# Better Life

"Better Life" was shot entirely in Second Life, with the story, animation, props, and camera work all by Rob Wright, known in the Second Life community as Robbie Dingo. The soundtrack is by the British band "Angry Man." It tells the story of a paraplegic dreaming of a different life through the haze of work at the keyboard and screen; an appropriate mix of images and themes for a film made in a virtual world called "Second Life." A lower-quality (smaller filesize), streamed version is available via Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6D9K9xTmt0 -- HEL --- "'Better Life' was my first attempt at making a machinima film; or any film come to that. Shot entirely in Second Life the only post production processes I used were in the cross-fading of scenes, addition of the soundtrack and the end credits. I was inspired to make this film after seeing the 'Silver Bells and Golden Spurs' movie by Eric (Linden) Call, (Snr. Artist, Linden Lab). Really I just wanted to see if I could do it, and wanted to find out what would be involved in taking a project such as this through to the end. The film plays much like a music video and tells a tale of one man's escapism and search for a 'better place' in a virtual world. Having first identified the music I wanted to use and decided upon the general story line, I created the props and story-boarded the whole film using a series of in-world snapshots. This allowed me to get a view of the pace, continuity and balance of the film before…

- Kind: Cartoon
- Year: 2006
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: Wright, Rob = Robbie Dingo
- Genres: Animation
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/BetterLife_HighQuality)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/BetterLife_HighQuality?play=1)