Video - Maria Helena Pinto

Sapatinhos Amarelos - Trailer
(Movie project)

"Sapatinhos Amarelos" or "yellow Shoes" is the new script, for a feature film, that Helena Pinto is writing. Despite of not being a literal adaptation, the story is based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

This video (presented as a movie trailer) was filmed and edited by Helena Pinto and works as a visual presentation of the movie.

Year of Production: 2010

O Mundo Animado de Abi Feijó
(documentary)

Synopsis:

"The animated World of Abi Feijó” is a documentary about the work of the portuguese animator Abi Feijó. The movie, had the cooperation of illustrious names of portuguese animation cinema such as Pedro Serrazina, José Miguel Ribeiro and Regina Pessoa. “The animated World of Abi Feijó” presents also unpublished images of Feijó and the first portuguese animation studio – Filmógrafo – being, therefore, a true historical document about this portuguese animator and the portuguese animation cinema.

PRODUCTION: Helena Pinto / Sérgio Magalhães

DIRECTOR: Helena Pinto

CAST: Abi Feijó / Helena Santos / José Miguel Ribeiro / Pedro Serrazina / Regina Pessoa / Vanessa Ventura

SOUND CAPTURE: Sérgio Magalhães

CAMERA: Maria Helena Pinto

SOUND POST-PRODUCTION: Sérgio Magalhães

EDITOR / VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION: Helena Pinto

SPECIAL THANKS: Casa da Animação / Henrique Pereira / Nuno Cruz

Year of Production: 2010

Duration: 25 min.

Falam Casebres de Pescadores
(Projecto Revisitar e Descobrir Guerra Junqueiro)

Stop motion music video, made only with freeze frame photos, that illustrates the poem "Falam Casebres de Pescadores", written by the notable portuguese writer Guerra Junqueiro.

POEM: Falam Casebres de Pescadores

WRITER: Guerra Junqueiro

MUSIC: Fernando Lopes-Graça

INTERPRETATION: Rui Pintão (piano) / Luísa Barriga (singer)

DIRECTOR: Henrique Manuel Pereira

PHOTOGRAPHY: Miguel Rodrigues

EDITOR / VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION: Helena Pinto

SOUND DESIGN: João Cordeiro

Year of Production: 2009

Duration: 2 min 53 s

+ info: http://www.artes.ucp.pt/guerrajunqueiro/

The Hole
(short movie)

The short movie "The Hole" was one of the 15 winning aplications, of the 122 proposals, selected to participated in the Language Through Lenses Competion, organized by ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts).

Synopsis:

What would lead four people to dig a hole? Would it be a treasure hunt? An archaeological dig? An interest in flowers? The search for a corpse?
What if I tell you that our story takes place in a multicultural country where nobody speaks the same language! As a matter of fact, none of the first assumptions were correct. In this case, linguistic differences are the main cause for an event that brings together a gravedigger, who speaks Portuguese, a police officer, who speaks French, a passer-by, who speaks Spanish, an environmentalist, who speaks German, and an archaeologist, who speaks Italian.
With this three minute movie ‘The Hole’ we want to show with a certain degree of black humour and nonsense, how linguistic differences may lead to misunderstandings and communication difficulties.
In the end, what is the whole purpose of the hole?

DIRECTOR: Helena Pinto

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: Mafalda Castelo-Branco / Helena Pinto / Maria Ribeiro

OPERATIONAL PRODUTION: Mafalda Castelo-Branco

CAST: Miguel Lança (as gravedigger) / Nuno Meireles (as policeman) / Filipe Joel (as spanish man) / Sara Vigário (as environmentalist) / Raquel Oliveira (as archaeologist) / José Tomás (as priest) / Margarida Fernandes (as Widow)

ORIGINAL IDEA: Helena Pinto

SCRIPT: Helena Pinto / Maria Ribeiro

PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR: Pedro Azevedo

SOUND: Daniel Azevedo / David Ferreira

EDITORS: Mafalda Castelo-Branco / Helena Pinto / Maria Ribeiro

POST-PRODUCTION: Helena Pinto / Pedro Azevedo

3D ANIMATION: Marcos Ribeiro

MAKEUP and AIR STYLE: Irene Tavares / Licinia Fernandes

IMAGE ASSISTANTS: Fabio Verissimo / Eduarda Pinto

Year of Production: 2009

Duration: 3 min.

+ info: http://www.elia-artschools.org/languageslenses

http://www.prix-europa.de/prix_europa_2009/languages_through_lenses/

Blue Jeans Blues - Budda Power Blues
(videoclip)

MUSIC: Blue Jeans Blues

BAND: Budda Power Blues

DIRECTOR / EDITOR: Helena Pinto

SPECIAL THANKS: Câmara Municipal do Porto / Fnac / Budda Power Blues

Year of Production: 2009

Duration: 4 min 57s

+ info: http://www.myspace.com/buddapowerblues

The Life Story of a Body - Trailer
(experimental video)

Synopsis:

The Life Story of a Body is an experimental video that was created based in the idea that we only remember our body when we are sick. As the title suggest, this video tells the life story of a body, since his formation in the maternal womb, through his life journey in the outside world, until his death. During his life journey in the outside world, the body will be faced with three world vices: the tobacco, the alcohol and the drug. These vices, will influence the body to try them, leading him to pursuer a path of self-destruction. Ignoring all signs and warnings of the “meat”, the body will experience each one of these world vices, and eventually becoming ill. For the first time, the body will be remember and the three world vices will be waived. However, it may be to late...

DIRECTOR / EDITOR / PRODUCER: Helena Pinto

CAST: Ana Pinto / Leonor Duarte / Maria Teresa Pinto / Raquel Pereira

MUSIC: SoundFX

SUPERVISOR: Susana Jaques

WITH THE SUPPORT OF: Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Year of Production: 2009

Duration: 8 min. 54 s

Sociedade Protectora dos Animais
(TV Report)

Founded in 1878 The Portuguese Animal Society of Oporto is one of the oldest institutions in Portugal that provides support for the abandoned pets in Oporto city.

DIRECTOR / EDITOR: Helena Pinto

REPORTER / VOZ-OFF: Raquel Pereira

MUSIC: SoundFX

THANKS: Deolinda Machado / Ermelinda Martins / Joana Deusdado / Universidade Católica Portuguesa