FRAME 001  /  PUNE, INDIA  /  MIT WPU · BBA '26
SIDDHANT
MISHRA

Frames. Sound. Grade. Story. Business.

Colorist Director DIT Sound Design Music Supervision Creative Marketing
SEEKING INTERNSHIP  //  FILM & ENTERTAINMENT
PUNE • MAHARASHTRA • INDIA
FREAKINGHITMAN@GMAIL.COM  //  ◉ 2026
001 — Profile
Behind
the Frame

A BBA student at MIT WPU with a parallel life on set: directing, shooting, grading, and sound-designing real commercial work for brands and creators.

I understand the business layer that most creatives do not: distribution, brand strategy, audience analytics, pitch decks. And I understand the craft layer that most business students never touch: node-based color workflows, sound design, codec pipelines, and what a frame is actually made of.

The intersection of those two things is exactly where production houses need people who can keep up with the pipeline.

925K+ YouTube subscribers
on client channels
E2E End-to-end production:
story → grade → delivery
3+ Active brand clients
(Kellogg's, Wakefit +)
NODE DaVinci Resolve &
TouchDesigner fluency
002 — Selected Credits
The Work
◈ Flagship Project · End-to-End Production
Director & Lead Producer  ·  Commercial Spec Ad
Hippo Chips · Startup Revival Campaign
Complete end-to-end production: story, direction, lighting, sound design, editing, and color grade. Built as a strategic creative asset for a university brand-revival case study. Earned top faculty commendation for bridging business strategy with cinematic execution.
Direction Lighting Sound Design Color Grade Brand Strategy
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◈ Narrative Film
Colorist & Sound Designer  ·  Short Film  ·  In Production
COLUMETRI
Currently executing end-to-end color grading in DaVinci Resolve and designing the complete sonic landscape for an independent short film. Full node-based grade from conform to final delivery.
DaVinci Resolve Color Grade Sound Design In Production
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◈ Brand Campaigns
Commercial Editor  ·  Aryan Kataria (925K+ Subs)
Kellogg's Chocos · Brand Integration
Edited a commercial integration balancing strict brand requirements with the high-energy creator pacing audiences expect from a large YouTube channel.
Commercial Editing Brand Integration Creator Economy
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Editor  ·  Deesha Katkar
Wakefit · Commercial Reel
Cut a promotional reel focused on engaging visual hooks and clean product integration.
Promotional Reel Visual Hooks Product Edit
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Director / Shooter / Editor  ·  Aapka Jags
Hapka Restaurant · Launch Campaign
Handled the complete production pipeline: direction, lighting, cinematography, and post for the restaurant's launch content and ongoing digital reels.
Direction Cinematography Hospitality Brand Launch Content
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◈ Digital Content & Creator Work
Self-Shot & Edited  ·  Personal Portfolio
@freakinghitman · Visual Storytelling
A self-directed portfolio of self-shot and edited visual pieces, demonstrating an intentional approach to color, framing, and editorial sensibility.
Photography Cinematography Color Application
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Shooter & Editor  ·  Aapka Jags YouTube
Long-Form Narrative Content
Shot and edited full-length creator content, maintaining viewer retention through dynamic sequencing.
Long-Form Edit Viewer Retention YouTube
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Editor  ·  Aryan Kataria + Aapka Jags
Short-Form Retention Edits · YouTube Shorts
Fast-paced Shorts optimized for algorithmic reach and audience engagement.
Short-Form Retention Editing Algorithm Optimization
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003 — Color Grading Work
Before
& After

Drag the handle left and right to compare raw footage against the finished grade. Real frames graded in DaVinci Resolve.

Grade Study 01 · Outdoor Scene
DRAG TO COMPARE
After — graded
Before — raw
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RAW
GRADED
Project Grade Study 01 Tool DaVinci Resolve Treatment Warm tones · Pushed contrast · Selective saturation
Grade Study 02 · Rain Scene
DRAG TO COMPARE
After graded placeholder
Before raw placeholder
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RAW
GRADED
Project Grade Study 02 Tool DaVinci Resolve Treatment Sepia tones · Sky desaturation · Green push
004 — Technical Arsenal
Tools of
the Trade
Post-Production
DaVinci Resolve — Color & Grade
Node-Based Workflows
Sound Design
TouchDesigner
Video Codecs (ProRes / H.264)
Camera & Production
Videography & Cinematography
Digital & Analog Photography
Lighting Design
DIT Workflows
Color Science (RAW / Log / Rec.709)
Creative & Marketing
Commercial Brand Integration
High-Retention Editing
Pitch Deck Design
Audience Analysis
Photoshop / Illustrator
Music & Audio
Music Licensing (Master / Publishing)
Sync Identification (Mood / BPM / Genre)
Multi-Genre Vinyl Archiving
Emotional Pacing with Sound
005 — Education & Business Acumen
The Other
Half
Bachelor of
Business Admin.
MIT WPU · Pune · 3rd Year · 2026
Rapid Commerce Strategy: Deep organisational and marketing analysis of Blinkit's pipeline: speed, distribution, and last-mile economics.
Business Model Innovation: Developed a comprehensive business model canvas for LinguaStay, exploring new market entry and monetisation frameworks.
Brand Revival (Hippo Chips): Built a full strategic case study that didn't stop at the deck — produced a commercial spec ad to execute the strategy on film.

A BBA student understands budgets, stakeholders, release strategy, and audience segmentation. A filmmaker understands light, sound, rhythm, and emotion. Most internship candidates offer one of those things.

The Hippo Chips campaign is proof that both can live in the same deliverable, in the same person.

What this means on set
I can read a budget breakdown and a colour scope at the same meeting. I can write a marketing brief and then go grade the teaser for it. I will not need a translator between the creative team and the business team.
006 — Side Venture
Haren

Co-Founder · Clothing Brand · Early Stage

A small clothing brand I am building with a close friend. Very early days — more of a passion project than a business right now — but it is where my BBA studies start meeting something real: branding, identity, product decisions, and the logic of building something from nothing.

The goal is quality above everything else. We are in no rush.

Instagram @haren.in ↗
Store haren.dm2buy.com ↗
Stage Early · Ongoing
Relevant To Brand · Identity · Business
007 — The Obsessions
What Drives
the Work
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Cinema
Active Letterboxd reviewer. I study the visual language of highly stylized, character-driven television and film — not just what directors did, but why it worked. Film analysis as craft education.
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Vinyl & Music
Multi-genre collector. All genres, no hierarchies. I can hear when a track is wrong for a scene the same way a colorist can see a blown highlight — automatically, viscerally, before I can explain why.
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Photography
Digital and analog. Stills are the grammar of cinema — every composition decision I make with a camera reinforces how I think about the moving image: light, shadow, negative space, timing.
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Physical Media
Vinyls, Blu-Rays, Criterion pressings. I study historical trends in media packaging and archiving. There's a reason the object matters. Ownership of art is not the same as access to it.
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Film Business
Distribution, rights, marketing campaigns, festival strategy. Art does not reach an audience without commerce. I am equally interested in the infrastructure that makes the film exist as in the film itself.
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Visual Systems
TouchDesigner, node graphs, generative art. I think in interconnected systems. Understanding not just what a tool makes but how its nodes talk to each other — that's the DIT mindset applied to everything.
008 — Let's Make Something
Siddhant
Mishra
✉ FreakingHitman@gmail.com ⊕ @freakinghitman ⊕ Letterboxd

Pune, Maharashtra  ·  MIT WPU · BBA 3rd Year  ·  Open to relocation