Please let the videos load for a few moments before playing them. All of these videos were completed at Vision Teleproduction, Inc. in Kansas City, where I work full time as a producer and editor.

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“Circus” – Drew Brees

Editor, Graphics, Effects

As a sports fan, this music video was a lot of fun. I tried to marry the spectacular offense of the New Orleans Saints with the carnivalesque atmosphere of their home games. We completed this video for our client Premier Sports for the yearly 101 Awards banquet which honors the best offensive and defensive players in the National Football League. Drew Brees and Peyton Manning received the offensive honors; ironic, since both of their teams are poised for a deep playoff run this year. I have a sneaking suspicion that I’ll need to put together another video for one or both of them…

Injury Free – “Safe Teen Driving”

Editor

The Injury Free Coalition for kids is ran out of New York. We usually do a few informational/advocacy videos for them every year.

Domestic Violence PSA

Editor, Animator, Camera

This makes the second domestic violence video in two years that I have either directed or worked on. I directed a DV video for the UMKC Women’s Center, about college sexual awareness issues. With this one, I was the editor, animator, and one the two camera operators. The 11 minute finished product is extremely powerful. A diverse group of survivors (and rare admitted abuser) share their stories to help raise awareness about the important issue of domestic violence. This is the animated open to the video, re-purposed with an end tag so that it can be used for a local network television :60 PSA.

“Legacy”

Animator

Emanuel Cleaver II is a U.S. Congressman and former mayor of Kansas City. Polishing off the rust of my After Effects Education, I put this simple intro together for a live event honoring his contributions to his church and Kansas City.

Whats Next?

- In January I will be editing a music video for a rap artist from St. Louis, directed by AFI Directing Alumni Kevin Coleman.
- I’ve finished writing a short and I’ve started on another. The second will be the one I’m most likely to produce myself, but that will all depend on…
…If/which graduate film program accepts me. I’m waiting to hear back on 4. If I don’t get in to any of them, my money will go towards that new project.
- More work, more fun!

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Fingers will be appearing in the Paste Magazine DVD sampler in the next two months (February/March 2010). If you or someone you know is a subscriber, please help spread the word!

Synopsis

Paul addresses the loss of his index finger by withdrawing into a kaleidoscope of memories involving tickles, picked noses, and unforgiving elevator buttons.

“Fingers is a visual puzzle of sorts, a literal examination of the many subtle, unique ways we use anatomy and the diverse circumstances surrounding its use. The vignettes reflect the random, mildly-delirious nature of our memories in the immediate aftermath of losing the people and things found within them.”

4 MINUTES | NARRATIVE/STUDENT/EXPERIMENTAL | HD

Awards & Screenings

Best Short Film, Missouri Broadcasters Association, 2009.

· SU / KC Film + Video Exchange
Syracuse NY / Kansas City MO

· International Short Film Festival Detmold
Detmold, Germany

· Chicago Short Film Brigade

· Kansas City FilmFest

· Short Attention Span Digital Video Festival
Boston, MA / San Luis Obispo, CA

Press

“It takes a gustsy storyteller to attempt such a difficult film. Kerfeld delivers an abstract story presented through a docile and beautiful landscape. At just six minutes or so, it is at all times intriguing.”

— Rogue Cinema

“In the end, “Fingers” is something of a classic short film. It pushes the audience to use their heads, rather than relying on only their eyes and ears.”

— Corey Light, University News

Storyboards

Production

Momentum & Marr chronicles the history and dramatic growth of the Marr Sound Archives in Kansas City, which has maintained the American Experience in sound by collecting and preserving over 317,000 sound recordings in just over 20 years.

The student project was funded by a students engaged in creative and academic research (SEARCH) grant. The film won first place in the visual and performing arts division of the SEARCH symposium. The film has aired on PBS, and was recently featured at SPIN magazine. The film has also screened at the Kansas City Film Fest and Griffon International Film Festival.

When the filmmaker’s sister enters the 2007 Seventeen Reader Model Contest, a casual recorded conversation about her motivation leads to a unique perspective about beauty and body image.

The film documents her evolution, using a collage of contemporary and archival footage to help tell the story. From flamboyant childhood dance recitals to excerpts from a 1950’s newsreel titled “Babies on Parade,” Pageantry is a coming-of-age tale that aims to draw connections and questions concerning the benefit and relevance of beauty contests.

Played theatrically in Kansas City. Named best short documentary by the Missouri Broadcasters Association. Often considered a companion piece to “Pageantry”

Art on the Block documents the work of ten Midwest artists creating site-specific art for H&R Block’s new headquarters in Kansas City. The film follows artists Vernon Brejcha, Brent Collins, Lisa Grossman, Matt Kirby, William Lobdell, Lonnie Powell, Leslie Reuther, David Spear, Stretch and Dierk Van Keppel to draw attention to art as grease for the wheels of progress and art as authentic self-expression.

Aired on PBS (KCPT-TV) and won an excellence in production award from the International Student Media Festival in Los Angeles.

“Alluring…jarringly lucid…The scene is chaste on the outside, yet the mood is undeniably voyeuristic. With fast cutting that pulses to the music, it could be an outtake from a Guy Ritchie version of Lolita.”
– Jason Harper, Pitch Weekly

Biarchy is a two-man ambient/experimental group from Kansas City MO. They invite and encourage visual artists to create visual interpretations of their music. Their 12-track debut album is available as a free download at Biarchy.com

This :60 PSA will air on Kansas City broadcast Television in Fall/Winter 2009.
Edited & Animated by Jordan Kerfeld for Vision Teleproduction, Inc.