LearnSci — Virtual DNA Lab
Scripted, filmed, directed and edited ~20 science education videos and interactive HTML elements for an online virtual laboratory platform, including on-camera direction and graphics.
danson
digital.
Video & photography · Motion graphics & animation · Web development
👋 Hi! I'm Mark — a one-person studio with 20+ years creating things across the full digital spectrum.
Showreels
A few snippets from recent videography and animation projects, including events coverage (VIP visits, conferences and festivals) effective educational content (MOOC-based and social media), and animation & motion graphics work for video, gaming, exhibition displays, and more.
Services
What's on offer, end to end — strategy through to delivery.
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Web design & development
Full-stack builds, from UX research and information architecture through to a shipped, maintained site — WordPress, Drupal, or hand-built.
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Motion graphics & animation
2D animation, motion graphics and video post-production — scripting through to final edit and graphics integration.
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Video & photography
Filming, directing and editing for events, editorial and commercial clients, plus photography for the same.
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Interactive & installations
Physical and digital installations, AR/VR experiences, and game-based interactives for live audiences and exhibition spaces.
Selected work
A sample of projects spanning web platforms, science communication, and physical installations.
Just Good Science Quest — ARG
Location-based AR game combining a custom Node.js & Google Maps interface with hand-built QR-code prop installations. Supervised external AR collaborators.
VR campus experience
Unity-based VR build made during COVID-19 to enable remote campus visits — labs, data centre and key locations with contextual highlights.
YourGenome.org — UCD redesign
Led strategy, design and development of the Wellcome Trust's flagship genomics public engagement website. Audience research, a new CMS, and extensive user testing took annual traffic from 300k to 5 million users — a 16× increase.
OnlyHuman
WordPress platform surveying emotional responses to video content, with a custom survey module for data storage and retrieval. Built end-to-end with external collaborators, deployed to AWS.
BaseBot — Kinect festival game
Body-tracking motion-control game communicating genomics concepts through play, deployed live at science festivals to large audiences.
Cultural Zone — exhibition installations
Specified, sourced and installed a flexible multimedia environment for a permanent exhibition space, including a 3D dual-touchscreen interactive and a real-time global usage display.
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