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NBA Mini-Documentary
Cinematic Sports Storytelling & Video Editing
This project focused on transforming a researched and scripted NBA story into a 10–14 minute cinematic YouTube mini-documentary designed to keep viewers emotionally invested from beginning to end.
Rather than approaching the edit as a traditional basketball highlight reel, I treated it as a narrative film, using real game footage, interviews, press conferences, archival material, music, and sound design to support the progression of the story.
The visual approach drew from modern sports-documentary storytelling, where pacing, footage selection, audio, and transitions work together to create tension, context, emotion, and payoff.
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