A turbocharger, taken apart
43 parts pull apart along the shaft. Then it's cut in half, so you can watch oil float the shaft and exhaust spin the wheel. Narrated, with captions for sound off.
3D films · Youngsville, Louisiana
Show them how it works.
3D films of machines, products and places. Taken apart, cut open, walked through, then cut down to a vertical reel for the phone. Made in Blender, start to finish.
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01 / Films
Take it apart. Show it working.
Each film opens the thing in the order a mechanic would, so a buyer sees how the parts fit and move. Tap one to watch it full screen.
Managed pressure drilling, one well
Mud down the string, returns up the annulus, the choke closing through a connection, and the pressure drawn beside it as it happens.
An iron roughneck on the rig floor
The whole machine bursts apart, every part flies back to its seat, then the arm reaches out to the pipe. Made to loop on a booth screen.
A ball valve, exploded and cut
Bolts out, the end caps slide off, the ball and stem come free. Then a half-section shows the ball turn and the flow go through the bore.
A beverage can, shot like a launch
The hero can on its own color, then three flavors standing together. Cut for a website hero, an ad or a menu screen.
02 / Reels
Cut for the phone.
The same model, framed tall for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, with words on screen for people scrolling with the sound off.
An engine, viewport to final render
It starts as the raw Blender viewport. Then the final render takes over and the engine pulls apart.
Clockworks, an Acadiana clock tower
Up the tower at night, then into the gears. Real gear ratios: a 44-tooth wheel turns a 22-tooth gear twice as fast.
How it was madeThe turbo, cut tall
The same turbocharger film, framed for a phone: the cutaway, the wastegate, the wheel up close, then the whole thing apart.
03 / Places
Walk them in before it's built.
Walk-through films of rooms that only exist in the model, for a builder, a remodel or a shop that isn't open yet. These three are made-up places I built from scratch.
A Main Street barbershop
Blue hour on the sidewalk, the door swings open, and the camera moves in past the checkerboard floor to three chairs waiting on the next cut.
A salon, walked through
From the front desk, past the styling chairs and the arched mirrors, back to the shampoo bowls and the product wall.
An Acadian house at dusk
Up the porch steps, through the French doors, into the kitchen. For a builder or a realtor, before the slab is poured.
04 / How it goes
You see it moving before it's finished.
No slide decks. A link you open on your phone early, and changes made where you can see them.
- 1
You send what you have.
CAD or STEP is the fastest start. Drawings, a spec sheet, a floor plan or photos with a tape measure in them work too. Send your NDA first if you need one.
- 2
You check the shape.
A plain grey model from the angles that matter, before any color goes on, so the proportions are right.
- 3
You see a rough cut.
The camera and the movement on your phone before the full render. Your people mark up every label against the real thing.
- 4
You get every size.
Wide for the website and the booth screen, tall for the phone, stills for the catalog. Which files you get is written into the quote.
You send
- CAD or STEP
- SolidWorks or Inventor
- Dimensioned drawings
- A spec sheet
- Floor plans
- Photos and measurements
You get
- A wide film, 16:9
- A vertical reel, 9:16
- Captions for sound off
- A silent loop for a booth
- Stills from any frame
05 / Questions
The ones that come first.
Do I need CAD?
No. CAD is the fastest start, and dimensioned drawings with a spec sheet also work. If all you have is photos, send them and say so. I'll tell you plainly whether a good model can come from them.
What do I actually get?
Film files: a wide 16:9 cut for your website, sales calls and booth screens, a tall 9:16 cut for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, and a silent loop if you want one. Words are on screen, so it works with the sound off. Stills come from any frame. Which files you get, and where you can use them, is written into the quote before work starts.
Can you do a building or a room?
Yes. The barbershop, the salon and the house above were built from scratch. For a real place, I work from plans, or from photos and measurements taken inside.
Who sees our files?
Me, the software I build with, and whoever you share the working link with. If your NDA limits which tools can touch your files, tell me before you send anything, and I'll tell you straight whether the job can be done. Nothing of yours goes on this site, or anywhere else, without your written yes.
How long does it take?
It depends on the machine and how much CAD exists. You get a date once I've seen your files, plus a shape check and a rough cut along the way, so nothing surprises you at the end.
What does it cost?
It depends on how many parts there are, how long the film runs and what files you have. Text me what it is and what you can send. You get a price and what's in it before anything starts.
Will it get me more sales?
I can't promise that, and nobody honest can. The job is a film that shows your product clearly. What buyers do next depends on the product, the price and your follow-up.
The other half of BuiltFirst
Websites for local businesses, built before you pay.
Same shop, same person. Your own photos moving on the first screen and a call button under every thumb.
Your turn
Got something that's hard to show in a photo?
Text or call. Tell me what it is and what you have on it: drawings, photos, a spec sheet. I'll tell you what's possible and what it costs.