creative. engaging. effective.
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broadcast & digital media production:
arbonaworks combines carefully crafted content with audio-visual artistry to produce award-winning media and productions that connect and resonate with audiences in English and Spanish. Driven by excellence, our creative team has traveled the planet, bringing an insightful, global view to an increasingly interactive world. We are located in the Washington, DC area. Se habla español.
• Film & Television
• Digital Journalism
• On-Camera & Voice-Over Talent
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Weekly News Magazine Series
HBT: American Success StoriesBusiness innovation, personal anecdotes and wisdom from the front lines... Hispanic Business Today: American Success Stories gives you access to the trailblazing business leaders who are transforming our world, in a show designed for mainstream American audiences. The show features business executives, visionary entrepreneurs and major corporations that are contributing to social and environmental initiatives, and it incorporates and promotes diversity. Check your local listings for broadcast on 180+ NBC stations and some ABC stations. ArbonaWorks Media provides scriptwriting and co-production.
Watch show excerpt: https://youtu.be/628vLWfxZso
Production Company: Ascension Media
Client: US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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Documentary
Title: Liberty And Justice for Victims of Modern Day Slavery
Chronicles notorious cases of human trafficking and sex slavery and advances in rehabilitation for victims
Client: U.S. Department of Justice & ZGS Communications
Role: Conceptualizing, writing, producing, booking, interviewing, directing, editing, graphics
Location: Washington, DC
WINNER: Communicator Award of Distinction
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Non-Profit
National Series
Title: Enough Is Enough Internet Safety 101
Role: Scriptwriting, producing and directing for a 4-part series produced by Mari Bonnemaison, Brooks Moore & Marisa Arbona-Ruiz working under Bonnemaison, Inc. Executive Produced by Donna Rice Hughes of Enough Is Enough, the groundbreaking documentary series exposes how the internet is used to lure kids and teens into dangerous predatory situations, and provides an entertaining high-tech approach to teaching families how to enable a safe and enjoyable online experience.
Client: Enough Is Enough
WINNER: TWO Silver Telly Awards in Educational and Non-Profit categories
ACCOLADES: A preview clip of the series was aired on OPRAH.
WATCH SERIES CLIPS:
http://www.internetsafety101.org/101_video_clips.htm
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Music Promotions
Title: Coral Cantigas: Washington's Premier Latino Chorus
Role: Conceptualization, direction and production of promotional video for the web.
WATCH:
http://www.youtube.com/CoralCantigas
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US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Title: USHCC Foundation Chamber Training Institute
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Film
Title: PUDGY: A Bahamian Parable
A live action-comedy-drama with animation
Client: Internationally renowned Psychiatrist, Dr. David Allen & Bonnemaison, Inc.
Role: Screenplay, co-producing, assistant directing, casting, promotions and media relations
Location: Bahamas
FINALIST: Bahamas International Film Festival, Bahamas; Sabaoth International Film Festival, Milan Italy
WINNER: Gold Communicators Award of Exellence
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National PSA Title: Como Sus Ojos / Like Her Eyes
Role: Production Coordination for the National Eye Institute, working under production company Accent Media.
WINNER: CINE Golden Eagle
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Web Promotions
Title: Walden University MBA Visiting Scholars Program
Role: Marisa Arbona-Ruiz wrote and produced promos featuring visiting scholars with Walden University's MBA Program, working under Bonnemaison, Inc. Edited by Brooks Moore under Bonnemaison.
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Commercial
Title: Canciones Infantiles
Role: Concept, production, translation from English to Spanish, casting, securing dance instructor, supervising edit
Client: TIMELIFE International
Broadcast throughout U.S. Latino television markets and Mexico
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Live Events
Title: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Memorial Service
The massive, national memorial service honoring the firefighters who lost their lives during the 9-11-2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and other firefighters around the country.
Client: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Role: Production of National Memorial Service: Conceptualizing, planning, production team selection & coordination, celebrity & speaker outreach, booking, stage direction, live multi-camera televised shoot, outdoor jumbotrons, speechwriting, producing & narrating tribute video of the fallen, coordinating police & firefighter battalions, volunteers.
Location: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC
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Title: DARE TO DREAM: Women of Color Breaking Barriers
Live Forum, Award Ceremony, Film Screening.
Client: Women in Film & Video of DC
Role: Concept development, executive production & speechwriting. Initiated, co-wrote & secured proclamation signed by DC Mayor Williams declaring Oct 23, 1999 as "Diversity in the Media Day."
Honorees: Actress Tantoo Cardinal (Dances With Wolves, Smoke Signals), actress/screenwriter Evelina Fernandez (Iluminarias), producer Debra Martin Chase (Brown House Productions - Disney films.)
Speakers included: TV news journalists Renee Poussaint and Maureen Bunyan; Felix Sanchez, National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts; Yoko Arthur, CPB; Tina Treadwell, Disney; Crystal Palmer, DC Film Office.
Photo credit: Patricia Johnson Photography
Dare to Dream: DC Mayor's Proclamation
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