Hi, I'm Neo

Video Editor · Short Form, YouTube & Documentary

I create video content for digital platforms, combining editing, storytelling and visual rhythm to make ideas clear and engaging. My work ranges from short-form and YouTube videos to documentary production, including camera and interview work for a film premiered at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. I focus on shaping emotion, pacing and clarity through editing.

Projects

Documentary - Chapala y sus memorias de agua

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Role: Camera operator; on-site interview coordination
Format: Socio-environmental documentary
Focus: Water governance, territorial change, environmental memory
Goal: Communicate complex socio-environmental issues to a general audience

Chapala y sus Memorias de Agua is a socio-environmental documentary premiered at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), the largest Spanish-language book fair in the world and one of the most significant cultural events in the Spanish-speaking sphere. The film explores the historical, ecological and political transformations of Lake Chapala (the largest freshwater body in Mexico) through the voices of local residents, researchers and community leaders. Combining testimonial memory with environmental analysis, the documentary offers a critical look at processes of territorial change, water governance and the lived experience of ecological degradation.I worked on this project as part of the core production team, primarily operating cameras and supporting the coordination of on-site interviews across several lakeside communities. My role involved capturing both observational footage and emotionally driven conversations that became central to the documentary’s narrative structure. Contributing to a project with cultural and academic relevance and seeing it presented publicly at FIL strengthened my commitment to audiovisual storytelling as a tool for communicating complex social issues.


Educational YouTube Series – Language Learning & Videogames

Youtube - How to Learn Languages while Gaming

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Role: Creator, scriptwriter, editor, motion graphics
Format: Educational YouTube video series
Focus: Language learning through videogames and digital platforms
Goal: Explain learning strategies through audiovisual storytelling

The idea of this video was to involve myself a lot deeper into Motion Graphics and 3D production skills using After Effects and Blender, I also decided to start utilizing new pacing techniques while video editing on Premiere Pro.I focused a lot more on improving the StoryTelling aspect of the video, by condensing the script into a more straight-forward, easy to digest narrative while adding humor and highlighting the most important concepts and points.


Youtube - How I Went From A1 to C2 (Language Learning Tools That Work)

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YOUTUBE - How I learned to speak French with Videogames

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Client Work

Presentation Video for Greg Zlevor

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HopeMakers Event Promotion - before and after

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For this HopeMakers event piece, I was given raw footage with challenging audio, flat color and no visual structure. I restored and balanced the audio, applied a color grade that matched the emotional tone of the event and designed dynamic captions to improve clarity and engagement. The final edit demonstrates my ability to transform unpolished material into a cohesive, compelling promotional video.


Short Form Content

SHORT VIDEO - Speakeasy Bar Showcase

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I created a short-form edit from raw footage with a focus on rhythm, visual mood and storytelling. The main challenge was to transform the available clips into a cohesive piece by matching the pacing to the music, refining the color grade and using text animation to support the overall flow. The final result presents the footage in a more polished and engaging way while keeping the edit clean, intentional and brand-focused.


SHORT VIDEO - The Algorithm Economy

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Algorithm's play an active role in our interests and the discovery of new passions, in this video, I decided to use After Effects to create some animations to help explain the abstract concepts behind my reasoning.


SHORT VIDEO - STOP SCROLLING

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In this video I tried to approach minimalistic storytelling with video and text. Trying to convey meaning with the least amount of words, discussing a subject that affects all of us nowadays, phone addiction.


Contact

Available for video editing, short-form content, YouTube videos and documentary production.For work inquiries, collaborations or editing projects, reach me at:
[email protected]

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