In January 2011 I began working with a student group at the Centre for Digital Media called Man Kind. We created, managed and produced content for the Men's Health Initiative of BC. Man Up is an online community outreach program created entirely by our team. Manupcanada.ca is a web site aimed at getting young men (ages 18-35) interested in their health, and it is populated with content created by us. I am our primary researcher and copywriter, and work in the Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects) for design mockups. We shot and edited a 30-second PSA with the help of the Vancouver Canucks. With the help of Stan "Steamer" Smyl as our celebrity endorser, our spot ran on the Jumbotron at the Rogers Arena on March 31, 2011, as the Canucks played the Los Angeles Kings. The ad directed the 20,000 fans in the arena to the...
During the second year of my Masters of Digital Media (Sept. 2010 - April 2011), I worked as the teacher's assistant (TA) for the Visual Story course for George Johnson. My degree in film theory and 9 years of video game reporting made me a strong fit for this course, which examines storytelling techniques in popular films and adapts them to the world of video games for inspiring video game designers. Averaging 10 hours a week, my duties included assistance with lesson preparation and tech support for the instructor, and project guidance for 25 first-year graduate students.
MyWorld is a digital literacy tutorial I worked on while receiving my Masters of Digital Media. By simulating the typical online experience (e-mail, Facebook, Wikipedia, etc.), this tutorial intends to inform high school students about managing online privacy and reputation, and understanding digital copyright laws. I was project manager and script editor on a student team that created the program for the Ottawa-based Media Awareness Network. I negotiated the scope and breadth of our deliverable with our client via weekly Skype conference calls, and created and maintained a schedule with milestones for our team to hit. In addition, I helped create audio and graphic assets for the tutorial, and played the part of homeroom teacher Mr. Billings for the Video Chat component of our game. MyWorld was created by Think Ray, consisting of Nick Lewis, Ian McDonald, Jeunessa Cheng, Khadija Ghazi, Matthew Schade Tools Adobe Flash CS4 (AS3), Photoshop, Dreamweaver,...
