Author: cathleen

hand-crafted motion pictures and digital experiences for all screens

The Divided Brain digital

Project Title: The Divided Brain digital [one_half] About the Project The ground-breaking documentary, “The Divided Brain”, needed a digital media component to extend the film and build it’s audience. It was a natural fit for my background that includes science documentaries and digital media. I came on board early with the client, Matter of Fact …

Duck Dive

[one_half] About the Project “Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” Japanese proverb In this playful reflection on overcoming fear, rubber ducks launch surprise attacks on real ducks. The real ducks are forced to dive for safety, until one duck decides to reclaim the water’s surface. How do we acquire our fears, how …

The Photograph

[one_half] About the Project A family photograph taken in 1901 reveals its secrets when 100-year-old Victoria Covey tells stories of the people it portrays. As Victoria weaves tales of life, death, migration, and adventure, her stories connect to historic events through archival footage and images. “The Photograph” is about memory, connections, and how history is …

Sal’s Auto

[one_half] About the Project Summary: A proud, veteran mechanic who owns a small-town auto repair shop, hires a quiet young man to be her apprentice. When the mechanic is shown evidence by her trusted employee, that the apprentice is hiding something, she refuses to believe that she could have made a mistake. Then a sudden …

Oakville Festivals of Film and Art

website Project Title: Oakville Festivals of Film and Art Festival Schedule page Film Description page with trailer and ticketing [one_half] About the Project I wanted to help the Oakville Festivals of Film and Art (OFFA) reach the next level. They had outgrown their existing website, so we started from scratch. OFFA is a not-for-profit organization …

The Curves

documentary Project Title: The Curves [one_half] About the Project The Curves is the story of a woman who finally pursues her interest in motorcycling and – after some initial trepidation, makes a discovery about herself. The film was inspired by the idea that many women delay personal pursuits until later in life. Taking a fresh …

Smart Kid Interactive

Interactive Video Quiz Project Title: Smart Kid Interactive [one_half] About the Project When a large training project needed to validate some concepts, I created this prototype interactive video quiz to test how users interact with timed multiple choice questions. While the project itself is confidential, I’m permitted to show this example to demonstrate how a …

Animal IQ Test

Documentary special Project Title: Animal IQ Test [one_half] About the Project When Animal Planet Canada asked me to produce a fast-paced entertaining animal special, I was thrilled. We had already established a relationship through their airing of my 26-episode series, Working Animals, so they were confident I could deliver a cool animal show. Developing the …

Working Animals

Science Documentary series of 26 episodes Project Title: Working Animals [one_half] About the Project Working Animals was inspired by my lifelong love of and fascination with animals. When I pitched the concept as “the science of how animals and people work together” to Discovery Channel Canada, they immediately got it. To help produce the ambitious …

Ivan Fraser, Author

Mini-documentary Project Title: Finding Peggy [one_half] About the Project When author Ivan Fraser told me how he had struggled to read and write since childhood, I wanted to help him share his story and inspire others to read and write. Ivan is a talented oral storyteller, so I went with a 1st-person mini-documentary format. With …