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Internal Communication & PR
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Staff Training & Recruitment
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Marketing Promotions
Do you need a sharp-edged script for a drama, voiceover or presenter-led video? Do you need help with some off-camera interviews? With the experience of working with over 100 client organisations in Government and Industry and 44 major awards, I can offer a wealth of experience.
Foster + Partners - Product LaunchFoster + Partners have projects underway all over the world and video plays a central part in their communication strategy. I scripted two programmes about developments one in Kazakhstan called the Central Markets Astana and the other in Abu Dhabi about an extraordinary walled city called Masdar that will have zero emissions, energy and water consumption.
Barratt - Sales Promotion
Barratt is leading a huge development in West London on the site of the former Beecham's HG on the Great West Road- it's called GWQ The Great West Quarter. This CGI video takes you on a virtual tour through the site.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals - Corporate PR
Ferring is a privately owned pharmaceutical company that
specialises in peptide drugs and other specialist medicines. This video
titled 'Medicine on the body's own terms', describes the company's
history and ethos and is aimed primarily at graduates and potential
research partners. (House Media)
A video for use worldwide for recruiting graduate geologists to join Rio Tinto Exploration. (Jacaranda)
Lloyds TSB - Staff Training
Money laundering is a major criminal industry and banks are the main
conduit for getting dirty money into the legitimate economy. Financial
Crime: Stemming the Tide, presented by Donal McIntire, shows bank staff
what to look out for using dramatised scenarios. (Orchard
Communications)
2007 WorldFest Remi Awards -
Silver
2007 Mercury Excellence Awards – Silver
2006 Intermedia-globe Grand Award
2006 Intermedia-globe Gold Award
2006 US International Film and Video Festival – Gold
2006 Questar Awards – Gold
2006 Galaxy Awards – Bronze
2006 Midas Awards – Finalist Certificate
Following the success of Stemming the Tide, Lloyds have commissioned a follow up video to focus on the growing problem of ID fraud. It's called Don't let them get away with it and features the story of a man who was falsely accused of going on a child porn site when in fact his credit card had been skimmed!
APTN - Happy 10th Anniversary - Celebration
Associated Press Television News was celebrating its 10th anniversary
needed a video to summarise their achievements over the years and the
amazing advances in news distribution technology. (Bitch Productions)
The Standards Board for England - Training
SBE is the organisation responsible for enforcing ethical standards
in local government. This 25 minute drama, The Code in Practice, shows how local government
lawyers should conduct investigations and hearings into breaches of the
Code of Conduct. (Jacaranda)
2006 US Film And TV Festival:
Silver Screen Award
Jacaranda was invited to pitch for another video to communicate the
implications of the revised Code of Conduct and I was able to produce a
creative treatment that fitted the bill. This 34 minute drama,
The Code Uncovered, produced by Maggie Charlebois and ably
directed by Paul Henry, examines the issue of bullying in the workplace
and some of the implications of the revised Code of Conduct. (Jacaranda)
Procter & Gamble -
Conference opener in French and English
Procter & Gamble were holding an event about the importance of
innovation to the European economies. The opening video featured an
English and a French family talking about the innovations that had
touched their lives. I researched the subject, interviewed the families
in French and English, translated the interviews and generated the
subtitles - oh la, la. (House Media)
GlaxoSmithKline - Video News Reel (VNR)
Off-camera interviews with patients with cervical cancer in French as
part of a library of VNR (video news reel) footage to be available at
the time of the launch of a vaccine against human papillomavirus virus
which is the root cause of this disease.
UK Police Service - National Recruitment Campaign
The Home Office required a video to screen at road shows and open days to
encourage people to enter the assessment process. This project was won in a
competitive pitch against four other leading production companies. I helped to
create a theme and programme style which clearly met with COI and Home Office
approval. (Hawkshead)
Charity Bank -
Launch Video
A video to launch and promote this new type of charity where depositor's money
is used exclusively for good causes. Charities often have to borrow to keep
going and without assets they pay credit card interest rates. Charity Bank
offers them loans at reasonable rates and on flexible terms. (Totem Events)
First Great Western - Performance Management Training
A series of video training dramas aimed at the managers of First, the train and
bus company. Modules include Handling Difficult Interviews, Annual Performance
Review and Staff Retention. (Merlin Communications)
Royal and Sun Alliance - Staff Training on IT Security
"How to make a monkey out of IT" is a light hearted comedy featuring a
sleuth who congratulates the members of staff who make his illegal intrusion
into the IT system so easy by sharing passwords and leaving the computers logged
on etc. (Merlin Communications )
Insights
Here are some
articles that describe my approach to the use of video:
Corporate Video - What's it all
about?
Treatments, scripts and
storyboards - Getting off on the right foot
Pitching to Win - How to get
the business in
Procter & Gamble were holding an event about the importance of innovation to the European economies. The opening video featured an English and a French family talking about the innovations that had touched their lives. I researched the subject, interviewed the families in French and English, translated the interviews and generated the subtitles - oh la, la. (House Media)
Off-camera interviews with patients with cervical cancer in French as part of a library of VNR (video news reel) footage to be available at the time of the launch of a vaccine against human papillomavirus virus which is the root cause of this disease.
The Home Office required a video to screen at road shows and open days to encourage people to enter the assessment process. This project was won in a competitive pitch against four other leading production companies. I helped to create a theme and programme style which clearly met with COI and Home Office approval. (Hawkshead)
Charity Bank - Launch Video
A video to launch and promote this new type of charity where depositor's money is used exclusively for good causes. Charities often have to borrow to keep going and without assets they pay credit card interest rates. Charity Bank offers them loans at reasonable rates and on flexible terms. (Totem Events)
First Great Western - Performance Management Training
A series of video training dramas aimed at the managers of First, the train and bus company. Modules include Handling Difficult Interviews, Annual Performance Review and Staff Retention. (Merlin Communications)
Royal and Sun Alliance - Staff Training on IT Security
"How to make a monkey out of IT" is a light hearted comedy featuring a sleuth who congratulates the members of staff who make his illegal intrusion into the IT system so easy by sharing passwords and leaving the computers logged on etc. (Merlin Communications )
Here are some articles that describe my approach to the use of video:
Corporate Video - What's it all about?
Treatments, scripts and storyboards - Getting off on the right foot
Pitching to Win - How to get the business in