This project, "Creating Verisimilitude," is a video essay that explores how a diegesis, or a cinematic world, is created within the story of a film. There are a wide variety of movie genres out there, however many of them boast ideas and concepts that many would find ludicrous upon initial hearing. However, when watching these films, audiences become invested and buy into the world that they see on screen, sometimes even getting angry with a film when there is a perceived incongruence in the film. By examining films from the genres of realism, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comedy, this project seeks to grasp the concept of "verisimilitude," or the appearance of truth/reality, and how it is created within these various genres.