Filmed and edited by Nicholas Serpa. The 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event brought art, music, guest speakers, charity, and community to Downtown Peoria. My goal with this video was to highlight the energy and positivity of the event to help advertise future celebrations.
Pitched, produced, filmed and edited by Nick Serpa. Carving a pumpkin is challenging enough... imagine carving one underwater! That's what a group of local scuba divers decided to do to celebrate Halloween up at Lake Pleasant. The results were... interesting, to say the least!
Pitched, produced, filmed and edited by Nick Serpa. Mochilero Kitchen is one of Peoria's hottest new Mexican restaurants, but few customers know that it originated from a backpacking trip across Central America. We dove into the restaurant's roots in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Pitched, produced, filmed and edited by Nick Serpa. Additional video by Monty Hoffman. Soldier's Best friend is a Peoria-based nonprofit that helps connect veterans experiencing PTSD with service dogs. In this short documentary, I spoke with some of the veterans about how the program has impacted their lives.
Filmed and edited by Nick Serpa. One of Peoria’s biggest annual events, the Monster Bash sprawls across the Peoria Sports Complex and offers a ton of fun activities for families. I filmed this event independently and quickly turned this promo the next business day.
Produced, filmed and edited by Nick Serpa. Additional video by Tim Eiden. To help Peoria residents celebrate 4th of July virtually in 2020, I filmed and edited an in-depth tour of Peoria's oldest fire station, showing off fire trucks, living quarters and more!
Pitched, filmed and edited by Nicholas Serpa. Additional video by Rebecca Strifler. A fun and silly series that I pitched during Summer 2022, the Beat the Heat series took Peoria's city mascot Prickly Pete and placed him at fun summer destinations around the city!