What I brought to it: Under 30 seconds is an unforgiving format. Every cut has to earn its place, and the tone has to be established almost immediately. The brief called for elegance and power in equal measure, which are qualities that can easily cancel each other out if the pacing is wrong. The key creative decision was incorporating BTS footage into the edit itself, using the behind-the-scenes material not as an afterthought but as a stylistic layer that added texture, spontaneity, and a glimpse behind the polish. It gave the piece a personality that pure product footage rarely achieves, and made the collaboration feel alive rather than staged.