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Combatting Opioid Abuse in Fresno

The national opioid crisis is a growing problem in the United States. In a Eyewitness News Special Report, reporter Joe Moeller looks into the problem in Fresno and what is being done to help those affected. Reporting and editing by Joe Moeller.

Shot on: Panasonic GH5
Edited on: Avid, After Effects for graphics

Knapp Knows

Animated a series of vignettes for George Knapp's "Knapp Knows." Broadcasted in 13 Nexstar owned stations for the New Year's Special on December 31st, 2016. Featured interviews with Rick Harrison and Chumlee from Pawn Stars, and Santana. Drawings by Eric Gomez.

Shot on: N/A
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

21st Congressional District Debate Explainer

Your Local Election Headquarters - 21st Congressional District Debate Introduction. For KSEE / KGET / Nexstar Broadcasting

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 1:08
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

Fresno Mayoral Debate Explainer

Your Local Election Headquarters - Fresno Mayoral Debate introduction. For KSEE24 / Nexstar Broadcasting

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 1:08
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

"Social Democracy" People for Bernie Sanders

For the People for Bernie Sanders Campaign.

In collaboration with the Bernie Sanders Campaign and the People for Bernie Sanders. For social media to promote the Bernie Sanders Campaign Worked with several animators and a director to help educate what it is to be a social democrat.

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 03:07
Animated on: After Effects

Portuguese Word of the Day Animations

17 sponsored educational animations running daily during the Olympics on KSEE24. Unsponsored versions aired across multiple Nexstar stations nationwide.

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 0:35
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

"Birdie Sanders" Voter Registration for the People for Bernie Sanders Campaign

For the People for Bernie Sanders Campaign.

In collaboration with the Bernie Sanders Campaign and the People for Bernie Sanders. For social media to promote voter registration in California and Oregon

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 00:15
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

Directed by Jessica Paliza

Animated and Edited by Nick Refuerzo

Voiced by Robert Firth

Music by Robert Ashbridge

Assembly District 31 Special Election Explainer

Your Local Election Headquarters - Special Election video for Assembly District 31. For KSEE24 / Nexstar Broadcasting

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 0:40
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

"Louder, Harder, Better" Music Video contest entry by Galantis

For Genero TV.

Contest entry for Galantis - "Louder, Harder, Better"

Music video/lyric video edited entirely out of footage from the Prelinger Archives from archive.org, ranging from 1940's-1970's archived footage.

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 4:26
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

Music by Galantis for GeneroTV
"Louder, Harder, Better"
Galantis
Atlantic / Big Beat / WEA

Official "Anthem for the Fallen" Music Video for Lost Souls on Broadway

Official Music Video / Animation (2015)

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 3:48
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

Commissioned via GeneroTV by Lost Souls On Broadway

Music by Lost Souls On Broadway for GeneroTV
"Anthem For The Fallen"
Lost Souls On Broadway
Una Mas Records

Official "Q&A" Music Video for Kishi Bashi

Official Music Video / Animation (2015)

Shot on: N/A
Duration: 3:20
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

A story about a little girl, a fox, and never giving up.

I wanted to say something from the heart. It's been way too long, and I don't want to give up.

Music by Kishi Bashi for Joyful Noise Recordings
"Q&A"
Kishi Bashi
Joyful Noise Recordings

Some sounds used from Freesound.org. For a list, click here.

No-Town Nerds RPG Special

Podcast / Video (2015)

Shot on: JVC GY-HM790U HD studio cameras
Duration: 2:30:00, 3 Episodes
Edited on: Adobe Premiere, After Effects

No-Town Nerds: RPG Special

3 episodes. No-Town Nerds podcast special where we play RPG Tabletop game Pathfinder (based off Dungeons & Dragons) for the very first time, with ridiculous results.

Our adventures are shown through animated cut scenes that capture just how unlucky we are at rolling dice. I colored, animated and edited sketches done by Eric Gomez.

Recorded at with CMAC in Fresno, CA, USA.

No-Town Nerds Facebook

These Gods Will Fall

Music Video (2013)
Shot on: Sony FS700
Duration: 04:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

Official music video for Marc Vedo & Federico Scavo feat Boy George & John Gibbons
New dance project “These Gods Will Fall” with vocals by the legendary Boy George and John Gibbons, produced by Federico Scavo & the uk based Marc Vedo.Remixes by DJ PP and House of Virus.
Directed by: JESSICA PALIZA

Lashes

Short Film, Narrative (2014)

Shot on: Arri Alexa
Duration: 20:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

Cannes Short Film Corner, 2015 Official Selection at LSFF 2015, London, UK Official Selection at LAIFF Awards 2015, US Official Selection at North Hollywood Cineast 2015, US Finalist at USA Film Festival, 2015 Official Selection at Short Waves Festival 2015 Official Selection at New Jersey International Film Festival 2015 Official Selection at Los Angeles Cinefest, 2015 Official Selection at Cayfilm International Film Festival 2015 Official Selection at Hoboken International Film Festival 2015 Official Selection at Short Sighted Cinema Misfit Programme 2015, Poland Featured in Biennial Edition of CinéWomen Cahiers

Once A Man

Short Film, Narrative (2013)

Shot on: Red Epic
Duration: 22:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

Written, Produced and Directed by: ASIM ABBASI

Como Pajaros y Abejas

Short Film, Narrative (2013)

Shot on: Arri Alexa
Duration: 16:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

An imaginative girl investigates about the meaning of sex and receives metaphorical explanations, which lead her to discover her true calling in life.

Official selection for the 35th Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano

Official selection for the 54th Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias in Colombia

Produced by: MARCO A. GONZALEZ BERMUDEZ & MARIA DEL SOL GONZALEZ
Directed by: MARIA DEL SOL GONZALEZ BERMUDEZ

Hold Steady

Short Film, Narrative (2014)

Shot on: Red Mx One
Duration: 26:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

When Jaclyn a carefree fashion student from the US, is attacked outside her home in London, the outside world becomes a terrifying place. It’s much easier to turn up the volume, drown out the world and just disappear. Jaclyn creates a safe haven in her apartment and lives her life to the steady beat of a metronome. And all is calm, until new neighbour Mark disrupts her anonymous existence.

Produced by: FAYE-ANNE WILKINSON
Directed by: JESSICA PALIZA

Papa Hedi Trailer

Trailer (2013)

Edited on: Final Cut Pro

Edited trailer for full length documentary "Papa Hedi"

ROOTS MIGRATION AND IDENTITY

Papa Hedi is a  21st century portrait of one of Tunisia’s best loved musicians, Hedi Jouini, through the eyes of his British Granddaughter.
A contemporary documentary searching for traces of Hedi’s spirit, we uncover via encounters with colleagues, family and cultural commentators his public and private legacy and discover why his music still lives on today.

Claire was in her late 20s when she discovered that her grandfather was the Frank Sinatra of the Arab World. Hedi Jouini’s songs and compositions still resonate twenty years after his death. Reprised as the theme tune for a popular Tunisian soap opera and the holding music for Tunisia’s leading mobile network; covered by pop singers, including international superstar Shakira; and sung by 5 year old street kids as they kick their footballs back and forth – they are part of the TUNISIAN STORY.

After his death, Papa Hedi’s six children stopped talking to each other. Behind the usual story of siblings fighting over their inheritance, lies the powerful dynamic of men’s and women’s roles in 1930’s Tunis and the sad but often funny story of Papa Hedi’s divided family – separated across continents, fighting over royalties, competing to define their father’s legacy.

An everyday story of family and identity in the modern world.

Written, Directed and Produced by: CLAIRE BELHASSINE
Film Edited by: CATALIN BRYLLA
Trailer Edited by: NICK REFUERZO

Room for Two Trailer

Trailer (2013)

Edited on: Adobe Premiere

Edited trailer for short film "Room for Two"

Directed by: JAN HILLMAN
Produced by: SAM MILDNER
Film Edited by: TARA VERMA
Trailer Edited by: NICK REFUERZO

The Lost Picture Show Promo

Promo (2012)

Shot on: Canon 5D
Duration: 02:00
Edited on: Avid & FCP

The first year of this little festival on the edge of Sherwood forest was such a delight to be a part of, and almost 3,000 of you came to visit our decadent pop-up picture palace to see a film, get stuck in with a filmmaking workshop or just have a cream tea in the splendid sunshine.

Directed by: JONNY JONES

The Library of Burned Books

Short Film, Narrative (2013)

Shot on: Red Mx One
Duration: 09:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

They are burning books in the school, but the headmaster tries to keep the magic of storytelling alive for one girl.

Official Selection for the Student Academy Awards 2013 in the Foreign Film Category

Official Selection for the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2014

Directed by: ALASDAIR BECKETT-KING
Produced by: LIAM CREIGHTON
Film and Trailer Edited by: NICK REFUERZO

Billy

Short Film, Narrative (2013)

Shot on: Canon 5D
Duration: 10:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

A cycle of abuse.

Written and Directed by: YASSER AHMED
Produced by: YASSER AHMED AND ROHIT GILL

Waking at Dawn Trailer

Trailer (2013)

Edited on: Avid Media Composer

Edited trailer for short film "Waking at Dawn"

Directed by: ONYINYE EGENTI
Film Edited by: GABRIEL SIMI
Trailer Edited by: NICK REFUERZO

Give It Away

Music Video (2012)

Shot on: Red MX One
Duration: 05:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

Official music video for Andrew Bird’s “Give It Away”
Artist: Andrew Bird
Song: Give It Away
Album: Break It Yourself
Record Label: Mom + Pop Records

Produced by: FAYE-ANNE WILKINSON
Directed by: JESSICA PALIZA

Love, for the Fishes

Short Film, Narrative (2011)

Shot on: 35mm
Duration: 10:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer, conformed on STEENBECK

Love, for the Fishes is a fairy tale about understanding language.

Directed by: JESSICA PALIZA

Dahlia the Giant Spider

Short Film, Animation (2011)

Duration: 05:40
Edited on: FCP & After Effects

Dahlia the Giant Spider (2011) is a fairy tale about a little girl who lost her parents, and the consequences of grief. This was intended as a sort of prequel to a larger mythology about Dahlia and her journey through loss.

Inspired by Andrew Bird's "On Ho" off the album "Noble Beasts" featured towards the end of the short.  Please note the piano melody is also inspired by Andrew Bird's "On Ho" and not his work.
Read and narrated by Robert Firth
Music - "On Ho" by Andrew Bird, Noble Beasts, Fat Possum Records

Directed, animated, and edited by: NICK REFUERZO

Dressed in the Past

Short Film, Narrative (2011)

Shot on: 35mm
Duration: 10:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer, conformed on STEENBECK

Dressed in the Past is a film about remembering, and the way the past can be both liberating and stifling.

Directed by: SAM MILDNER
Produced by: JESSICA PALIZA

Why We Do This

Short Film, Documentary (2012)

Shot on: Sony EX-3
Duration: 20:00
Edited on: Avid Media Composer

A documentary/portrait of two real life superheroes, The Man in Black (London, England) and Knightwarrior (Salford, Manchester).

A phenomenon is occurring in the world: the rise of real life superheroes. These are normal, ordinary individuals that patrol the neighborhood, help the unfortunate, and volunteer their time and money.

They may be praised, criticised, loved or hated. But it is their unwavering altruism that makes them far more relatable, human, and heroic than the rest of us normal civilians.

Directed by: NICK REFUERZO
Produced by: SAM MILDNER
Edited by: EOIN MAHER

Don't Be Scared

Animation, Music Video (2012)

Duration: 05:00
Edited on: FCP & After Effects

Artist: Andrew Bird
Song: Don’t Be Scared
Album: Weather Systems

Unofficial Music Video, endorsed by Andrew Bird

Directed by: JESSICA PALIZA

Combatting Opioid Abuse in Fresno

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Knapp Knows

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21st Congressional District Debate Explainer

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Fresno Mayoral Debate Explainer

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"Social Democracy" People for Bernie Sanders

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Portuguese Word of the Day Animations

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"Birdie Sanders" Voter Registration for the People for Bernie Sanders Campaign

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Assembly District 31 Special Election Explainer

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"Louder, Harder, Better" Music Video contest entry by Galantis

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Official "Anthem for the Fallen" Music Video for Lost Souls on Broadway

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Official "Q&A" Music Video for Kishi Bashi

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No-Town Nerds RPG Special

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These Gods Will Fall

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Lashes

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Once A Man

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Como Pajaros y Abejas

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Hold Steady

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Papa Hedi Trailer

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Room for Two Trailer

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The Lost Picture Show Promo

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The Library of Burned Books

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Billy

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Waking at Dawn Trailer

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Give It Away

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Love, for the Fishes

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Dahlia the Giant Spider

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Dressed in the Past

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Why We Do This

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Don't Be Scared

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