One of the absolute best ways to invite participation, is to deeply consider the space and setting of your VR video. In VR, the space is the story in many ways. Spaces are loaded with sensory details, ideas, behaviors, and narrative potential. Your job is to put that all to use. If you enter a room and see a vase precariously positioned near the edge of the table, it will generate anxiety in you. If you start imagining what happens if the vase falls, this is an example of narrative potentiality. The space has induced a story in your mind. We encourage you to think about how to bring your vision to life, using space. Think about the ways you can build environments capable of making the viewer imagine stories of their own. Even without any other human beings in the picture. For this reason, location scouting is a crucial consideration. That is if you don't already have a set location or plan to build it. Taking practice shots with your 360 camera before you ever get into production, will help you immensely in planning, because you'll truly understand the space, and it will be a huge help during production, if you do decide to shoot there. An important note here is that, background details that are far away from the camera, are often very hard to notice in 360 video. It's very important to consider the placement of objects, characters, and plot details in your writing and planning. Even though the medium lets you use space in interesting ways, don't count on background information. In this shoot, at the Venice Boardwalk, what's interesting is the movement near the camera. Even though we're near the beach, you don't even really notice it compared to the skaters.