For my final project, I wanted to challenge myself by creating a trailer for a fictional mockumentary series, Despicable. Though I’ve been creating videos for a while, I’ve never spent this long and gone so in-depth with a storyline and editing. I learned how to develop an idea into a script and worked on my editing skills in Premiere, Audition, and After Effects.

I am extremely proud of how this project turned out. There were a lot of challenging moments from color correcting the green-screen to adding audio effects to fleshing out the characters, but I think the work paid off in the end. It was so rewarding to bring this idea to life and show myself what I’m capable of when I put my mind to something. I ended up posting my project on TikTok where it received over 300k views, which I was not expecting at all, but it was extremely validating to have my hard work be so well received.

I pushed my creative abilities in a way I haven’t before and am extremely excited to take on larger projects in the future. I tried to pay attention to the little details to create something that feels real and true to form. As a big fan of true crime documentaries, I had so much fun playing with such an absurd storyline and dramatizing the events and I feel like there’s further room to turn this into an actual ongoing series. Overall, I’m really happy that we were assigned this project because it forced me to work on a larger scale than I’m used to. This is absolutely my favorite video I’ve created.

By Nina Soldati