Scene Spotlight: Lessons in Being Famous

I know you're out there - every day thousands of you are checking the SceneCaster site: watching your ratings, reading your comments, hoping you're being remixed. And I know that in your secret heart you're hoping that today will be the day your scene gets chosen for the Scene Spotlight. It's a great honor to be sure: you'd be joining the ranks of some extremely large talent. Your scene views can go up by as much as 2500%, you'll make new facebook friends and you'll succeed in earning the respect of, well: me. So, what does it take to earn this position of respect? Some advice from the judging panel (again: me):

Camera Angle
Enough with the top down camera views, already! They're about as interesting as dryer lint. Before you hit that 'Save' button for the last time, choose a camera angle that draws the viewer into your scene:

Not like this:


More like this:


A Great Title/Description
Sorry, but 'My Scene 1a - incomplete' doesn't exactly cry out to be explored. Try to come up with something provocative, challenging even. Check out this beauty; the title was so good I gave a pass on rule number 1.

Links-a-Lot
Please, don't make us make this button any uglier: . Do we have to put a siren on top of it? It's there to help you enrich the experience of your audience. You can add links to any object AND you can link to any other scene. Observe a master SceneWeaver at work here:



That's it! 3 simple steps and you're ready for your close up. Think you've got the chops to impress us (and by 'us' I mean 'me')? Post the link to your scene on the Designer's Den wall. I promise I'll take a look and offer you my personal advice on how to steal the spotlight.