele_02_COMP.mp4

AI assisted video source "split subjects" to aid with cleaner "per subject" Markerless Mocap solve

GreenScreen_AI_test_01.mp4

2 subject solve imported into UE

BEC_CrossCam_Test.mp4

Layout / Blocking in game level with cross camera solution. *no lighting / raw data

MetaHuman Performance

MetaHuman gives me the fidelity and emotional nuance needed to translate my own performance into cinematic storytelling.

By combining markerless mocap with MetaHuman’s facial rig, I can:

shape emotional beats directly through my body
refine timing, silhouette, and intention in real time
maintain emotional clarity across iterations
direct scenes with the same immediacy as live‑action

This creates a directing loop that’s fast, expressive, and deeply personal.

IHS_B_Comp_01.mp4

2 subject solve for "ACTING" scene performance

Ezekiel_AudioDrivenMocap.mp4

UE AUDIO SOLVE ONLY, NO FACIAL PERFORMANCE CAPTURED.
UE Facial performance solution set to AUTO (facial expressions).

2D → Stylized 3D Translation

I use AI‑assisted workflows to translate 2D illustrations into stylized 3D characters, orthographic sheets, and real‑time‑ready assets.

This pipeline lets me:

prototype characters quickly
test them in layout
iterate on emotional silhouette early
bridge concept art and performance‑driven storytelling

SUPERMEGAULTRAMAX

AI‑Assisted Previs

AI‑assisted previs accelerates early exploration by giving me quick reads on:

composition
tone
emotional rhythm
staging
beat clarity

It’s not a replacement for performance — it’s a sketchbook.
A way to test ideas, block scenes, and find the emotional spine before stepping into mocap.

This makes the directing loop faster, clearer, and more intentional.

Upcoming:

Previs frames
Composition explorations
Beat rhythm diagrams

Remote‑First Creative Systems

I design humane, intuitive systems that help remote teams — and now myself — move with clarity and emotional alignment.

These include:

Narrative Alignment Framework
Beat‑Polish Clarity Map
Remote‑First Documentation Ecosystem
Production Visibility System

These systems are leadership artifacts:

tools that empower creativity rather than constrain it.

Real‑Time Cinematics Workflow

How I move from idea → performance → layout in hours instead of weeks.

My real‑time workflow collapses previs, layout, performance, and iteration into a single continuous loop.

By combining:

markerless mocap
MetaHuman performance
Unreal Engine’s real‑time rendering
clarity systems
emotional‑intention frameworks

…I can shape emotional beats with immediacy and precision.

This workflow is fast, expressive, and built for storytelling.

ARCHIVE OF EARLIER WORK
If you’d like to explore my older work from ILM, EA, Unity, and my early AI previs experiments, you can find my previous portfolio here:

Early Work Archive (ILM, EA, Unity)

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