Accessable Fashion

Alva Gardner is a recent UC Berkeley graduate who is starting the trend of Accessible Fashion. As a person growing up with a disability, Alva Gardner has found that most fashion doesn’t cater to her needs as well as for others with disabilities. Taking it upon herself, Alva has collaborated with the UC Berkeley Theater design team designed Accessible Pants with Leg Pockets, Ponchos that Double as Blankets, Coats that are designed for comfortable seating, and more.

For more information visit Alva Gardner’s indiegogo by clicking here

Also, you can read more about Alva Gardner’s Fashion in the UC Berkeley article here

Alva’s Video Resume from Steve Segovia on Vimeo.

InnVision Shelter Network — Volunteers Making a Difference in Ending Homelessness

InnVision Shelter Network (IVSN) is dedicated to helping homeless families and individuals across Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Peninsula return to self-sufficiency and permanent housing. We made this video to promote awareness of our cause by sharing the impact of our volunteers

I filmed and edited this video alongside my marketing department to promote volunteering and show appreciation to active members in our community. We made this video to promote awareness of our cause by sharing the impact volunteer make within their community and IVSN. For more information, visit at www.ivsn.org/volunteer/

Credits: Editing and Filming.

InnVision Shelter Network – Graphic Designs

InnVision Shelter Network (IVSN) is a non-profit that provides services to the homeless to help them find permanent housing. Recently, I joined the marketing department of as a marketing intern. Since then, I have taken charge in managing the social media accounts. As my first goal, I updated the designs for the social media sites. With the help of my Marketing Manager, Maria, I developed a brand new Facebook banner and wallpaper for all other social media sites based on her previous designs.

 

For more information visit ivsn.org , visit IVSN’s facebook https://www.facebook.com/InnVisionShelterNetwork, or follow IVSN’s Twitter @InnVisShelter

Video Resume

I’m Steve Segovia, a recent UC Berkeley graduate in American Studies with a focus in Film and Media. I studied both the practice and theory of film, working on short film projects as well as researching the effects of representation in the media. Through my research, I wrote a senior thesis on the Representation of the Latino American Male and Masculinity in Film.

Previously, I worked in CalTV as an on-camera journalist, where I collaborated with other student to produce short journalism videos. More recently, I have freelanced and worked on various independent projects.

Right now, I’m looking to get hands on experience in a position where I can achieve my long-term goals and see myself in 5 years in a media related field, whether it’s hands on film making or media production and development.

For my full resume visit  linkedin.com/in/stevesegovia/  For my samples of my works visit my blog at stevesegovia.wordpress.com

Music: “Honey, Honey” by Lady & the Bear
http://ladyandthebear.bandcamp.com

Maitri Web Banner

In addition to producing a 30 second TV Spot for Maitri, a non-profit organization to help women against domestic violence, I helped Kriti PKommuri  with the photography for a Maitri web banner. Based in San Francisco, Matiri focuses on aiding the communities from Southeast Asia, but seeks to prevent and reduce “domestic violence, emotional abuse, cultural alienation, human trafficking or family conflict.”

For more information visit Maitri.org or call 1 (888) 8-MAITRI

Credits: Produced by Kriti Pkommuri  –  Photography by Steve Segovia — Modeling by Ramya Vijayan

Alma Holistic Promo

Recently, I freelanced, working as a sound and production assistant for a short promo for Alma Holistic in San Francisco. Through their extensive list of treatments, Alma Holistic specializes in “Health wellness, and beatuty.”

Credit: Sound and Production Assistant — Steve Segovia

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1520929305?bctid=1833619050001

Maitri TV Spot

Steve Segovia worked with Kriti PKommuri to produce a 30 second TV Spot for Maitri, a non-profit organization to help women against domestic violence. Based in San Francisco, Matiri focuses on aiding the communities from Southeast Asia, but seeks to prevent and reduce “domestic violence, emotional abuse, cultural alienation, human trafficking or family conflict.”

For more information visit Maitri.org or call 1 (888) 8-MAITRI

Credits: Written, Directed, and Produced by Kriti Pkommuri  — Cinematography and Editing by Steve Segovia — Acting by Ramya Vijayan

Learning Animation

At the moment, I am trying to learn more about hand drawn animation as part of my summer hobby. Since I haven’t worked on many video projects, but I decided to start practicing the art.

This is one of my first attempts. I hand drew the character and used photoshop to create a gif, since it was the simplest way I knew how to animate my drawing. Hopefully, this summer I can complete longer projects!!

Representation and Redefinition: The Hollywood Latino American Male

Representation and Redefinition: The Hollywood Latino American Male is my senior thesis for American Studies at UC Berkeley. It deals with the subject of Race and Film, specifically in Peter Bratt’s 2009 film, La Mission. In my thesis, I uncover how masculinity is represented through homosexuality and hyermasculinity (machismo) within La Mission.

In Representation and Redefinition, I interpret La Mission as a culturally relevant text during the 2000s, which tackled with Latino immigration and civil rights movements along with the Same-Sex politics that occurred during the decade.  I discuss the domination of  mainstream popular culture upon the representation of the Latino culture within the film industry, lacking textured and complex roles for Latino Males in cinema, rather than the stereotypical one-dimensional characters (the thug, bandido, Latin Lover). Also, I unravel the structures of representation and the complexities of creating “meaning”  from images. Who controls the images? How do we interpret images?  In the end I seek to answer: “What does it mean to be a “man” in the Latino American culture within American patriarchal American society and Hollywood cinema?”

To read Representation and Redefinition click the link below:

Representation and Redefinition: The Hollywood Latino American Male

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Steve Segovia

Community Q&A with Phil Ting

On April 21st, I was the photographer as part of Reset San Francisco for the Community Q&A with Phil Ting event for Phil Ting, running for Assembly 2012. The event took place in the Richmond Community Center in San Francisco to organize Phil Ting and the community for a pubic discussion.  During the I event, I took photographs with the direction and help of Kate Maeder of Storefront Political Media.

For more information on Phil Ting:

http://www.philting.com/

For more information on Reset San Francisco:

http://www.resetsanfrancisco.org/

Photography: Steve Segovia

Community Q&A with Phil Ting, a set on Flickr.