Showing posts with label Cinematography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cinematography. Show all posts

Friday, January 5, 2018

Faith - A Dreamer's Journey (Documentary) - Lidieth Arevalo Hernandez


It is an honor to present and share with all of my networks, my latest short documentary, "Faith - A Dreamer's Journey of Living by Faith".
It is perhaps the most personal documentary I've worked on thus far, as I disclose my own story of being an undocumented immigrant, the many hardships I've had to overcome, and how faith in God has helped me through it all. 
It was certainly hard to go over the footage and the memories of the toughest of my days... but at the same time it is motivating and humbling to know what God has done in my life, and continues to do...
I hope you find this documentary inspirational and uplifting. Please feel free to share it with your networks, and students, specially with undocumented students/immigrants, as my main goal with it is to inspire and motivate undocumented students to not give up regardless of the circumstances. 

My name is Lidieth Arevalo, I am a Dreamer, and I walk by faith and not by sight. Follow my journey as I continue to live by faith...
Written, directed and edited by: Lidieth Arevalo
Camera operators: Jaime Jorge, Oscar Rodriguez, Lidieth Arevalo
Aerial Photography:
Oscar Rodriguez (Palos Verdes Beach)
Floyd Luo (Chapman University)
Lidieth Arevalo (U.S.-Mexico Border)
Narration: Lidieth Arevalo

Monday, May 4, 2015

"El mundo tiene que saber lo que vivimos los jóvenes migrantes”

Lunes 4 de Mayo 2015

Autora de la nota: 

MÉXICO.- La vida de Lidieth Arévalo quedó marcada a los nueve años por el secuestro en su país natal, El Salvador. Un grupo de delincuentes se la llevó junto con su hermano y aunque la familia logró pagar por su libertad nunca más recuperó la estabilidad económica y en 2005 emigró a Estados Unidos.

Así se convirtió en una menor de edad indocumentada o “Dreamer” como se llama al movimiento de jóvenes que logró empujar el Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), un programa que evita la deportacion y da permisos de trabajo a los jóvenes indocumentados que ingresaron al país cuando eran niños.

Lidieth entró con visa de turista por seis meses, pero quedó a vivir en California, donde creció y estudió.

Hoy tiene 23 años ha decidido plasmar la historia de los dreamers en un documental, donde las presiones económicas, las confusiones de identidad y un shock cultural no se han hecho esperar.

Hace unas semanas, la Universidad Estatal de Long Beach, encabezada por el profesor Armando Vázquez Ramos, trajo por primera vez a México a un grupo de 15 jóvenes, entre ellos Lidieth, pero la mayoría de origen mexicano para que se reencontraran con sus raíces.

“Con este documental cubrimos el proceso que tuvimos que pasar para poder salir de Estados Unidos y reencontrarnos con familiares, incluso padres y hermanos”, comenta Arévalo.

Lidieth grabó paso a paso el retorno, las visitas a lugares emblemáticos como el Centro Histórico o las pirámides de Teotihuacán, pero también conmovedoras escenas de reencuentro como el de Eva Morales, una joven dreamer guerrerense que se reencontro en un hotel con sus familiares y no paraba de llorar.

“Gracias, gracias por venir”, decía a su abuela, a tíos y primos a quienes no vehía hace 20 años.
Lidieth, de 23 años, es estudiante del último semestre de la licenciatura en Cine de la Universidad Estatal de California Long Beach y estuvo a punto de no lograr su cometido con el documental.

“Yo no sabía que para entrar a México como salvadoreña necesito una visa mexicana, por lo que los agentes de migración en el aeropuerto me detuvieron y no me dejaban pasar, incluso estuvieron a punto de deportarme por no tener una tarjeta de residencia de Estados Unidos”.

Los agentes de migración no sabían qué era DACA y sólo pedían la visa mexicana y tuvimos que explicarles una y otra vez- recuerda Vázquez Ramos.

México, un giro para el documental y ¿para su vida?

En un foro organizado para los dreamers de visita, éstos se encontraron con un grupo muy particular que se hacen llamar “Los otros dreamers”, jóvenes que no alcanzaron a beneficiarse por DACA y fueron deportados o regresaron por su propia cuenta a México para estudiar porque en EEUU no podían.
“Estas historias no las conocíamos y fue un shock”, cuenta Lidieth. “Ahora las vamos a incluir en el documental que estará finalizado para junio o julio y se dará a conocer en los diversos festivales de cine en Estados Unidos. “La gente tiene que saber lo que vivimos los jóvenes migrantes”.

Publicacion original: http://dexodo.com/index.php/component/k2/item/238-dreamers-a-documental-por-la-universidad-de-california
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Anne Catalan Quinceañera Music Video - Am I wrong? / Wake Me Up MashUp - Long Beach, CA


This is my third quinceanera music video and I decided to take it to a whole new level! It narrates the story of Anne Catalan's dreams and passion of becoming an architect and an interior designer. She begins questioning herself and climbing up the hill to try to find meaning in life.  She soon realizes that although the future seems uncertain, she is confident enough to dream about a great future. She begins by being an outcast, a girl who walks against the crowd. Someone who is determined about accomplishing her goals at such an early age.  Then as the video progresses, she brings hope, energy, and happiness to a group of teenagers (her friends) by bringing in a soccer ball and enticing them to play. They get excited, get their hopes up, and start running. That is the beginning of the more upbeat sequence in which we see numerous shots of the teenagers playing, dancing, and having fun.

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Produced, Directed, Edited by: Lidieth Arevalo

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Photography and Video Weddings and Quinceañeras DVD - Alyson Studio - Long Beach, CA





Este es un ejemplo de un evento de Bautismo. Muestra como se ve uno de nuestros típicos menus de DVDs y como nosotros organizamos cada suceso/evento en diferentes capítulos brindándole a usted la oportunidad de escoger y volver a vivir esos tan apreciado momentos. Nosotros creamos animaciones y hermosos gráficos especialmente diseñados para usted porque nosotros creemos que usted merece recordar sus días espaciales de la mejor manera posible. Nosotros tratamos cada uno de sus eventos como un proyecto personal para así brindarle la mejor calidad de trabajo y la mejor experiencia.

Nos dedicamos a trabajos de fotografía, video, y diseño grafico. Para mas información contactemos en nuestra pagina web:
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This is a DVD sample of the highlights of a Baptism event. It shows you how one of our typical DVD menu looks like and how we organize our events in different chapters. We create beautiful looking designs and animations just for you because we believe that you deserve to remember those memorable moments in a more unique and satisfying way.

To know more information contact 

Lidieth Arevalo
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Jasmine's Quinceañera Music Video Preview - Long Beach, CA - Foto y Video Alyson Studio





Jasmine's Quinceañera Music Video Preview - shot in San Pedro, CA.

A collaboration of Alyson Studio and Tameraku Productions.

Director: Lidieth Arevalo

Director of Photography: Jeronimo Moran

Editor: Lidieth Arevalo



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Monday, May 12, 2014

Wet Dream - Short Film adaptation Lidieth Arevalo CSULB

Published on May 12, 2014
"Wet Dream" a Short film based on Gordon Hirsch's short story, "Lilliana Dreaming."

Director: Lidieth Arevalo
Original Story: Lilliana Dreaming
Writer: Gordon Hirsch
Screenplay: Lidieth Arevalo
Editor: Lidieth Arevalo

Cast:
Cynthia Carcamo as Lilliana
Eduardo Nikolai Munoz as the lover

Production Assistant/Gaffer: Jacob Orellana
Script Supervisor: Joshua "Osito" Barrera
Voice Over: Lidieth Arevalo, Angela Hortua

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Monday, March 31, 2014

The Benefits of Satellites in Society Documentary - Lidieth Arevalo



Written, Directed, Edited, and Produced by: Lidieth Arevalo

This is my 2 minute video entry for the National Academy of Engineering Video contest celebrating its 50th anniversary.  I decided to make a mini documentary about some of the major benefits of satellites in the world.  The video will explain how technological advances help the welfare of humanity.

THE SCRIPT / DESCRIPTION OF VOICE OVER:
The advances in satellite technology since 1964 to the present have tremendously impacted and benefited human welfare and the needs of our global society today. Although the first satellite was launched in 1957, as technology progressed many other different kinds of satellites have been and are being engineered ever since.  These satellites provide beneficial services to humanity such as: the Global Positioning System also known as GPS, world wide communication broadcasting technologies, and weather forecasting.  These engineering achievements contribute to human welfare by improving communications, preventing disasters, saving lives, and making life better.  A GPS satellite is used by the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System to provide precise location and time information in all weather conditions and sends this information to GPS receivers located around the world. GPS receivers are now put into small things such as mobile devices, cell phones, and laptops, which allows people to find accurate directions to locations they want to go and minimize chances to getting lost.  It's not only convenient for personal use, but also helps to save lives since firefighters, and police transportation units cut down travel time by using GPS technology to help people as soon as possible. Also Satellite communications allows people to connect with each through texts, instant messaging, phone calls and video calls therefore Having a friend, relative, or coworker over seas is no longer an issue likeit used to be.Another benefit of satellites is weather forecasting.  Weather satellites play an important role in human welfare because it predicts and informs about upcoming weather conditions, storms and hurricanes, so that people can anticipate and prepare themselves.  Although satellites cannot avoid or stop these conditions from happening, the information provided by them can help prevent causalities and further damages. Lastly, satellites have changed the way we understand the universe, allowing us to orbit around the earth to study and learn more about our own planet and our future.

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Friday, February 21, 2014

CSULB Cinematography class 7 Shots Video Project - Lidieth Arevalo







Published on Feb 21, 2014
CSULB Cinematography class 7 Shots Project - Lidieth Arevalo


This is a short assignment for my cinematography I class. We had to tell a story about betrayal or charity in only 7 shots. So this is what I came out with. It's meant to be silly, not seriously at all.

Cinematography: Lidieth Arevalo
Editor: Lidieth Arevalo

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