Not sure off the top of my head if there's a way to do that in the Sims 4, but this might come in handy:
http://sims4studio.com/post/28567/thread"Andrew Sims 4 Studio" wrote:
This mod will allow you to play any effect from the game and you can select from a list of over 6000 effects.
I know you can repair things out right and make things dirty with Testingcheats true ->> Shift/click object. Don't remember it being able to break things though, you'd have to check. Hopefully someone else can provide information more useful than I. You can also try checking around
http://www.modthesims.info/Good luck with your machinima! :)