Hope Works (Sky Kids)
The aim was to promote their new and inspiring series, a selection of kids short films on themes around kindness, tolerance and diversity.
Samantha Zarzosa
Samantha is an experienced Editor/Producer who started her career in 2000 at the BBC, working in promotions and video editing.
Since leaving the BBC in 2004 she has been freelancing on a variety of projects – from film trailers and promotions to branded content, sales and sizzle reels.
Over the past nine years, Samantha has produced a number of award-winning films and documentaries, which have competed at numerous festivals worldwide and aired on television internationally.
Clients include Universal Pictures, Sky Television, Cartoon Network, Peccadillo Pictures, OnDemand, Chello Media, Five, Turner Classic Movies, Nickelodeon and the BBC.
Work by Samantha
80s Season – PictureBox Films
Sky One 2018 programme
AMC Brand Spot – Comic Con Conference
Content Showreel – Sky Television
Picturebox Films
A Deal with the Universe
I Got Life Cinema – Peccadillo Pictures
Mojave – Universal Pictures
Priest (Horror Channel)
Tehran Taboo
Bizarre Foods – FreemantleMedia
Hope Works (Sky Kids)
Postcards from London – Interview extra (Peccadillo Pictures)
Sky Premier League Primary Stars – Dee Caffari
80s Season – PictureBox Films
For this trailer I mixed about 5 tracks of music together with sound effects, selected the clips from each film and directed the graphic designer to make sure the piece would have a nice rhythm and flow.
Sky One 2018 programme
This is a presentation reel composed of new programmes coming up in 2018.
AMC Brand Spot – Comic Con Conference
A compilation of new TV series and films coming up on the Channel. this piece was used to promote the channel at the Comic Con Event 2018.
Content Showreel – Sky Television
This reel was shown at an industry conference to feature talent and highlight new programmes coming up. I was given a very detailed and thorough brief which helped enormously when logging around 20 programmes. I edited this reel and selected the music.
Picturebox Films
This is a presentation reel composed of a compilation of films.
A Deal with the Universe
A documentary film where the editing approach had to be very different to that of a feature film. The client provided references of several other films to give me an idea of the feel and vibe of the type of trailer they wanted.
I Got Life Cinema – Peccadillo Pictures
This trailer for the cinema release.
Mojave – Universal Pictures
International release trailer.
Priest (Horror Channel)
A single film trailer.
Tehran Taboo
A cinema trailer for an upmarket world cinema audience engaged in politics and social affairs. I was asked to weave the three women’s stories whilst hinting at the dark underbelly of modern day Iran.
Bizarre Foods – FreemantleMedia
For this promo I chose the music and viewed 4 episodes of the programme to select the clips. Samantha edited the music and promo and then went to an audio studio to oversee the sound mix and direct the voice over artist.
Hope Works (Sky Kids)
The aim was to promote their new and inspiring series, a selection of kids short films on themes around kindness, tolerance and diversity.
Postcards from London – Interview extra (Peccadillo Pictures)
Extras Interview with the Director and the Lead Actor – The client provided with a list of the themes that they were interested in covering. The brief was to create a 10min piece where we have the two interviewees interweaved together with scenes from the film.
Sky Premier League Primary Stars – Dee Caffari
This is an educational reel that was shown at primary schools around the country.