Space Marines burn through a swarm with a flamethrower

Case 02 / 07 · Film & Animation · Real-Time & Virtual Production · 2025–2026

Warhammer 40,000:Space Marine VR

Role: Director / Cinematography / Lighting
Year: 2025–2026
Client: Zero Latency
Stage: LED volume, Unreal Engine environments and CG
Also for Zero Latency: Outbreak 2 trailer (Director)
Film: ▶ Watch the film

The campaign trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine VR, a location-based experience from Zero Latency.

Actors and a full film crew worked on an LED volume, with Unreal Engine environments and CG built around the performance, so the trailer sells the scale of the world and the feeling of standing inside it.

My contribution

Director, cinematographer and lighter on the trailer.

01Directed the actors and the full film crew on the LED volume.
02Set the camera language: lens choice, framing and movement.
03Lit the performance and the Unreal Engine environments as one image.
04Staged the action for camera across live action and CG.

Method

Stage: LED volume with in-camera environments
Engine: Unreal Engine
Imagery: CG with live-action performance
Delivery: Campaign trailer for a location-based VR experience

Frames

A squad of Space Marines advances in blue armour

Players in VR headsets hold their weapons ready

Two players in VR headsets on a gothic Warhammer set

On set

Zero Latency stage

The trailer was made in camera on an LED volume. Actors and a full film crew worked in front of Unreal Engine environments on the wall, and I directed, framed and lit the performance and the world as one image.