Commentary: These pieces are made with open world assets from Epic.  I created 3 lighting scenarios and lit the level based on reference I picked out.  I started with a grey pass to establish values, then moved the initial setups to each scenario and introduced indirect lights + GI to fill in the dark areas.  The fps for this scene is low due to high settings during render.  The lighting for this is baked, but there was a few dynamic lights added for additional fill.

Problems: Matching underexposed reference, not fully understanding mood.  Rendering in sequencer.  Instanced foilage showing up too dark in all scenarios, creating shaping on certain elements in the level, and creating a consistent look across all scenarios.  FPS for this is way too low at 17 to work in game but would be appropriate for a cinematic.  Had to remove adaptive tessellation in order to fix texturing issues.

Reference used in project will be placed on pinterest.

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