Documentary Reel
Year of production: 2017
After Effects Reel
Year of production: 2018
A WORLD OF HOPE
Year of production: 2015
Producer: Melina Tupa
Videographer: Melina Tupa
Additional cinematography: Pallavi Somusetty - Vanessa Walker
Editor: Melina Tupa
Nomin Gambat is a 5-year-old girl who traveled all the way from Mongolia to Children’s Hospital Oakland to seek a clinical treatment for a disease so rare it strikes only 1 in a million people. But coming to the United States for medical treatment is difficult, requiring a special visa and proof that there is no cure for the person’s disease in their home country, and it is a stressful experience for families who must sometimes be separated for long periods while the child participates in the treatment.
Malina King - Artist Profile
Year of production: 2016
Producer: Melina Tupa
Videographer: Melina Tupa
Editor: Melina Tupa
Malina King is a 17 year old Black and Latino woman who has used art as a way to channel her inner struggles, as well as to help other youth from the Bay Area stand out at the Youth Spirit Artworks job training program.
BAY AREA RAINBOW DAY CAMP
Year of production: 2015
Producer: Melina Tupa
Videographer: Semany Gashaw - Melina Tupa
Editor: Melina Tupa
After her 6-year-old transgender daughter had a terrible experience at a day camp, Sandra Collins decided to create the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp for transgender and gender-non-binary youth.
This video was produced for the Real Boy Documentary social media campaign.
CUP OF CLASSICAL
Year of production: 2015
Producer, videographer and editor: Melina Tupa
Blue Bottle Coffee’s historic W.C. Morse Cafe on Broadway became a casual and intimate concert hall Thursday night as three members of the Oakland East Bay Symphony performed selections from Vivaldi, Debussy and more.
LUNAR NEW YEAR IN OAKLAND
Year of production: 2015
Producer, videographer and editor: Melina Tupa
Additional cinematography: Faviola Leyva
The Oakland museum welcomed in the Lunar new year with a fun-filled festival of Chinese and other Asian traditions for the fourteenth year in a row
HEATHER EDGAR'S EXHIBITION AT NIAD ART CENTER
Year of production: 2015
Producer, videographer and editor: Melina Tupa
Love was in the air. That’s the feeling Heather Edgar hoped to convey to the visitors who stopped by at her art exhibition on Saturday at noon. Heart-shaped cookies, pink lemonade and cupcakes with pink frosting and heart-shaped sparkles were served at the reception—and it’s no coincidence that this artist’s show opened on Valentine’s Day.