portfolio project template
for alexmesherina.com — case study pages
context
What it was, who it was for, and why it existed.
What was the brief or starting point?
What was the project trying to do or say?
Who commissioned it, or why did you start it?
What was the cultural, political, or creative context around it?
references can live here if they shaped why the project exists — a film, an exhibition, an event, a conversation that made the work necessary.
approach
How you thought about it — the creative and strategic logic.
What was your angle on the brief?
What were you trying to do differently, or better?
What did you research, look at, listen to, read?
What direction did you test and move away from?
What decisions shaped the outcome?
references live here most naturally — what you were looking at, what influenced the direction, what you were consciously working against or toward.
final work
The output. Let it speak.
What did you make?
Show it: images, video, stills, copy, links.
One line of context if the work needs it — otherwise let the visuals carry it.
reflection
What it did. What it taught you. What you'd do differently.
Did it land the way you intended?
What surprised you — in the process or the response?
What would you change?
What did this project open up, for the work or for you?
references can live here if you only understood them in hindsight — something you didn't consciously pull from but can now see in the work.
keep each section short. the portfolio is evidence, not explanation.