A year later after publishing the first version, I decided to improve and re-work this animation with the new knowledge I gained.
Things I changed:
- lighting/ship materials/camera exposure to match more closely references of machines in the desert sun.
- Heat distortions on the spaceship engines
- slower camera movement, 30 fps rendering instead of 24 for a slightly smoother playback
- cut the first part that felt unnecessary and a bit jarring to keep the sequence short and focused on the ship instead of trying to show the house too.