FILM & VIDEO

MY CINEMATIC JOURNEY

THE BEGINNING

Isabella sparked a love for filmmaking at the age of 10. Eyes glued to the screen, she was immediately inspired by comedic skits she saw Youtube -- how they were so simple to execute, yet so comedic and enjoyable to watch. So, whenever her friends were over, she made it her top priority to make a skit or short film with them. She would direct her friends, tell them how to act in a specific scene, would record the film by herself, and edit it afterwards in apps like iMovie, Kinemaster, and CapCut, adding text, VFX, SFX, and even music appropriate to the film's theme. Even though the process was, more often than not, lengthy, it was all worth it when her friends and their parents had incredible reactions. These short films ranged from comedic skits called "The Tiny Catastrophe" and "The Thing in My Backyard" to dystopian sci-fi films such as "Swept Away," a film Isabella made for her school science project, almost 20 minutes in length. Now, Isabella has made a total of over 130 live videos, whether it be a skit, music video, lip-sync video, documentary, animation, or promotional video reel.

CREATING & STARRING IN THE MORNING SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

In middle school, Isabella had the pleasure of being one of the two news anchors for her school news. She would record videos each day to be featured on the news, alternating who would edit them with her co-anchor. Once each video was done, the girls would post their new video on the Microsoft Stream for their school to see the next day. These videos consisted of eight main segments and would typically be 3-5 minutes long. When it was her turn to edit, Isabella would take the time to make each news video entertaining and exciting to watch while still keeping it professional. She did this by adding simple text, fun transitions, trendy background music, and by including comedic skits in the segments of "E.D.I.A.H." and "the weather," even creating puppets to keep viewers interested. The two girls also created two of their own series called "Spelled" and "The Crazy Series" which each consisted of a trailer and three to four entertaining videos edited and directed by Isabella and her co-anchor, releasing over the course of two months.

STARTING A YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Isabella had also created her own YouTube channel in 7th grade and has expanded into two channels since then. She has filmed and edited videos on her two YouTube channels, Director Melody and Isabella Silva. On her channel, "Director Melody," she's made over 150 Roblox gaming videos featuring skits, music videos, and two series called "Celest's Guide To Royalty" and "The Crawling." She started her channel in June 2019 and has gained over 70,000 views so far. On her more recent channel, "Isabella Silva," she creates lifestyle, productivity, music/lyric videos, and art-related videos, occasionally releasing short films/skits. She created this channel as an outlet to express her creativity and her love for filmmaking and editing as she now uses a new and more professional software, Final Cut Pro. Even though she just started her channel in January 2022, she's gained over 85,000 views and hopes to grow more in the future.

CREATING THE ROCKLEDGE HIGH SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

In sophomore year of high school, Isabella was chosen to make an updated promotional video for her school in January 2023. Upon being selected, Isabella created a script and generated several ideas to make this project successful and influential. She then met with her interviewer (who was cast to interview the staff and faculty at the school) and filmed several departments, including Music, Theatre, Science, Athletics, etc., and even the Principal and Vice Principal over the course of a few days. After editing the video in Final Cut Pro for over 10 hours, ensuring it was engaging and exciting through bright and bold text, upbeat music, and seamless transitions, the 10-minute video was finally complete. Even though this was one of Isabella's first professional projects, she did an outstanding job, and her video is now being shown to incoming middle schoolers to encourage them to attend her high school.

FILMING/EDITING PROMOTIONAL CONTENT

Throughout high school, Isabella worked with several school clubs and local companies to film and edit their promotional content. She's created 15+ videos for her school Drama Club, including Musical and Play trailers, the official Promotional Video for her school's Key Club, and volunteered with the Space Coast Art Festival for three years, creating three promotional videos for them from 2022-2024. Her most ambitious project yet is working with a content creator to create promotional content for brands Aleve and Sylvan Learning in July and August of 2024. Now, at the University of Florida, Isabella takes pride in creating social media content for various clients across Gainesville (see portfolio for examples). When in Brevard, she always make time to film promotional content for her hometown, such as bringing a community haunted trail to life with a promotional video in November of 2025.

MY WORK

DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER REEL

PROMOTIONAL CONTENT

SPACE COAST ART FESTIVAL

I directed, produced, filmed, and edited each of these short promotional videos highlighting the Space Coast Art Festival each year, from 2022-2024. These strategically highlight the festival, touching on its opportunities for student involvement, its vendors, and fun, interactive art activities.

TROUPE 5244

I directed, produced, filmed, and edited these short trailer videos to highlight our fall play and spring musical for my high school drama department's 2024-2025 season when I was Publicity Director my senior year. I shared these across our social media platforms, mainly our Instagram account.

LYRIC VIDEOS

I edited each of these lyric videos to promote my original music and established iconic, specific brand themes and images for each song. I shared these on my YouTube channel as well as my musical artist Instagram account.

MUSIC VIDEOS

I directed, produced, filmed, and edited each of these music videos. The first is the music video for my original song "Loud One," intended to promote my song and was released on my YouTube channel and my musical artist Instagram account. The second and third were released on my gaming YouTube channel.

FILMOGRAPHY

SHORT FILM

I directed, produced, filmed, and edited this short film, intending to highlight the topic of happiness.