From January through April 2025, I was essentially embedded with the team. I attended rehearsals almost daily, some of which went past 2 a.m., documenting not just the polished performances but the exhaustion, tension, creativity, and teamwork that the audience never gets to see. This wasn’t a traditional dance competition, it was a lip-sync dance competition, called Mock Rock aka the “Super Bowl” of our school, for which people camp out the night before to be able to catch a spot in the event hall. Each team chose a theme and built an entire production around it: choreography, storytelling, music, visuals, and emotion. That complexity made the behind-the-scenes story even more powerful.

This project was self-produced, I handled everything myself: filming, directing, and editing. By the end, I had shot over 100 hours of footage, and despite the scale of the material, I managed to complete the entire edit within a single week. It was intense, but it pushed my creative and technical limits in the best possible way.

What motivated me most was the belief that so many great ideas and stories never get seen. They stay buried in hard drives, unfinished or forgotten. I didn’t want that to happen to this project. That’s why I went a step further and organized a public screening event in the middle of finals week, making sure the documentary was not only completed, but truly delivered to an audience. Over 100 students attended, and the film helped increase social media engagement around the event by 30%.

This project mattered to me because it wasn’t just about creating content—it was about honoring the work behind the performance and making sure the story reached people. It represents my commitment to finishing what I start, telling stories that would otherwise remain unseen, and creating work that lives beyond my own files. Watch the full documentary on Youtube by clicking the first picture.