City-as-machine: water, transit, housing as linked gears

A 5-beat faceless video outline for “City-as-machine: water, transit, housing as linked gears” in the City explainers niche, derived from caption timing of 1 reference videos.

Angles

• The city as a machine, told through its water gear
• Caption-backed references: Explained | World's Water Crisis | FULL EPISODE | Netflix
• Reuse the beats only — narration must be original; cite sources on screen

Beat-by-beat structure

1. Hook (0:00–0:30): Turn on a tap.
2. Beat 1: Source: where the water comes from.
3. Beat 2: Distribution and pricing.
4. Beat 3: Waste and reuse.
5. Close: How water links to housing and transit; recap. Original narration only.

Method

yt-dlp VTT captions (uploader-provided, not auto/ASR) → timed beat heuristics → editorial topic synthesis. Structure only; write original narration.