on a small scale

To portray the fight between Beowulf and the monster Grendel, from the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, he had to "figure out how to have two figures in a space that works on a small scale" and "wanted to suggest that Beowulf defeats Grendel by tearing off his arm without the image becoming disturbing".

Even on a small scale, building a personal brand and finding like-minded people for whatever skills you're trying to monetize — anything from a lawyer selling negotiation classes to someone with 3D printing skills creating custom wedding cake toppers — can lead to business and financial success.

Both plays were successful on a small scale, and Gadd figured the limited series would just be this “weird show that’s quite niche in a way” and would occupy a little corner on the Netflix platform.

The technology to perform marine cloud brightening on a small scale with fans and sprayers already exists, but the other method of solar radiation management - stratospheric aerosol injection - would need greater advances to have the desired impact.

“We both like working on a small scale and we like working on a big scale.”