DILARA DEVECI
documentary
52 Blue is a short documentary film I created about Kübra and Abdurrahman, a couple who make handmade leather goods in Berlin. In this film, I followed their daily process and focused on the quiet beauty of craftsmanship and creating something by hand.
I directed, filmed, and edited the project, aiming for an observational style that highlights textures, details, and the atmosphere of their workspace.
The title is inspired by the story of the “52-hertz whale,” reflecting the unseen and quietly powerful stories that exist around us.
This documentary was selected for a university screening event, where I presented the project and discussed my creative process.
Role: Direction, Cinematography, Editing
foley sound
This is a student sound redesign project where I selected a scene from The Hunger Games and completely rebuilt the sound using foley techniques.
I removed all original audio and replaced it with custom-recorded foley elements, including footsteps, fabric movement, and environmental sounds. Every layer was recorded manually and edited in Adobe Audition.
Working on this project helped me better understand how sound shapes emotion and storytelling, and it strengthened my interest in the audio side of film.
Role: Foley Recording, Sound Design, Editing
Note: This is a non-commercial educational project. All video rights belong to Lionsgate.
processing
This process video is a study of everyday routine and visual rhythm. I focused on lighting, composition, and pacing to turn a simple coffee-making moment into a cinematic sequence, using detail shots and controlled color tones.
Role: Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Sound
cinematography
Location: Ankara, Çankaya
This observational short documentary explores my immediate neighbourhood in Ankara, Çankaya. The project focuses on how a familiar space can be reinterpreted through cinematography.
Using only static tripod shots and ambient sound, I experimented with framing, distance, and perspective to reveal atmosphere rather than action. By working with different shot sizes and allowing each frame to last, I aimed to transform an ordinary corner into a cinematic space. The film reflects on how composition, duration, and sound shape the emotional perception of place.
Role: Direction, Cinematography, Editing
This short observational documentary captures watercolor painting as a slow and tactile practice. Rather than focusing on the final artwork, I was interested in the rhythm, gestures, and concentration within the process itself.
Through close-ups, soft lighting, and static compositions, I emphasized the intimacy of hand movements and textures. The absence of music allows ambient sound and subtle actions to guide the viewer’s attention. The film translates a quiet, meditative activity into a visual study of presence and detail.
Role: Direction, Cinematography, Editing
On Camera: Fatma Pehlivan
Location: Berlin, Fehrbelliner Platz
This observational short film explores the architecture of Fehrbelliner Platz in Berlin. The project examines the visual contrast between the monumental surrounding buildings and the colorful subway station at the center of the square.
Through wide angles, carefully structured compositions, and prolonged static shots, I focused on spatial relationships, scale, and color contrast. Instead of narrating the history directly, I approached the location through cinematography — allowing geometry, texture, and ambient sound to communicate the tension between past and present.
Role: Direction, Cinematography, Editing
experimental
This 3–5 minute speculative fiction film explores identity beyond fixed locations and linear timelines. Instead of following a traditional narrative, the work focuses on a single body moving through fragmented and unstable spaces.
The environments do not fully connect. They feel temporary, transitional. The body is present, but never fully settled.
Influenced by Homi K. Bhabha’s Third Space and writings on fractured time and space, the film presents identity as fluid, in-between, and continuously forming rather than stable or complete.
Role: Concept, Direction, Editing
Sound: “Raining Roots” — Jesse Brown
On Camera: Dilara Deveci
short film
Glimpse is a short suspense film built around ambiguity and repetition.
A woman leaves a parking garage and walks home. As tension slowly builds through pacing and sound, she arrives at her apartment door — which is unexpectedly open. The final scene returns to the parking lot, subtly disrupting the narrative and leaving the ending open to interpretation.
Visually, the film is shaped by desaturated blue-green tones contrasted with muted yellow lighting, reinforcing a sense of unease and psychological distance. Suspense is created through controlled framing, color atmosphere, and restrained storytelling rather than explicit action.
Role: Direction, Cinematography, Editing
On Camera: Fatma Pehlivan
mockumentary
Everything Is Fine is a political mockumentary created as a fictional DNN News broadcast. The film follows journalist Olivia Brooks as she interviews President Richard Blake about the supposed economic success of Mandoria.
Through exaggerated news graphics, political speeches, social media reactions, and contradictory public interviews, the film explores how political figures use the media to shape public perception and present failure as success. The contrast between official statements and the reality experienced by citizens creates the film’s satirical tone.
I co-created the concept and worked on the filming, editing, sound, and visual design of the project. We combined green-screen footage with motion graphics, news tickers, fictional headlines, and social media elements to recreate the visual language of a television news broadcast.
The project was created as part of the Mockumentary course at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences.
Role: Concept Development, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Design, Motion Graphics
Created by: Dilara Deveci and Nina Nishihara
Olivia Brooks: Asya Tuğlu
President Richard Blake: Guma Ethan Tumwesigye