Trials of a jedi
Jada Montez was the Director of Photography and one of the producers of Trials of a Jedi, a short film inspired by the Star Wars Universe.
Trails of a Jedi won the 1st Place Popular Vote Award in the SaberComp 2022 competition.
Under Sf - Season 14: SFSYou
Produced in the Advanced Television Production Workshop class at San Francisco State University, SFSYou is a talk show made for students by students. Each episode was filmed weekly during the 6-hour class time.
Jada Montez was the director of Episode 1 and Episode 5.
BECAFest 2022
BECAFest is an annual live award show celebrating student work from the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts department at San Francisco State University.
Jada Montez was the assistant director of the live show, as well as the b-roll director for two segments: (21:35 - “The BECA Moving Company” Commercial, 40:08 - “BECA Moving Documentary”)
In addition, Jada Montez also won the ‘Faculty Choice’ Award for her production: Distanced Learning.
Interviews
Powerful Pinays
A series of interviews with Pinay artists from the Bay Area for Balay Kreative’s Women’s History Month Campaign.
Veecaps - Powerful Pinays (2022)
Cristine Blanco - Powerful Pinays (2022)
ChiChai - Powerful Pinays (2022)
Taloa’s Bakery @ Yum Yams (2022)
An interview with the owner of Taloa’s Bakery for Kapwa Garden’s annual ‘Yum Yams’ ube festival in San Francisco.
All interviews conducted, filmed, and edited by Jada Montez.
EVENT COVERAGE
‘Yum Yams’ at Kapwa Gardens (2022)
Event recap of Kapwa Garden’s popular Ube festival, Yum Yams.
Filmed and edited by Jada Montez
‘Sari-Sari Saturday’ at Kapwa Gardens
Event recap of Kapwa Garden’s Sari-Sari Saturday Filipinx Artisan Market
Filmed and edited by Jada Montez
‘Dye-Hard’ at Kapwa Gardens (2022)
Event recap of Kapwa Garden’s ‘Dye-Hard: Easter Egg Hunt’
Filmed and edited by Jada Montez
‘OMG’ at Kapwa Gardens (2022)
Event recap of Kapwa Garden’s annual ‘Oh My Gulay!” plant festival.
Filmed and edited by Jada Montez
Pacific Islands Together Presents: Back-2-School Backpack Giveaway (2020)
Event coverage highlight of the Pacific Islands Together's 3rd annual Back-2-School Backpack Giveaway.
Shot by Jeff Ablang, Edited by Jada Montez
Call for Community Partners - Alignment Bay Area (2020)
Event recap of Alameda County Office of Education's Alignment Bay Area event.
Fremont Symphony Annual Gala (2019)
Event coverage of Fremont Symphony’s 2019 Annual Gala, Caberet.
Filmed by the Multimedia Workshop at James Logan High School, Edited by Jada Montez
Won't Back Down from Funding Public Education (2019)
Event recap of the East Bay Coalition for Public Education's rally at California State Capitol for more public education funding.
The ins & outs of comic-con series
The Ins & Outs of Comic-Con: Episode 1 (2021)
The Ins & Outs of Comic-Con: Episode 2 (2021)
original pieces
Happy Birthday (2021)
A short sketch I wrote, directed, and edited for my Art of Comedy class at SFSU.
Distanced Learning (2021)
A short film made for my TV Studio Basics class at SFSU that was performed live over Zoom. Written and produced by Jada Montez.
Grow-A-Friend (2016)
A short film I wrote, directed, and edited my freshman year of high school.
Travel Highlights
Disneyland Trip (August 2021)
Summer Cruise (2019)
2017 Highlight
Film RECREATIONS
Zodiac (2021)
A remake of a scene from Zodiac (2007) for my TV Directing I class at SFSU. Assistant directed and edited by Jada Montez.
“The Deuce” (2018) - From Lady Bird
A remake of a scene from Lady Bird (2017) for my final project for my film production class at Berkeley City College. Directed and edited by Jada Montez.
class projects
Film & TV Industry's Impact on the Environment (2020)
A video I made for the "Your Connections Presentation" project, relating my major, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, to Environmental Geology.
SFSU Commuters (2020)
A class project about how colleges can better help their commuter community.
Is It Normal? (2019)
"A proposal for meaningful change" school project about children's views on gender norms.
Framing Theory (2021)
A short informational video about what Framing Theory is as a media effects theory.