Exercise – creating a simple matinee sequence

Now, let's get hands-on and create a simple matinee sequence for your game. The plan is to showcase the area that we created at the beginning of the game. We will start with an extreme wide shot taken from the front of the house. We will use the dolly to take the camera toward the large windows in the dining area, into the kitchen area, and then the fireplace. Then, using the second camera, from the corner of the room, we will move toward a running guy and focus on his face.

Create a new matinee sequence from the ribbon, as shown in the following screenshot. Click on Matinee and select Add Matinee:

This opens up the Matinee Editor, as shown in the following screenshot:

To create the first camera, we will right-click on the Tracks area and select Add New Camera Group:

Going back to the map, you can see a small window in the corner of the map that shows what the camera is looking at. This screenshot shows where our first shot starts:

To create the next...