01Nothing underground is visible
Boreholes run kilometres deep while the surface plant is tens of metres wide. Drawing both in one image means several orders of magnitude of difference.
INDUSTRY / GEOTHERMAL
3D animation for geothermal systems and clean heating
The hard part of geothermal is that it is invisible: kilometres of rock, sealed wells, circulating fluid. One section drawing is what brings the underground and the surface into the same frame.
A geothermal project usually speaks to three audiences: authorities, investors and the heat users themselves. They care about different things, but all three need the same basic picture first — where the heat comes from, how the water circulates, and why the system can run for decades. None of it is visible from the surface, so it can only be explained through sections and paths.
WHY IT IS HARD
The whole system sits out of sight
02The loop is abstract
Extraction, heat exchange, reinjection, recirculation. Describing it in words takes paragraphs; one section makes it obvious.
03Clean-heating claims need credibility
These projects arrive with a policy context, so the film has to persuade without overstating heat output or emission savings.
04Nothing built to film
Drilling takes months and the surface plant is still under construction, so at briefing time there is often no site to shoot.
WHAT WE ANIMATE
Shots a geothermal film usually contains
Connect underground, surface and network first, then add local principle as needed — never two scales mixed in one passage.
- 01
One section joins above and below
Surface buildings and borehole share a frame, which is what gives the scale difference a reference. The compression ratio is a deliberate choice, and it must be clear this is schematic rather than measured depth.
- 02
The extraction and reinjection loop
Production well, heat exchange, reinjection well — one loop carried through with no skipped links.
- 03
Strata and well construction
Colour and texture of the strata are how a viewer knows they are underground; casing, cementing and perforation are what make the project credible.
- 04
Surface plant and heat exchange
How heat pumps, exchangers and circulation pumps interlock, and how heat enters the network.
- 05
Network and end users
Heat travelling from the plant to substations to users closes the system.
RELATED WORK
Related geothermal and energy work
Two public films on the same subject: one leans on scale compression and sections, the other on system composition and operation.
DELIVERY
Delivery
- Resolution
- 1080p as standard, 4K on request
- Format
- MP4 / H.264, drops into slides, tenders, review briefings and trade-show screens
- Camera language
- Section continuity, loop tracking, system wides
- Modelling input
- Well construction drawings, system schematics, equipment drawings or photos, site geology
- Schedule
- About 4–5 days per finished minute, from complete material and an approved script
PRICING
What this kind of project costs
Priced per finished second at 110–250 CNY: about 6.6–15k per minute, 19.8–45k for three minutes. Scale compression in sections and stratified ground modelling are the main workload, so price rises with the number of sections and the geological detail. The quotation itemises shots.
See the full pricing note ↗FAQ
Three questions geothermal clients ask
Well depth is confidential. Is that a problem?
Most projects can be expressed with relative depths and a schematic ratio, without real coordinates or exact depths. Where precision is required, redacted drawings under NDA work.
Will you suggest heat output or emission figures?
No. Those numbers must come from the client and be confirmed by the client. The film expresses them; it does not derive them, and it does not replace a resource assessment or an energy-saving calculation.
Can one film serve both government briefings and investment material?
Usually yes. Where the investment version needs to be more promotional, a short opening can be cut from the same shots.
INDUSTRY / GEOTHERMAL
Send the well construction drawing and system schematic
With a schematic I can come back with three shot ideas and an approximate duration band; a preliminary quote follows within 30 minutes once material is complete.
Start a projectLET’S MAKE IT CLEAR
The next shot
is your product.
A machine drawing, a paragraph of notes, or an idea that is not shaped yet. We start with what you want the audience to understand.
Start a projectMechanics / Production / ProductKAIFENG, CHINA · EST. 2022