B-roll and Context

So, after editing the footage into a rough cut I thought I was good to go.  I mean there where a few places where I needed to add some b-roll, but nothing big.

After showing the rough cut to my instructor though I learned I needed more than just a little b-roll.  He explained that the difference between huge studio films and indie films is the scale.

Meaning studios go and get b-roll of the places the movie takes place, where as indie movies keep it cheap and focus on the people mostly.

This made sense to me.  I want my Capstone to seem like more than a no budget film student project, so we set up more shots of Dan.

These shots where really just wider shots of the scenes we already had shot.  This would give the viewer more context of the world that the characters live in.