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Higher Education
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HRI Faculty Spotlight, Shareen Hertel
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Human Rights Graduate Studies at UConn
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Vote! Sustaining Human Rights in the Face of Far Right Extremism
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Introducing The Charles Clements Digital Archive
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Dodd Human Rights Summit: Human Rights and the Global Assault on Democracy
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The Legacy of Harrison "Honey" Fitch
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Closer to Home, Closer to Democracy
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Faculty Spotlight, César Abadía-Barrero
Short Samples
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What Is UConn EGL?
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Cinematography Reel, 2020
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The Cinematic Method, Motion Graphics
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UConn Chamber Singers Perform "As the river runs still"
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VSA Promo
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Witchy Walk Cycle
Skydiving
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Chandelier
Celebrated jump 500 with an 8-way Chandelier at Skydive Chicago!
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Learning New Tricks at Skydive Chicago
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Pat's Potato 500
Pat hit 500 and decided to celebrate with a 12 person Mr. Potato Head jump with some smoke for extra pizazz.
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t-i-double-guh-er
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Skydive Danielson 2024
Wrapping up another summer at SDD! And throwing it back to where it all began - everyone was an AFF student at some point.
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VSA in July
A trip to Vermont Skydiving Adventures, July 2024.
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2022 Skydives
The season of 2022 at Skydive Danielson, Vermont Skydiving Adventures, and a bit of Skydive New England and Connecticut Parachutists, Inc. Pre-camera of my own, jumps 66-197 as seen through my friends' lenses.
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2024 Skydives
A look at some of the 202 skydives I made in 2024 (jumps 245-446). Trips to Flamingo Fest at Z-Hills, Summerfest at SDC, and the last Tiki Boogie at Skydive New England. Flamingo fest: 0:59 Summerfest: 1:28 Tiki: 6:20
Scripted Narrative
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Late Shift,Trailer
This film was created through the University of Connecticut's Digital Media and Design Department Master of Fine Arts Program. It is also part of the 2020 MFA Online Thesis Exhibition, found at: https://benton.uconn.edu/mfa-2020/laurel-pehmoeller/ This film follows Emma, a recent college graduate and aspiring professional artist, as she struggles to navigate life after college. Emma ends up living on her older sister's couch, grappling with the disconnect between a responsible, financially stable path and her dream of becoming a famous, gallery exhibiting photographer. Credits: Cast Emma- Gloria Antonios Liz- Helen Hood Jess- Sue Kessler Man- Jerry Krasser Extras Connor Aberle Jonathan Ampiaw Emma Atkinson Karin Ching Keith Cummings Stefan Lopuszanski Carmen Marrone Luke Marrone Ena Pottinger Jasmine Rajavadee Julia Shikhman Joyce Vandreuil Renoj Varghese Anthony Zor Crew Assistant Director- Margaret Chernovetz Director of Photography- Jacob Rodier Assistant Camera- Julia Shikhman Production Designer- Regan Kilkenny Sound Technician- Isaac Bilmes Sound Assistant- Hannah Lim Gaffer- Anthony Zor BBE- Tone Marrone DIT- Ben Chason & Max Nonken Original Music- Carol Kuswanto Sound Design- Laurel Pehmoeller Title design and motion graphics- Eric Fritz & Margaret Chernovetz Production Photographer- Lily Rodgers Emma's Photographs by Cody Oliver
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Poker Night (Short Film)
Student short film created at the University of Connecticut. Directed by Carly Zaleski Written by Ben Chason
Documentary
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Portraits: Joshua Allen-Silvia
A short interview with 3-D artist Joshua Allen-Silvia. Check out more of his work on his instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/jasilv/
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Beyond The Wishing Well
Themes of love, loss, and legacy are explored through the eyes of a grieving mother, a former hospice nurse, and a 75-year-old man.
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Portraits: Jacqueline Devine
A short interview with singer-songwriter Jacqueline Devine. You can listen to her music on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, and more. Go check out her brand new single "Drive Me Home": https://open.spotify.com/artist/33KhuPjNqbLnPhchPoPrre?si=pIxUNd5gRhahsztrqtZwQg
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Portraits: Katie Whyte
A short interview with UConn Engineering student Katie Whyte, who practices Acro Yoga in her free time.
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Threshold
Two-channel video installation, 3 minutes and 41 seconds In times of uncertainty, I find peace in the simplicity and inevitability of the natural world. This meditative video installation captures moments of calm and stillness within the cycles of nature, interrupted by intrusions of harsh line through manufactured elements. As a self portrait this juxtaposition reflects my own struggle to reconcile traditional mediums with digital process, and expresses my own transient self-perception in a season of urgent change. The collection of this image series was an act of meditation itself; a search for the places where soft, rich color met with subtle motion. I had the pleasure of sitting still, waiting as the camera recorded. In contrast the digital processing of these images was fraught with intense calculation, and the resulting intrusions stand out regardless of their attempts to mirror their natural counterparts.
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At Sea
Experimentation with the juxtaposition of still and moving images, and breaking the typical frame through which we view films. I created this intaglio print, scanned the image, and altered it digitally. Video, sound, and score elements are borrowed from "All Is Lost", a film by J. C. Chandor.
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World On Fire
Editing and Motion Design: Laurel Pehmoeller Music: World On Fire, Louis The Child Images: La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. World On Fire is an abstract music video created by layering, masking, and transforming footage in order to distort the images. This technique was inspired by the cover of the novel "The Overstory" by Richard Powers, as well as the slow, hypnotic rotations of a record player. This video was created as an academic assignment at the University of Connecticut's Digital Media and Design department, in the Introduction to Motion Graphics course.
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