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Random Scene Generator

Build a scene from three parts: where it happens, what the light is doing, and what somebody is doing there.

Scenes3 generated
  1. At dusk, a printing works turned into artists' studios. A woman is folding a map she clearly cannot refold.
  2. At dusk, a garden centre that sells more cake than plants. The oldest person present is the first to start work.
  3. At dusk, a fishing village clinging to a shelf of black rock. Someone is counting the money twice and frowning.
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About the Random Scene Generator

A scene needs a place, a moment and an action, and this generator supplies all three. The place is drawn from 64 specific locations such as a tram depot or a chalk quarry filled with turquoise water. The moment comes from ten lighting and weather conditions, from first light to the first frost. The action is one of 62 small human events, someone folding a map badly, a courier hunting a house number that does not exist.

Keeping the action small is the point. A dramatic event tells the writer what the scene is about and closes it down, while a busker packing up mid-song leaves every question open: who noticed, who followed, why now. Directors and storyboard artists use the same trick when they block a shot around something ordinary happening in the corner of the frame.

Use it for daily writing practice, for photography assignments where you must find the equivalent shot near you, or for storyboard exercises in a class. When you want the place on its own without a moment attached, the Random Setting Generator uses the same location list, and the Random Scenario Generator gives you a predicament instead of a picture.

How to use

  1. Choose how many scenes you want to draw.
  2. Generate, then read the three parts as one moment rather than three separate prompts.
  3. Copy the scenes you like, or download the batch for a workshop handout.

Common questions

What exactly does each scene contain?
A location, a time of day or weather condition, and one small action, written as two sentences.
How is this different from the scenario generator?
A scene describes a picture you could film. A scenario puts you inside a problem and hands you a complication.
Can I reroll only part of a scene?
Not directly, but generating five at once and mixing the halves you like is quicker than rerolling one at a time.
Are the locations real places?
They are real types of place rather than named ones, so a chalk quarry or a canal lock cottage exists in many countries.