INTERACTIVE FILMMAKING

I am an interaction designer and an independent film-maker specializing in designing interactive narrative cinema. Interactive movies have interactive elements that allow the audience to interact to discover or create the story in the movie. I have produced two interactive movies, Lost Cause (2007) and Disconnected (2010). My interactive movies have been displayed in film and new media festivals: Women in Film (Vancouver, 2009 & 2010), and IDEAS (Philadelphia, 2007 & Vancouver, 2010). My research on interactive film-making was presented in new media conferences: Imaging Cinema at India Institute of Technology (Madras, 2010), ACM International Conference on Multimedia (Vancouver, 2008), and was published in the 2007 Philadelphia Conference Issue of The Journal of the International Digital Media and Arts Association. Read more >.

  1. Disconnected

    interactive video 2010

    Disconnected is a series of interactive web camera video chats about different types of online relationships.

  2. Lost Cause

    interactive video, 2007

    An online interactive movie which allows viewers to navigate between the perspectives of three main characters.

  3. Inner Self

    video installation

    A video installation, which presents the inner dialogue of three distinctly different characters thoughts in headphones to coincide with a single video projection.

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WEB DESIGNS

I am currently part of the Creative Services team at the Teaching and Learning Centre at Simon Fraser University, working on educational multimedia projects. I have also recently been a web designer for Make Believe Media. Previously I was a Web Developer at TransLink (2008-2009), a Web Co-ordinator for Venture Connection Office at SFU (2008-2010), and a Teaching Assistant (2004-2008) at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology for a number of undergraduate courses. I have a Master of Arts (2008) degree and a Bachelors of Applied Science (2004) degree from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University.

  1. Investigating Forensics

    I was the Lead Designer for the Investigating Forensics website for the Virtual Museum of Canada.

  2. Battle of the Bagpipes

    I designed and developed a website for the Battle of the Bagpipe Documentary that was aired on CBC TV in BC Canada (2010).

  3. Abandon Ship

    I designed and developed the website for the documentary film, Abandon Ship: The Sinking of the SV Concordia (2010).

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SHORT FILMS

In the past few years I have produced a number of short films that have been accepted into local and international film festivals such as Toronto Urban Film Festival (Toronto, 2010). A few of my films have won first and second place at the Arts Connect: Quick Flick Challenge (Port Moody, 2005, 2008 & 2009). I have also been nominated for a Leo Award (2011) for Best Picture Editing in a Short Drama for my editing work on the short drama, Therapy (Vancouver, 2010).

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    Like Nobody’s Watching

    1min, 2010 - Director

    This silent short film about a business man who dances around the city was screened in Toronto's Rapid Transit System for the Toronto for the Toronto Urban Film Festival, 2010

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    Getting Ahead in Life

    4:37 video, 2009

    Director & Editor

    This short is about a man whos surprising discovery gets him a 'head' in life. This 1st place winner of the Quick Flick Challenge (2009) was made in 48 hours based on: a character: personal life coach, location: in a park, prop: blue lunch cooler bag, phrase: "Someone ditched it".

  3. Take out for two

    Take out for two

    4:42 video, 2008

    Director & Editor

    This short film is about a talk radio host who finds himself trapped in a never ending loop in time. This 1st place winner of the Quick Flick Challenge (2008) was made in 48 hours based on a package: a character: radio host, location: dead end road, prop: take out for two box, phrase: "The game takes over your life".

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