Daqstra · B2B · Jul 2026
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TerraFirma · Jul 2026 · 1:31 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:31
- Scenes
- 89 · 1.0 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:23
- Features shown
- 2
- Voiceover
- Yes
TerraFirma’s 1:31 launch film runs 89 scenes, about 1.0 s each. The product shows up at 0:23 and 2 features are revealed. There is no explicit call to action; a voiceover carries the film. Cinematic founder-driven promo that opens on low-angle hero shots of yellow earthmovers, cuts through black-and-white archival footage to pose the efficiency problem, then alternates warehouse interviews with site demos of remote operation and the retrofit kit before a moon-and-Mars vision montage. Signature moves include whip pans, spark macros, sunset lens flares and fast 60+ cuts per minute, all anchored by the recurring muddy CAT excavator and the TerraFirma emblem, which finally appears et炽
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01 · Hook · 0:00–0:00
A yellow CAT excavator is shot from behind on a dirt mound, then the view cuts to a low angle on its cab, the sun flaring from the left. The machine sits on an open construction site with other equipment in the distance.
Camera: Static
02 · Hook · 0:00–0:01
A low-angle rear view of a yellow tracked bulldozer sits on dark churned earth, its blade pressed into the ground among exposed tree roots. Cloudy sky and green trees fill the background. The camera holds a steady low framing with a slight push-in toward the machine.
Camera: Static
03 · Hook · 0:01–0:01
A muddy yellow bulldozer blade fills the frame in a dirt field under a grey sky. The camera holds on the machine, then whips sideways into a horizontal motion blur.
Techniques: Speed ramp
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:01–0:02
Extreme close-up of a gloved hand pressing a grinding tool against metal. A burst of orange sparks erupts, then the frame floods with a bright blue-white flash as spark streaks fly outward.
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:02–0:03
A dark grinding tool fills the left of a tight macro frame, throwing a dense shower of orange sparks to the right against a hazy teal backdrop. A gloved hand drifts into view at the bottom as the embers scatter and fade.
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Static
06 · Problem · 0:03–0:04
A black-and-white archival shot of the Panama Canal lock. Crowds of men in white shirts line the concrete walls and banks while boats cross the channel. The camera pans right across the water, revealing a tall triangular crane frame and more vessels against a backdrop of hills and smokestacks.
Camera: Static
07 · Problem · 0:04–0:05
Black-and-white archival footage shows a steep mountainside as a cloud of dust and debris rolls down the slope. A road or rail line runs across the foreground where a lone figure stands. The shot holds on the churning earth.
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:05–0:06
Grainy black and white archival footage shows a cargo ship docked at a port. A crane arm hangs over the hull from the right while workers in white stand on the quay. Mountains fill the background as the frame flickers with motion blur.
Camera: Pan
09 · Problem · 0:06–0:07
Black and white archival footage of construction workers pushing a riveted steel beam into a frame, then a wide shot of a steel skeleton building under construction with cranes and scaffolding.
Camera: Static
10 · Problem · 0:07–0:07
Archival black-and-white footage of a crane hoisting a bundle of steel beams in front of a tall brick office building, locked-off frame. A large numeral 33 slides across the frame.
On-screen text: “33”
Camera: Static
11 · Problem · 0:07–0:08
Black-and-white archival footage of a construction site. A worker stands on a timber platform amid diagonal beams, then the view cuts to a steel deck where workers guide a long beam while a man in the foreground pulls a rope. A large numeral 33 slides across the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “33”
Camera: Static
12 · Problem · 0:08–0:09
Grainy black and white archival footage of a high-rise under construction, seen from above at an angle. Concrete slabs and steel framework fill the frame as the camera holds steady on the rising structure.
Camera: Static
13 · Problem · 0:09–0:09
A wide static shot frames a construction site: a yellow excavator arm hovers over a pile of rubble and rebar, a worker in a white shirt crouches at the lower left, and brown freight cars line the background.
Camera: Static
14 · Problem · 0:09–0:10
An aerial view of a curving elevated rail viaduct beside an office building cuts to a ground-level deck where three workers in hard hats and hi-vis vests move along a concrete barrier under white railings.
Camera: Static
15 · Problem · 0:10–0:11
A wide shot of a toll plaza construction zone shows an orange caution sign in the foreground, then cuts to a gray semi-truck parked among steel beams and rebar at a building site.
On-screen text: “FILE”
Camera: Static
16 · Problem · 0:11–0:12
Wide shots cut between two construction sites: a dirt excavation with concrete trucks, a red pump arm, and workers in hard hats, then large white cylindrical tanks beside a dark building under cranes.
Camera: Static
17 · Problem · 0:12–0:12
Two live-action shots of construction sites cut back to back: first a fenced yard with pipes and a wheelbarrow seen through chain-link mesh, then a worker in a yellow vest and hard hat directing a yellow telehandler loaded with crates in front of a white arched warehouse.
Camera: Static
18 · Problem · 0:12–0:13
Outdoor workers in yellow vests and white hard hats stand by a shipping container, one peering through a surveying instrument on a tripod. A cut reveals a dim interior site with steel beams, a ladder and a blue lift platform.
Camera: Static
19 · Feature reveal · 0:13–0:15
Aerial view of a long concrete foundation under construction in open fields cuts to a low shot of a wide field of yellow excavators and bulldozers working dark soil under a cloudy sky.
Camera: Pull out
20 · Feature reveal · 0:15–0:15
A row of operators in high-visibility vests sit at white desks in a warehouse, each facing a Dell monitor. The nearest man holds a black game controller, thumbs on the sticks, while red button panels rest on the desk. The camera holds a static side profile of the line.
Camera: Static
21 · Feature reveal · 0:15–0:16
A monitor close-up shows a green point-cloud map of a construction site with yellow excavators and data panels; it cuts to an operator's hands on a red joystick console in front of a large screen running the same 3D simulation.
Camera: Static
22 · Feature reveal · 0:16–0:16
Over-the-shoulder close-up of two hands gripping a black game controller over a mechanical keyboard, with two monitors behind showing a first-person shooter and a bright white screen, blue LED strip in the background. Shallow depth of field blurs the green-shirted shoulder in the foreground; the frame is locked-off.
On-screen text: “国”
Camera: Static
23 · Feature reveal · 0:16–0:19
Low-angle shot of a yellow CAT excavator perched on a dirt mound under a cloudy sky. Blurred dirt clods fall past the lens in the opening frame, then the image sharpens and holds on the cab and boom.
On-screen text: “国”
Camera: Push in
24 · Feature reveal · 0:19–0:20
The camera holds on an excavator cab interior, a yellow dozer with OPIFEX and DOGGETT markings seen through the window, then cuts to a wide static shot of two yellow CAT machines parked on a dirt lot at dusk.
Camera: Pull out
25 · Feature reveal · 0:20–0:21
A locked-off wide shot of yellow CAT excavators and skid steers parked in a row across a dirt lot at sunset, the low sun flaring from the left edge and casting a warm haze over the machines and a line of trees behind.
On-screen text: “SN7”, “700“”, “OPIFEX”, “DOGGETT”
Camera: Static
26 · Feature reveal · 0:21–0:21
A low, shallow-focus close-up of wet, clumpy mud fills the frame, the surface textured with ridges and small stones. The shot holds steady with no movement, the soft earth tones and shallow depth of field keeping focus on the foreground clumps.
Camera: Static
27 · Feature reveal · 0:21–0:23
A static close-up of churned wet mud dissolves into a locked-off wide shot of a row of yellow CAT excavators parked in a dirt yard, backlit by a low sun with lens flare, then dissolves back toward the mud.
Camera: Static
28 · Product intro · 0:23–0:23
Two yellow CAT excavators sit parked on a bare dirt lot, their arms and buckets angled toward the camera. A low sun blazes between them, throwing a warm flare across the top of the frame. The shot is locked off and still, with trees lining the background.
Camera: Static
29 · Product intro · 0:23–0:24
A bearded man in a black cap and planet-print t-shirt sits centered, speaking to camera with hands clasped. Two yellow wheel loaders stand blurred in the warehouse background. The locked-off shot holds a shallow depth of field.
Camera: Static
30 · Product intro · 0:24–0:25
A bearded man in a black-and-white trucker cap is filmed in a warehouse. The shot cuts from a tight profile close-up to a medium view of him standing with arms crossed, yellow loaders blurred behind him, as he speaks to camera.
Camera: Static
31 · Product intro · 0:25–0:27
A young man in a black t-shirt sits center frame in a warehouse, two yellow wheel loaders behind him, speaking to camera. The shot cuts to an older man with white hair in a yellow safety vest, also speaking, in the same warehouse.
On-screen text: “CAFICMA”
Camera: Static
32 · Product intro · 0:27–0:29
A man in a yellow high-visibility vest stands in a dim concrete room under a single beam of light, facing the camera. The shot cuts to a wide frame revealing a second man in a cap standing beside him, both still.
Camera: Static
33 · Product intro · 0:29–0:30
Two workers in high-visibility vests stand on a yellow tracked machine, one holding a coil of cables at the tracks, the other on the cab roof. A low locked-off angle frames them against a pale sky as the sun flares through the cab window.
Camera: Static
34 · Product intro · 0:30–0:32
Two yellow CAT excavators work on a mound of dark earth against a pale sky, one driver silhouetted in the right cab. The camera holds a low, locked-off shot as the arms and buckets shift slowly.
Camera: Pull out
35 · Product intro · 0:32–0:32
A yellow Caterpillar bulldozer fitted with a black sensor and camera rig on its roof sits in a plowed field under a cloudy sky. The camera tracks slowly around the machine, keeping the cab, tracks and front blade in frame.
Camera: Static
36 · Product intro · 0:32–0:33
A muddy yellow tracked excavator is filmed on a dirt site. The shot starts tight on the caked tracks and hydraulic arm, then pulls back to a low wide angle showing the whole machine on a mound of earth under a clear sky.
Camera: Static
37 · Product intro · 0:33–0:35
A high aerial drone shot frames a dirt construction site at sunset, with several yellow excavators and graders spread across the muddy field. The low sun flares through the treeline behind, and the camera holds a slow wide view of the working machines.
Camera: Pull out
38 · Product intro · 0:35–0:35
A yellow bulldozer blade shoves a mound of wet brown dirt on an open construction site. The edit cuts to a tight low angle of its muddy tire and chassis, then back to the blade pushing the pile forward.
Camera: Static
39 · Feature reveal · 0:35–0:36
A yellow tracked vehicle works a field of dark soil. The camera tracks the muddy rear tire and a row of caked disc rollers as clods of earth are turned and flung to the side.
Camera: Static
40 · Feature reveal · 0:36–0:37
A man in a black t-shirt sits in a warehouse, raising an open palm as he speaks. Two yellow wheel loaders stand parked in the bright background. He turns his head from profile to face the camera.
Camera: Static
41 · Feature reveal · 0:37–0:38
A wide muddy field under a cloudy blue sky. A yellow CAT excavator scales into the center of the frame, arm raised with the bucket extended, then holds in a locked-off shot.
Camera: Static
42 · Feature reveal · 0:38–0:39
A wide locked-off shot shows a yellow CAT 320 excavator parked on a mound of dark dirt under a cloudy sky, its boom raised with the bucket hanging. A road roller sits at the right edge of the frame, and the machine holds still.
Camera: Static
43 · Feature reveal · 0:39–0:40
A yellow CAT motor grader stands on a bare dirt lot beneath a bright, cloud-filled sky, a mound of excavated earth to its right. The wide shot holds steady on the machine, which remains parked and idle.
Camera: Static
44 · Feature reveal · 0:40–0:41
A low-angle shot frames a man in a yellow high-visibility vest and glasses, head down, typing on a laptop against a bright, cloud-filled sky. A sun flare washes the upper right at the start and fades as he works.
Camera: Pull out
45 · Feature reveal · 0:41–0:42
A worker in a high-vis vest and hard hat stands in a green basket on a yellow excavator arm, working its side. A green robotic arm is mounted to the left. The shot is backlit by a bright sun flare that fades, against a cloudy blue sky.
Camera: Push in
46 · Feature reveal · 0:42–0:43
Low angle: two workers in yellow vests lift a black panel with a circular logo and US and Texas flags over a vehicle cab. Cut to a man in a hard hat presenting a white retrofit panel marked TERRAFIRMA SN 31 in a field.
Camera: Push in
47 · Feature reveal · 0:43–0:44
Two workers in yellow safety vests stand on the cab of a yellow excavator at a dirt site, leaning over a laptop. A silver and black TerraFirma unit labeled SN 31 sits on the machine, with houses and a field behind. The camera drifts slowly right.
Camera: Pull out
48 · Feature reveal · 0:44–0:46
A technician in a high-visibility vest works at a bench in silhouette against a bright window. The shot cuts to a close-up of hands holding a probe and a tool over a green circuit board clamped in a metal fixture.
On-screen text: “SN31”, “TERRAFIRMA”
Camera: Static
49 · Feature reveal · 0:46–0:47
A man in a blue shirt, high-vis vest and cap exits an excavator cab, holding the glass door open, then stands on a dirt site gazing toward the horizon. Low angle against a cloudy sky, with the machine's arm and a distant field in frame.
Camera: Pan
50 · Feature reveal · 0:47–0:48
A man in a white cap, sunglasses and a yellow safety vest walks across a muddy field toward a yellow excavator, holding a black tablet under one arm and reaching for the cab door. The camera tracks him at a slow pace.
Camera: Static
51 · Demo · 0:48–0:49
Over-the-shoulder close-up of a person's hands gripping a black game controller, thumbs on the sticks. Two monitors sit behind, one showing a greenish tactical game, the other a bright text screen. The shot eases from soft focus to a wider, sharper frame as the hands press buttons.
Camera: Pan
52 · Demo · 0:49–0:50
A 3D rendered excavator bucket presses into dark soil on an open worksite, kicking up a spray of dirt, while a flat HUD of control panels and telemetry frames the viewport. The camera holds a wide eye-level view with a slight drift.
Techniques: 3D mockup, Particles
Camera: Static
53 · Demo · 0:50–0:51
A dark 3D site-planning interface fills the screen, a left panel listing layers and vehicles beside a viewport where two yellow excavators sit on a flat plane next to a cyan point-cloud slope. The 3D camera pans slowly leftward across the model.
Camera: Static
54 · Demo · 0:51–0:51
From behind, a row of operators in yellow hi-vis vests sit at desks, each facing a cluster of monitors showing maps and flight paths. A large wall screen above displays a route map. Blue LED strips glow under the desks. The camera pushes in slowly.
Camera: Static
55 · Demo · 0:51–0:52
Two men in yellow high-visibility vests stand at a workbench, heads down, manipulating thin wires and a small hand tool. A blurred glass pane with soft reflections sits in the foreground, framing the workshop scene.
Camera: Static
56 · Demo · 0:52–0:52
A worker in a yellow high-visibility vest threads a thin wire through a small black and blue handheld device resting on a cluttered workbench. Green tape and tools sit nearby, with a blurred workshop pegboard behind. The close-up shot stays fixed on the hands.
Camera: Static
57 · Demo · 0:52–0:53
A welder in a workshop drives a torch into metal, throwing off a shower of orange sparks. The shot cuts to a top-down view of a yellow-handled chisel and a pair of cutters resting on a bare concrete floor.
Camera: Static
58 · Other · 0:53–0:54
A low-angle shot frames a yellow CAT wheel loader at a construction site at sunset. The large treaded tire fills the foreground in soft focus while the sun flares behind the dark cab. The open dirt lot and distant equipment sit under a pale blue sky.
Camera: Static
59 · Other · 0:54–0:55
Operators in high-visibility vests sit in a row at monitors in a dim control room. The foreground man, wearing glasses, watches a green-and-yellow map display as the camera pans left to reveal the line of workers.
Techniques: Parallax
Camera: Static
60 · Other · 0:55–0:56
A worker in a yellow safety vest with the TerraFirma logo walks away from camera across a grassy field, carrying a tripod with a blue disc on his shoulder and a tablet in his left hand. The camera tracks him from behind under a pale sky.
Camera: Static
61 · Other · 0:56–0:57
A man in a yellow safety vest and glasses stands in profile against a cloudy sky, typing on a laptop he cradles, with a tripod-mounted circular instrument to his right. The frame begins soft and racks into focus.
Camera: Push in
62 · Other · 0:57–0:58
A wide view from a dirt-filled bucket frames a yellow excavator on a graded site at dusk. The shot then jumps to a motion-blurred close-up of dark soil as the bucket shifts, the yellow boom streaking through the frame.
Camera: Push in
63 · Other · 0:58–0:59
A heavy mass of wet earth tumbles down toward the camera, clumps of soil breaking apart against a bright blue sky. A yellow excavator arm sits at the lower left and a dirt pile fills the right edge, shot from a low angle.
Camera: Static
64 · Other · 0:59–0:59
A yellow CAT excavator sits on a mound of dark soil, its arm drawing a bucket of dirt toward the cab. A second yellow machine works in the background beneath a blue sky with white clouds. The locked-off frame holds the wide shot steady.
Camera: Static
65 · Other · 0:59–1:00
A locked-off close-up holds on the lower body and muddy tracks of a yellow bulldozer working on churned dirt. The tracks roll and shed clumps of mud as the machine pushes forward, the yellow frame and dark panel filling the upper frame.
Camera: Push in
66 · Other · 1:00–1:02
A yellow CAT 320 excavator sits tilted on a mound of dark dirt, its mud-caked bucket held high against a clear blue sky. The camera pans right, revealing a line of trees and a cell tower behind the machine.
Camera: Pull out
67 · Other · 1:02–1:05
A man in a yellow high-visibility vest types on a laptop at a construction site, a yellow CAT excavator idling in the hazy background. The camera slowly pushes in from a medium shot to a close-up of his focused face in warm golden light.
Camera: Push in
68 · Other · 1:05–1:06
Close-up of a yellow crawler's dirt-caked treads, then a fast pan reveals a mound of dark soil under a bright cloudy sky, a yellow bucket at the left edge. Heavy motion blur streaks the frame.
Camera: Static
69 · Other · 1:06–1:06
A yellow bulldozer pushes a mound of dark soil at a construction site, an excavator arm and a second machine working behind it. The camera tracks the dozer from the side under a bright, cloudy sky.
Camera: Pull out
70 · Other · 1:06–1:07
Live-action shots of yellow John Deere earthmovers on an open dirt site under a cloudy sky. A bulldozer pushes a pile of soil while an excavator bucket tips dirt above it, then the view cuts to tight angles of the bucket full of earth.
Camera: Pull out
71 · Other · 1:07–1:10
A rapid whip pan blurs past a yellow excavator arm, then eases into a wide shot of an excavation site. A bucket lifts and drops a mound of dark soil while other yellow machines sit in the background.
Techniques: Speed ramp
Camera: Pull out
72 · Other · 1:10–1:10
Aerial drone view over a desert solar thermal plant: rows of angled mirrors glint across the dunes beneath distant mountains, then the shot jumps to a higher angle where a central tower rises above the mirror field.
Camera: Static
73 · Other · 1:10–1:11
Aerial drone shot glides over a desert solar thermal plant, rows of white mirrors surrounding a tall tower, then cuts to a close-up of a red, white, and blue striped mirror panel against a dark sky.
Camera: Static
74 · Other · 1:11–1:12
A low-angle shot frames an American flag on a pole, rippling in the wind against a pale sky. The sun sits behind the fabric, flaring into a bright white bloom that washes out the right side of the frame.
Camera: Static
75 · Other · 1:12–1:13
A crescent moon floats in black space, its surface mostly in shadow. Light slowly creeps across the right limb, revealing grey craters and dark maria as the sphere turns.
Camera: Static
76 · Other · 1:13–1:15
A close-up frames a yellow, mud-caked mechanical claw as it presses its metal tips into dry, dark soil. The claw digs in, disturbing the cracked ground, while the camera stays tight on the action.
Camera: Push in
77 · Other · 1:15–1:15
A 3D render of a reddish-orange planet fills the left frame, its curved limb lit by a bright sun flare that throws a horizontal beam and soft lens flares into the dark starfield. The view holds steady on the glowing horizon.
Camera: Static
78 · Other · 1:15–1:16
A dark, rough ground texture fills the frame, then cuts to a grid of pale blue hexagonal panels. A small dark opening at the center reveals a structure behind the wall, and a metal scaffold stands at the left edge.
Camera: Static
79 · Other · 1:16–1:17
A tiny bright point sits in a dark starfield, then thin white lines shoot out from it in several directions, sketching a sparse web across the black space. The reveal is brief and sudden.
Camera: Static
80 · Other · 1:17–1:17
A grayscale half-moon with a thin horizontal arc sits on the left against black, its right edge cut into a straight vertical line. A dense cluster of white and blue star-like dots fills the right half. The frame is locked-off and static.
Camera: Static
81 · Other · 1:17–1:18
American flag on a tall pole ripples in the wind against a bright hazy sky. Below, a flat suburban landscape of rooftops, green trees and three white silos stretches to the horizon. The frame holds steady while the flag moves.
Camera: Pan
82 · Other · 1:18–1:20
Two silhouetted men stand on a dark ridge of rubble against a sunset sky that fades from purple to orange. The man in a cap on the left gestures with his hands while facing the other man, who stands with his back partly to the camera.
Camera: Pull out
83 · Other · 1:20–1:22
Two men stand in silhouette against a gradient sunset sky. The man on the left wears a cap and rests his hands on his hips, facing away. The man on the right is in profile, looking left. The low angle emphasizes the sky.
Camera: Static
84 · Other · 1:22–1:22
Two men in yellow hi-vis vests stand in a dim warehouse, one holding a camera, then the view cuts to an aerial shot of a water tower at sunset with the sun glowing behind it.
Camera: Static
85 · Other · 1:22–1:24
An aerial shot frames a cream water tower marked GOFORTH against a sunset sky, with low industrial buildings and dark fields below. The camera pushes in slowly, keeping the tower centered as the sun glows on the horizon.
Camera: Push in
86 · Other · 1:24–1:25
A bearded man in a black-and-white trucker cap and a black Terraform Mars t-shirt talks and gestures with both hands, framed in a medium close-up. A yellow CAT loader sits blurred in the bright warehouse behind him.
Camera: Static
87 · Outro · 1:25–1:26
A circular logo with a stylized T is etched into a dark metal plate in close-up. Bright orange sparks fall vertically across the frame, grazing the cutout edges of the mark.
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Static
88 · Outro · 1:26–1:28
Extreme close-up of a dark metal plate as a grinding disc carves the circular TerraFirma mark, sending orange sparks across the frame. The shot pulls back to reveal the full plate with the engraved wordmark, the tool resting at the left edge.
Techniques: Particles, 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
89 · Outro · 1:28–1:31
A white TerraFirma logo lockup, a circular emblem with a stylized T beside a geometric sans wordmark, sits centered on a black background, static and locked off for the full duration.
Camera: Static





