Scene Breakdown + Creating B-Roll from Scratch (Patreon)

(I have chapter markers if you click through to the YouTube video proper)

SO! I had a bazillion things I meant to be doing this week, but instead I got distracted working on a scene for Ep. 2 of Dynamo Dream. I'm still kind of torn if I want to do the final 10% of work to totally finish it, or just leave it almost done (as I apparently do with everything), and jump back to finishing the stuff I meant to be finishing.

This is the type of scene I dig when it comes to low-budget shenanigans, though; just some green cloth and a tent, and we're able to make a reasonable scene of a guy on a campout on an alien planet.

DetonationFilms.com is my go-to place for stock footage. Bob's been blowing stuff up and filming it since forever (back in like 2002, the old fan film forum days).  

Here's the video showing how to import google maps data into blender- again, super powerful, but I think distinctly not allowed by the terms of service?

And below is the spotlight texture, if you feel like using it for anything! Just scale it on a single axis to make it wider/narrower.

To be a little self critical, since I was trying to just bash out this scene, I really do think you can feel it. There's a little bit of a thoughtlessness to it, a kinda just "ship and ground, man and tent, and nothing beyond that" sort of feeling. And I think that's okay- it's just supposed to be a quick one minute scene, and I'd rather not spend a month on it- it's just worth keeping in mind.