Project Overview

Client: HBO Max
My Role: Co-Producer / Editor

I co-produced and edited the trailer and all campaign AV assets for this doc miniseries on HBO Max.

We were initially told the cold open from the first episode might serve as the trailer. After watching the series, my co-producer and I felt the survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry deserved something that would make their story stand out.

I found a music track that carried the weight of their memories and the horror of what they endured, and we built the trailer around that emotional truth rather than shock.

The campaign launched the series in the Top Ten, and the trailer was met with appreciation from survivors themselves.