World’s End Valentine – April 2023

Duration: 0:20-1:32

Cinematography/Choreography/Editing By: Leila Jolene
MEDIUM: BMPCC4k
CLASS: FMX 324 Cinematography
PROFESSOR: Warren Cockerham
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
LINK: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/818932271
A dance film based upon the video game OMORI, of two rivals who are more alike then they would care to think. This was based upon a continuity assignment in our cinematography class.

HALS Delirium (2001 A Space Odyssey Edit) – May 2022

Duration: 0:00-1:03

Editing By: Leila Jolene
SOFTWARE: Adobe Premiere Pro
CLASS: LCST Editing
PROFESSOR: Rachel Helson
INSTITUTION: The New School
A 15 minute edit of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey. We were tasked to recreate a brand new genre, storyline and sound design of the full film as our final project in the class. I had reordered the entirety of the film and sampled it around HAL’s voice, with the narrative that as a robot he had lost his sanity.

SWITCH – March 2022

Duration: 0:00-0:41

Written, Directed & Edited by: Leila Jolene
MEDIUM: Canon 5D Mkii
INSTITUTION: The New School
An Independent Short film created by students from The New School and Columbia University. A Chess player who travels to alternate dimension with the powers of a mysterious book, finds himself having to play his way out of the new world he finds himself within.

Love’s Not Safe Here – February 2022

Duration: 0:20-1:32

Edited By: Leila Jolene
SOFTWARE: Adobe Premiere Pro
CLASS: LCST Editing
PROFESSOR: Rachel Helson
INSTITUTION: The New School
Recreating the genre of a film trailer with existing footage.