Portfolio

Revised: April 11, 2008

Hi there and welcome to the online portfolio of Simon Dann. I am currently a University student at Coventry University in my final year of a BA Honors degree in Communication, Culture and Media. I am hoping to move to do Media and Cultural Analysis at Masters level this September with the overall goal to become a specialised doctor within the field of my choice.

What I do and what I have done:

I am a keen developer of online applications and design, designing and building simple yet usable, aesthetically attractive and accessible website interfaces conforming to the most strict of web standards. While at university I have teamed up with a number of friends to put what we have learnt here into practice. One of the projects that has really shown promise is Joey Brannigan Presents, both myself and Joey have teamed up to produce an online television show which has since progressed to us as a duo producing a full length film that we released as a dvd available to our fans, although it was a limited edition running at only 300 copies every single one went and demand was constant. We shall be teaming up again this summer to produce another film and it is likely that we shall continue doing so regularly for the foreseeable future.

I have up until recently only done work for friends and family as well as my own personal websites, my first corporate piece was finished last year for Agency Software Worldwide Ltd. You can browse the full up to date listing of all my commissioned pieces in the sidebar to your right, or read on below for more information.

  • Video Work:
    As well as working with Joey Brannigan on comedy videos, I have worked with GMTV on placement assisting with producing and much of what I learnt while with the Entertainment today team I have put into practice in my own developments. The following is made up of Joey Brannigan Presents as university projects.
    [Video Work Thumbs Go Here]
  • Web Design:
    I have several years experience with working with and designing templates for the wordpress blogging and content management system. On top of that I also have an advanced knowledge in programming with PHP, that combined with MySQL databases enables me to develop custom wordpress plugins for clients or an entire back end from the ground up
    [Video Work Thumbs Go Here]
  • Photography:
    I have done several portfolio shoots with clients inside a professional studio while being tutored by a professional model photographer. I have also taken photos of families and football clubs for print and online media, below are some examples of my professional work or you can visit my photography gallery.
    [Photography Work Thumbs Go Here]

Services:

  • Website Design: designing and building accessible and  standards compliant designs.
  • Website Redesign: I can recode your current design to make it accessible and standards compliant, moving it across to css and strict html markup.
  • Video Production: whether you need an extra editor efficient in Premiere Pro, a camera operator with experience, assistant producer or even a runner I can comfortably fill any of those roles.
  • Consultation: Help with accessibility and layout design, sharing my experience of what does and doesn’t work with regards to website design and video production.

Hire Me.