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Sinter (YC F26) Accelerating Plastics Manufacturing
Sinter · Nov 2026 · 1:37 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
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A dark, cinematic industrial launch film that opens on macro manufacturing shots, then alternates founder interviews with machine B-roll and animated data graphics to pitch Sinter's additive tooling. The pacing is steady and documentary-like, with locked-off shots, slow push-ins, and lower-third captions carrying the argument from problem to feature to contact email.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 official logo — reused across the film · 22 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 1 3D passage — build or supply
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Sinter (YC F26) Accelerating Plastics Manufacturing, scene by scene
· 25 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:03
A macro, low-light shot of a 3D printer nozzle hovering above a small blue-tinted layered part on a dark bed. The frame stays locked off while a white caption fades in at the bottom center.
On-screen text: “We all know how to make the first ten”
Camera: Static
02 · Hook · 0:03–0:05
A locked-off macro shot of a circuit board in deep red light, glossy surface with droplets and thin traces, soft bokeh dots scattered across the frame. A white caption sits at the bottom center.
On-screen text: “or even the ten after that.”
Camera: Static
03 · Hook · 0:05–0:07
A near-black frame holds soft amber bokeh lights drifting out of focus. A white caption sits locked at the bottom center throughout the shot.
On-screen text: “But what if you want to make a million?”
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:07–0:10
A hand turns a knob on a metal press block in tight close-up, then the frame pulls back to reveal the full stamping press with blue and red hoses and a pressure gauge. A blue wall sits behind the machine.
On-screen text: “But what if you want to make a million?”, “中”
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:10–0:12
A low-angle shot frames a white industrial machine with bundled cables and a red indicator light. The camera pans and tilts to reveal the vertical arm with yellow rollers, while a blue housing stays in the foreground.
Camera: Pan
06 · Problem · 0:12–0:13
A tight close-up of an industrial machine's brushed-metal plates against a teal backdrop. The focus racks from the left plate to the right as the two plates slide apart, opening a narrow dark gap between them.
Camera: Push in
07 · Problem · 0:13–0:14
A gray CAD part with six orange cylindrical posts sits over a white grid floor in 3D perspective. The camera drifts slowly across the model, which stays softly out of focus, while a small red marker and a cursor arrow sit on the right face.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:14–0:22
A young man in a cap and navy jacket stands in a workshop, speaking to camera. Two 3D printers with glowing red chambers sit on a bench behind him under a Sinter sign. A name lower third and centered subtitles appear as he talks.
On-screen text: “Oliver Johnson”, “Founder, CEO”, “A strong argument can be made that”, “injection building is the most powerful”, “manufacturing tool in history.”, “But that capability is gatekept”, “from those building the fastest.”
Camera: Static
09 · Product intro · 0:22–0:30
A man in a cap and dark shirt stands in a warehouse, speaking to camera, with two red-glowing 3D printers and a Sinter sign behind him. A left-aligned lower third and centered subtitles sit at the bottom of the locked-off medium shot.
On-screen text: “Justin Kwon”, “Founder, CTO”, “Sinter makes the fastest end use plastic parts in the world.”, “Currently, there's”, “no elegant solution for taking plastics from prototyping to production.”
Camera: Static
10 · Product intro · 0:30–0:34
A young man in a cap and navy jacket walks through a high-ceilinged warehouse, talking to the camera as the lens tracks him. White subtitles caption his line at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “Which is why we're building”, “the plastics factory of the future”, “right here in San Francisco.”
Camera: Static
11 · Product intro · 0:34–0:35
Locked-off workshop shot: two printers with glowing red chambers and an open door sit on a steel table beside a laptop. A person in an orange shirt walks across the foreground from left while the caption holds at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Sinter is a pipeline”, “from your first part to your millionth.”
Camera: Static
12 · Product intro · 0:35–0:42
A person in an orange T-shirt stands with their back to the camera at a workbench with red-lit 3D printers, then walks out of frame right as the camera slowly pushes in on the central machine. A laptop sits on the bench; white subtitles hold at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Sinter is a pipeline”, “from your first part to your millionth.”, “You can make any parts from any material”, “with no MOQ.”, “We enable you”, “to make your first parts of the quality”
Camera: Push in
13 · Product intro · 0:42–0:46
Red-lit macro shot of a 3D printer, locked off, shows a dark part on the left and a long channel on the right. White caption text at the bottom swaps line by line to follow the voiceover.
On-screen text: “We enable you”, “to make your first parts of the quality”, “and cost of the millionth,”, “without the upfront investment into”, “slow and expensive tooling.”
Camera: Static
14 · Feature reveal · 0:46–0:49
A person in a teal shirt sets a white rectangular block onto a metal tooling plate at a workbench, fingers pressing it flat beside four cylindrical posts. A second plate stands upright at right and a gray case with a yellow logo sits in the corner. The camera holds still.
On-screen text: “slow and expensive tooling.”
Camera: Static
15 · Feature reveal · 0:49–0:51
A young man in a denim cap and dark t-shirt stands with arms crossed in a corrugated warehouse, speaking off-camera. A white two-line caption sits at the bottom of the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “Sinter builds and shoots additive tooling in 48 hours”
Camera: Static
16 · Feature reveal · 0:51–0:54
Two engineers stand at a workbench in a workshop, one holding a tablet beside an open laptop, with a robotic arm on the right. The camera slowly pushes in as white caption lines fade in at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “Sinter builds and shoots additive”, “tooling in 48 hours”, “This allows hardware teams”, “to continue design and iteration”
Camera: Static
17 · Feature reveal · 0:54–0:58
A man in a cap operates a control panel on a large machine with glowing orange chambers in a warehouse. A white humanoid robot walks in from the right, stops beside him, and turns its head. White captions read across the bottom.
On-screen text: “This allows hardware teams”, “to continue design and iteration”, “without the speed of the”, “real world holding them back.”
Camera: Static
18 · Feature reveal · 0:58–1:03
A workshop press is operated by a worker in a teal shirt. A white headline sits mid-frame. A horizontal bar of colored segments extends left to right across the lower third, each segment labeled PP, ABS, HDPE, PS, OTHER as it appears.
On-screen text: “Compatible with 98% of injection molded material”, “PP”, “ABS”, “HDPE”, “PS”, “OTHER”
Camera: Push in
19 · Feature reveal · 1:03–1:07
A worker in a teal shirt adjusts hanging chains on a yellow press in a workshop. In the center, a solid orange square splits into a 3x3 grid of orange dots, then the dots fill with different colors one by one. A white caption holds still above the graphic.
On-screen text: “Production runs of all sizes priced exclusively by part”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Static
20 · CTA · 1:07–1:10
Two technicians in blue shirts work at a CNC machine, hands adjusting a metal fixture beside hanging chains, with the control panel screen on the right. White bullet text sits on the left; a call-to-action block fades in on the right as the camera pulls back.
On-screen text: “No MOQ”, “< 48 hour deployment”, “Made in the USA”, “Want faster hardware?”, “Reach out”, “[email protected]”
Camera: Static
21 · CTA · 1:10–1:14
A close-up inside a machine shows a teal print head and dark carriage moving as the camera drifts left, revealing a control panel. Two columns of white text stay fixed over the footage, listing deployment terms and a contact email.
On-screen text: “No MOQ”, “< 48 hour deployment”, “Made in the USA”, “Want faster hardware?”, “Reach out”, “[email protected]”
Camera: Static
22 · Social proof · 1:14–1:16
Close-up of a running industrial machine with steel plates and rods against a teal frame, the camera drifting slowly. A white “Lovingly supporting” headline sits above a static 3x3 grid of sponsor logos.
On-screen text: “Lovingly supporting”, “Additive+”, “Revise Robotics”, “Newlab”, “Shinkei”, “VEXO”, “abbode”, “antimattr”, “COMPLEXCON”, “Primordiant”
Camera: Static
23 · Social proof · 1:16–1:17
A close-up of a teal industrial machine shows a metal carriage sliding between rods. White sponsor logos sit in three rows beneath the headline, all held in a shallow depth of field.
On-screen text: “Lovingly supporting”, “ADDITIVE +”, “Revise Robotics”, “Newlab”, “Shinkei”, “VEXO”, “abbode”, “antimattr”, “COMPLEXCON”, “Primordiant”
Camera: Static
24 · Outro · 1:17–1:23
The black Sinter logo and wordmark sit centered on a plain white background. The wordmark fades from light gray to solid black over the first second, holds steady, then the entire mark fades out to a blank white frame.
On-screen text: “Sinter”
Camera: Static
25 · Outro · 1:23–1:37
A solid black screen holds for the full duration of the clip. No elements, text, or motion appear; the frame stays uniformly dark from start to finish.
Camera: Static