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Videos tailored for social media or helping to develop new video formats... Below is a selection of work from across the board highlighting what's possible. I can help you at every stage of the process.

How African doctors are using video calls to tackle COVID-19

This is part of a series of 'lockdown films' for Wellcome. The films aim to highlight the need for global research and funding cooperation to enable humanity to get beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Working entirely remotely and guided by me, the footage and interviews are captured by the scientists and delivered online. Once edited, the film is sent to Wellcome and their brilliant Design Team who add graphical flourishes before going live on social platforms.

A genuine triumph of collaboration.

Imagine (Refugee Week 2020)

Trust for London approached me during lockdown to discuss how they could make a short video to celebrate several of  the organisations they support that are making life better for migrants and refugees. This is the result.

Working collaboratively with the various teams, we made the best of limited time and resources to create something simple yet emotionally powerful.

How to make pro videos with your phone during a pandemic

Based on a workshop I ran, pre-pandemic, this video is packed with useful tips to help people advance from total newbie to accomplished filmmaker.

Time Stamps:
1. Better Video Calls 50 sec
2. Camera/video settings 3min 20sec
3. Basic Kit 4 min 59 sec
4. Lighting 6 min 37 sec
5. Composition 8 min 10 sec
6. Audio 11 min 33 sec
7. Interview technique 13 min 37 sec
8. Interviews to films 18 min 10 sec

#StopSuperbugs

Drug-resistant infection is a major challenge facing humanity and modern medicine. It's also a priority for Wellcome, one of the largest supporters of science in all its guises.

This video, promoted on various social channels, is part of a series, designed to encourage healthy dialogue around this complex area. 

Food and Flavour

This short social film was made for The Microbiology Society to work alongside and help promote their regular magazine, Microbiology Today. 

Brand colours, shapes and fonts were used throughout to help ensure brand recognition.

Let's #OutsmartEpidemics (animation)

CIPR Awards, 2017, Best Use of Digital, Wellcome & Third City.

​Used prominently in Davos 2017, during the World Economic Forum, my role was to co-produce this CEPI animation with Third City, advising on narrative, storyboarding, branding and voice actors.

Let's #OutsmartEpidemics (social video)

This social video was created to sit alongside the animation above. It was used extensively at Davos, during the World Economic Forum in 2017, both within presentations and the hotels occupied by world leaders.

The science of The Last of Us

If the events of The Last of Us actually happened - what would we do? To find out, I brought together several scientists and a game critic to discuss key themes within the game, as they relate to the spread of severe disease. 

This was a fantastic opportunity to bring my loves of gaming snd science together in a way that's stimulating debate across the internet.

Picked up by IGN, Kotaku, GamesRadar and more.

Zika: Why now & what next?

A new animation I produced for Wellcome Trust. Aware that everyone was suddenly creating content around the pandemic in early 2016, we wanted to add something new.

In the end, we adopted a broad approach highlighting that the urban, modern lifestyle is a key factor in disease spread.

We had to turn this around quickly - from initial idea to upload in 4 weeks.

How VR is changing medicine

Virtual reality is changing how we see the world - and revolutionising how we treat pain, investigate psychology and other scientific endeavours. We take a quick tour through the virtual worlds currently in use. 
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Footage used under Creative Commons Attribution license courtesy of: 
First Head mounted display 1965 The Sword of Damocles, Andrey Klimenko
youtube.com/watch?v=0iyNrV7w4f4 
Virtual Reality Fitness: 429 Squats in 20 Minutes of HoloPoint,
​Tim Donahey
youtube.com/watch?v=3OiasdbIlCw 
Europe's first Virtual Reality cinema, samhoudinspirations
youtube.com/watch?v=sMkGfeWmqNk

Keep asking questions

This short film was co-produced by myself and creative agency, Now. 

The brief was complex - for the Wellcome Trust's new Strategic approach, we wanted a film that could sum up the essence of what Wellcome is about, inspire existing staff and future potential applicants, inspire children and researchers alike – and to do all this in a minute...

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