How to make a preview, when you're short on assets...?

I want to have a preview for episode 2 in the episode 1 release, but of course, I haven't done much on production for episodes 2 & 3.

I have some exterior effects shots (also used in the main title), and then there's the fairly-complete draft audio from the animatic version of the episode.

There's also some fairly good previz -- it's clearly not finished, but it looks okay.

And I absolutely don't want to hold up releasing episode 1 while I work on more shots from episode 2. I set a rule of only using shots or stills with simple effects in Kdenlive.

So, I had this idea of just using the character "portrait" art, along with the exteriors and the audio. This is probably what I'm going to use. It's not too bad.

Also, finally get to use the replacement voice actor for News Anchor, Maurice Thomas, who contributed this somewhat after I had finished the animatic (in which I had recorded the New Anchor lines myself).

Invariably, real actors sound better! I still have a few bit parts in the episode, including one bit where I try to recapture the thick Texas accent of my youth. But I keep it to small parts, as I really am not an actor.