And I agree with your impression.

My goal here is to understand how can I demonstrate that I did in fact put work and care into the "thing" (video in this case).

Basically show that I did spend energy over time, that the final product took a few dozen iterations with a lot of dead ends (as opposed to a lazy one-shot "make good video, no mistakes")

So I do think this route can have merit given there is actual work, but how would a page like this look if the current one is not yet giving you a trustworthy vibe?