HIV MEDICATION GRAPHIC NOVEL - BOLD CREATIVE

Client: Bold Creative and Body & Soul Foundation

Working with the national charity ‘Body & Soul’ ,research consultancy OPM and Bold Creative I was tasked to create a graphic novel as a support for groups of young people living with, or directly affected by HIV and Aids.

The novel and animations powerfully reveal key moments in the lives of those affected, where readers are taken on an incredibly poignant and emotional journey that hopes to be both redemptive and positive about their plight.

The novel is to be available online, through social networking sites and provided free at key learning and health centres in an agreed region. Follow the link below...

http://blogs.boldcreative.co.uk/thedayproject/2010/09/20/fresh-off-the-press/

WORLD SKILLS CAPITAL RADIO CAMPAIGN with SEAN BEAN

The attached clip is from a  campaign I devised and wrote for WorldSkills UK In 2008/09. It is one of a series of radio scripts (aired on Capital Radio) to inspire young people to take part in the competitions. The script is read by actor Sean Bean who I also directed on this piece.

THE MAGIC GREENHOUSE

In 2010 I created and wrote a pitch for a childrens televisions series called 'The Magic Greenhouse'. Here is the trailer for the show plus some samples of the pitch


Magic Greenhouse trailer from on Vimeo.

POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE GRAPHIC NOVEL - WISE

The brief for this project was to inspire young girls to consider engineering or science based careers. WISE were looking for a script for a graphic novel to explain engineering jobs (with pictures). However, having spent time with focus groups and young people I better understood their needs and outlook. They needed something entertaining and creative that 'spoke' in their language. Not wanting to preach and because I wanted a subtle message i chose an exciting adventure story.

 'Postcards from the Future' is story about a school girl who receives postcards from her future self asking for help in the future. Maya, our heroine, travels into many futures; all of them her own possible ones (presenting the many opportunities available to her if she so chooses). She meets her future self, who is doing amazing things but it is up to Maya to decide in the present how the future turns out and not let her current doubts jeopardise it. 

I was highly commended by The Princess Royal HRH at The Wise Awards 2010. I told her I had always wanted to be a princess in my future; She told me to stick to the writing! The Postcards from the Future book is distributed through UK schools, it is the first graphic novel targeted at teenage girls within British Schools.

RAF 'GET YOUR WINGS ON' - WISE

http://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/girls/work_experience.cfm

THE ADVENTURES OF LIZZY MAE - NICK JR

 

The following links are to short animations showing my script work for StudioNX (including clients such as Nickelodeon, Bluezoo and Cbbc). I conceptualised and wrote the Lizzie Mae adventures, a series of shorts for Nick Jr about a little girl who goes on adventures through her dreams.

EYEKA CONTEST - ANTI SMOKING ANIMATION

A piece I helped conceptualise for Eyekas non-smoking video contest based on the classic film 'Sexy Beast'
 
Smokey Beast from studionx on Vimeo.