State of Reform Highlight Reel Examples
A few examples of highlight reels, all shot and edited by myself unless otherwise noted under the video.
Drone shot @2:23 courtesy of Adobe Stock.
Various B-roll shots and interviews captured by Brett Renville.
State of Reform - About Us
A minute long "about us" video edited to promote State of Reform conferences.
Animatic Editor Demo Reel (2020)
Compare animatic (left) to final composition (right.)
Animatic Edit                                                                                                Final Edit
Clip Credits:
Editor: Alexis Nelson
Sound Editor: Alexis Nelson
Directors: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Kalilinoe Detwiler
Producers: Brittany Biggs, Sophia Whalen, Lisette Flanary
Storyboard Artists: Gavin Arucan, Jared Louis, Sophia Whalen, Kalilinoe Detwiler, 
Rough: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver, Molly Tapken, Mirren Hollison
Final Line: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver, Kalilinoe Detwiler
Color: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver, Kalilinoe Detwiler
Composting: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver, Kalilinoe Detwiler
VFX: Jared Louise, Gavin Arucan, Alexis Nelson, Kalilinoe Detwiler
Music: Michael-Thomas Foumai, Joshua Namba
Original Dialogue Recording Engineers: Devon Lafoga, Timothy Manamtam
Voice Cast: Sophia Whalen, Danae Naone, Sydnee Lum, Alexis Nelson, Molly Tapkin, Megan Ustare

Pua Warriors (2020) Trailer Edit
A short trailer I composed for the premiere of Pua Warriors at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Clip Credits:
Editor: Alexis Nelson
Sound Editor: Alexis Nelson
"November" Revision: Gavin Arucan
Director: Sophia Whalen
Storyboard Artists: Gavin Arucan, Jared Louis, Sophia Whalen
Rough: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver, Molly Tapken
Final Line: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver, Kalilinoe Detwiler
Color: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver
Background Art: Gavin Arucan
Titlecard Motion Graphics: Roberto Renteria
Composting: Alexis Nelson, Gavin Arucan, Sophia Whalen, Jared Louis, Chandelle Oliver
VFX: Jared Louise, Gavin Arucan
Music: Michael-Thomas Foumai
Voice Cast: Sophia Whalen, Danae Naone, Sydnee Lum, Alexis Nelson, Molly Tapkin
Magic Man (2018)
A live-action short produced as the final assignment for a Visual Effects class. I served as co-director, an editor, and VFX supervisor. Curiously, I also got cast to play the Magic Man himself.
Clip Credits:

Directors: Alexis Nelson, Celina Ma
Executive Producer: Gerard Elmore
Co-Producers: Marissa Hernandez, Celina Ma
Writer: Kobi Furumoto
Director of Photography: Celina Ma
Editor: Haley Ikeda, Alexis Nelson
VFX Supervisor: Alexis Nelson
VFX Editors: Kobi Furumoto, Jasmine Hafalla, Marissa Hernandez, Haley Ikeda, Sohee Lee, Gabriel Lo, Celina Ma, Alexis
                        Nelson
3D Animators: Gabriel Lo, Alexis Nelson
Sound Design: Jasmine Hafalla, Alexis Nelson
Music Editor: Jasmine Hafalla, Alexis Nelson
Cast: Alexis Nelson, Marissa Hernandez, Kobi Furumoto, Gabriel Lo, Ethan Lamb, Daniel Trupp, Francisco Salvador Jr. 
          Marc Reyes, Hayley Ikeda
Contact:
Email: alexisnelson.animator@gmail.com
Phone: 425-321-8186
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