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Case study  —  Ongoing client series

A 3D explainer series, one episode a week

Smarter in 10 is a YouTube channel that explains everyday engineering and science. We produce its episodes end to end: a photoreal world to set up the question, then a clean 3D cutaway that shows how the thing actually works.

Excerpt (70 s) from episode 1: governor → machine brake → safety gear.
Client
Smarter in 10 · YouTube education
Format
3–10 min episodes · subtitles · end screens
Pace
5 episodes in 5 weeks, more in production
Tools
Unreal Engine 5 · Blender · Remotion

The episodes

How we work

Every topic hides its answer: inside an elevator shaft, behind a wall plate, in the pressure of a cabin. The job is to make that hidden part visible, keep a calm, credible tone, and do it again next week at the same quality.

  1. 01

    Spec first

    Before the job was awarded, we built a short spec in the channel's own look. That spec won the job.

  2. 02

    Script to shot list

    The final voice-over sets the timing. Every line gets a shot: what the viewer has to understand, and which part of the mechanism shows it.

  3. 03

    Real world, then the mechanism

    Each topic starts in a believable place, lit like film, then cuts into a clean CAD view where the hidden parts work the way the real ones do.

  4. 04

    A pipeline built for a series

    Shared look, sound, captions, end screen and review flow. A new episode starts from a playbook, not from zero, which is how the series keeps a weekly pace.

Inside the episodes

Ep. 3 · The moment of decompression, in the cabin
Ep. 3 · The moment of decompression, in the cabin
Ep. 3 · The pressure difference, shown in a cutaway fuselage
Ep. 3 · The pressure difference, shown in a cutaway fuselage
Ep. 3 · Medical beat: oxygen exchange in the alveoli
Ep. 3 · Medical beat: oxygen exchange in the alveoli
Ep. 3 · Emergency descent with a live altitude readout
Ep. 3 · Emergency descent with a live altitude readout
Ep. 4 · Light paths traced in the holographic mirror lab
Ep. 4 · Light paths traced in the holographic mirror lab
Ep. 5 · Ground-up vs ground-down, side by side
Ep. 5 · Ground-up vs ground-down, side by side
Ep. 5 · Why it matters: a short circuit at the plug
Ep. 5 · Why it matters: a short circuit at the plug
Ep. 6 (in production) · A freight train through autumn forest
Ep. 6 (in production) · A freight train through autumn forest

Episode 1

Elevator safety, one layer at a time

Traction sheave and motor: the machine room, labelled in 3D
Traction sheave and motor: the machine room, labelled in 3D
Overspeed governor: the moment it detects too much speed
Overspeed governor: the moment it detects too much speed
Machine brake: second layer of protection
Machine brake: second layer of protection
Safety gear wedges biting into the guide rail
Safety gear wedges biting into the guide rail
1854, Elisha Otis: a 2D engraving-style history beat
1854, Elisha Otis: a 2D engraving-style history beat
All four safety layers in one view
All four safety layers in one view

Episode 2

From the real truck into the CAD model

Shots from episode 2 (48 s, no sound): road, bridge and quarry, then the move into the CAD explanation.
The bridge: a loaded truck crossing a valley viaduct
The bridge: a loaded truck crossing a valley viaduct
The quarry: tipping a load of gravel
The quarry: tipping a load of gravel
On the road: the weathered dump body
On the road: the weathered dump body
CAD: the lift axle lowering on its air bags
CAD: the lift axle lowering on its air bags

★★★★★  Client review

“Ladislav did a great job. He delivered on time and to the specs that were required. I would work with him again in the future, thank you.”

Smarter in 10 · after episode 1. We have made every episode since.

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