Motion / Video

A fashion BTS that doesn’t behave like a recap: I cut it like a short trailer—fast, noisy, and detail-packed—using motion VFX and punk sound design to match the attitude of the shoot.

A fashion BTS that doesn’t behave like a recap: I cut it like a short trailer—fast, noisy, and detail-packed—using motion VFX and punk sound design to match the attitude of the shoot.

A fashion BTS that doesn’t behave like a recap: I cut it like a short trailer—fast, noisy, and detail-packed—using motion VFX and punk sound design to match the attitude of the shoot.

Jan 2025

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BRIGHT POISON - BTS

BRIGHT POISON was an ambitious fashion shoot with a very specific personality: punk, strange, and unapologetic. The final story was published as an editorial on L’Officiel Baltic, under the title “Bright Poison – The Lethal Beauty of Nature.”
My piece is the BTS edit. Andrea handled the backstage filming, and I took that raw material and built a high-energy reel that makes the process feel alive—not polished, not calm, and definitely not neutral.

BRIGHT POISON was an ambitious fashion shoot with a very specific personality: punk, strange, and unapologetic. The final story was published as an editorial on L’Officiel Baltic, under the title “Bright Poison – The Lethal Beauty of Nature.”
My piece is the BTS edit. Andrea handled the backstage filming, and I took that raw material and built a high-energy reel that makes the process feel alive—not polished, not calm, and definitely not neutral.

What I received

Andrea’s behind-the-scenes footage: real moments, real movement, real set energy—shot while everything was happening at full speed. BTS material is often chaotic by nature, so the edit needed a strong point of view to become a story.

My approach: cut it like a trailer, not like documentation

Instead of “showing everything,” I focused on impact:

  • micro-moments (hands, tools, styling details, reactions)

  • rhythm that follows attitude, not chronology

  • edits that feel intentional even when the footage is raw

Motion VFX + SFX as a language

I leaned into motion VFX and sound to make the reel feel punk and graphic:

  • fast transitions and compositing touches

  • hard cuts with audio accents

  • SFX that add punch (not just decoration)

Think of it like turning backstage footage into a small visual zine: short, loud, and curated.

The wider context (the team)

The shoot involved a full fashion crew—direction/production, creative direction & makeup, styling, photography, studio, and models—built for an editorial-level output. My job was to translate that set energy into a reel that feels worthy of the final story.

I love BTS edits when they do more than “prove the shoot happened.” This one is designed to stand on its own: a tight, punk-flavored piece of editing where motion, VFX, and sound design turn raw footage into a clear attitude. If the final editorial is the finished photograph, this reel is the pulse behind it.

Direction & Production: Sophie Gaia Marino
MUA & Creative Director: Chiara Brumana
HMUA assistant: Anita Signorini
Hair: Maura Corbetta
Photographer: Damiano Dargenio
Studio: Spazio41, Brescia
Backstage cameraman & Ph assistant: Andrea Portesi
Nail artist: Sofia Cattaneo
Stylist: Alexandra Artemova
Model: Chloe Boebaert
Model: Annabianca Albertini
Set assistant: Chiara Gatti

Edit / motion VFX / SFX: Eduardo Pellegrino

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