Audio not for you? Not to worry! From the creation of short promotional and social media videos to long-form wildlife documentaries, I have strong skills in scripting, researching and planning video-based projects, and the production and editing processes. Explore some of my work here.
Slowing The Flow: Can Beavers Reduce River Pollution?
My first foray into creating a documentary came from the combination of two seemingly simple questions: what will the reintroduction of beavers do for UK rivers, and how can the UK tackle the growing river pollution crisis?
What unfolded from these initial ideas was a 7-minute wildlife documentary film created as part of an assessment for my Master’s. Myself and three other science communicators took the questions I had identified above and turned them into an engaging, uplifting story of hope and conservation.
With such a small team, each of us played a key role in the production of the film, with all having input into its production, filming and editing process. After a long period of research and contacting interviewees, I wrote up an initial script, which as a team we worked into the final version seen in the film. From storyboarding and location hunting, through to filming and directing, over the course of three months, we created and gathered all major parts of the film, ready for the post-production process.
The editing process was shared between the group, each taking a section of the film to edit based on input from all members – the starting sequences and interview with Chris Jones were my area, from which we wove together a flowing story exploring the issue present in UK rivers and how beavers could appear to be the superhero the country needs to reduce river pollution.
Want to find the answers to those aforementioned questions yourself? Give Slowing The Flow a watch!
Sustainability and Environmental Education
SEEd’s work focuses on empowering young people and adults to take action on the issues they care about most, building the key life skills and sustainability competences needed to make effective and long-lasting change. Our Young Changemakers programme embodies this theory of change, this methodology, empowering students and young people to build a more sustainable life, school, community and future.
It became apparent we needed a promotional video for the programme. The below video was written, scripted, directed and edited by myself, used to promote the programme with funders, educators and parents – and is now supporting our outreach and marketing work with schools.
This, however, is but one of many short- and long-form pieces of video-based work I’ve created during my time at SEEd. Visit the SEEd website to explore more, from short messages from supporters and alumni to webinars and more.
Social Media
More of my video-based work can be found across the social media channels for several of my freelance roles, from content creation for The PaddlePod and Love & Science to my own series Active and Optimistic on my Instagram and TikTok accounts. Find a selection of reels below:
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