Never Give Up — Cinematic Short Film

A 52-second cinematic short film built around one idea: never give up on your dreams, even when the world feels stacked against you.

I shot all the footage myself and brought everything into DaVinci Resolve for the full post-production process, the edit was built around the music so every cut lands on the beat, using match cuts to create rhythm and momentum between scenes, I layered in custom sound effects to add weight and texture to key moments, making sure the audio and visuals hit together.

Color grading was also done in DaVinci Resolve, shaping the mood and tone to match the emotional arc of the piece because the goal was to make something that feels cinematic and intentional, even at under a minute.

This project was a personal challenge to push my editing, sound design and color grading skills into one cohesive piece.