I designed and directed the creation the BBC Philharmonic Maestro, an installation that allowed BBC audiences to conduct the tempo and volume of a BBC Philharmonic Orchestra performance. I was responsible for conceiving the idea, building the first prototype and I directed the creation of the finished project, which was built by Magnetic North. The … Continued
I conceived and produced the world’s first variable duration documentary. I worked with a BBC Radio 4 production team to design a narrative and workflow which delivered the linear broadcast programme and a web-based variable duration programme. The programme could be played back an any length while maintaining the integrity of the story. I led … Continued
During the 2012 World Cup I traveled around Kenyan rural villages with an inflatable TV screen and a sattelite truck and screened the football matches that would otherwise have been missed by these communities. With the support of Google, I took a team and the equipment to Kenya and toured around rural villiages during the … Continued
I devised and delivered a project investigating the benefits of using format agnostic production methods for BBC radio programmes. Providing an assessment of the impact of these processes on the production workflow and the benefit to the audience. This included working a number of high profile BBC outside broadcasts including recording performances from Elbow, The … Continued
I devised and implemented “The Sound of the Space”, an evolving soundscape for The Spacewhich automatically reflected the site’s content. This worked by regularly sampling audio from the most recent media added to the site and creating a soundscape by mixing parts of that audio together, all automatically. With: Matthew Herbert
I created the “Paper” CCTV video for the band I played with at the time. I created the video for “The Get Out Clause” by collecting CCTV video from around Manchester and editing it to fit music. The video was made on a budget of virtually nothing and was seen worldwide, viewed on YouTube over … Continued
I was responsible for collecting and analysing technical requirements for the BBC Children’s Department’s move to MediaCityUK. I acted as a member of the Technical Design Authority, feeding Children’s requirements to the delivery team, to ensure a smooth transition on their move from Television Centre in West London to MediaCityUK in Salford.
I lead the development and testing of a brainwave (EEG) controlled TV remote control which allowed less able viewers to change the television channel up or down and turn the television on and off.
I designed and developed an iOS application for displaying real-time camera metadata (e.g. GPS location and camera orientation), on an interactive map from streamed XML data and allowing the user to choose a camera to view. This was part of the european project – VSAR.
I designed and built the Social Listening Table for Manchester ad agency BJL — a reception centrepiece in copper pipe and filament bulbs that quietly eavesdropped on the internet. Every client the agency looked after got its own engraved nameplate and bulb — ASDA, Ronseal, Swinton, Metrolink, Lambrini, Beaverbrooks and the rest. Whenever one of … Continued