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scenario-unreal-cinematics
Use when making a trailer, cutscene, cinematic or short film in Unreal Engine 5.8 with Sequencer: shot lists, master and shot sequences, cameras, lenses, depth of field, camera cuts, spawnables, character animation in shots, per-shot lighting, Movie Render Graph or Movie Render Queue EXR renders, "render darker than the viewport", "first frames pop", "last frame missing", ACES or OCIO to DaVinci Resolve, the 180-degree rule, Sequencer Python, or reviewing a cut.
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# Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5.8 (Sequencer and Movie Render Graph)
Expert level here means the cut is checked as data before anything is built and a render is judged
on its files and frames, not the viewport. The core stance: plan offline, build in one transaction,
lock timing against the music before animating, light from approved masters, render per shot through
one template graph, hand linear EXRs, an edit and a color note to the grade. If a sibling skill
named here is missing from your available skills, load it with `skill_get` (Scenario MCP) or ask the
user to install it (https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills#install); unattended, proceed from tool
schemas and flag the gap.
**REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** scenario-unreal-expert (channels, review loop, 5.8 traps).
**Status (2026-09-24):** [`scripts/ue_cine.py`](scripts/ue_cine.py) and
[`scripts/cine_render_callbacks.py`](scripts/cine_render_callbacks.py) are **not yet run in