Prior to working in theatre, Jake worked for an array of name clients producing high-quality visual work. With sometimes limited budgets, he developed a skillset to create graphics himself, something that is aiding him in his work in theatre (see some of these at the bottom of the page).
Oxford Dictionary:
'Language Matters'
Iconic film moments are bastardised by internet slang and emoji's just as the famous line of dialogue is about to be delivered, proving that 'Language Matters'.
WERK for Peace:
'POTUS vs The Planet Legabetee'
The international competition ADCAN shortlisted this, at their awards ceremony in Los Angeles, as one of three ads for dance protest charity WERK for Peace. Lawyers stopped the puppet from being orange with straw-coloured hair.
Pearson:
'We All Start Somewhere'
A little girl obsessed with Jurassic Park uses Pearson educational books to grow into the persondinosaur she was meant to be.
National Film and Television School:
'Be Part of the Story'
A cinema commercial and two shorter online ads around the concept of the school having a wide array of courses to study that create a larger ecosystem of talent that all help each other, and that you can join as a prospective student.
Regent's University London:
'Vision 2025'
A corporate video to detail how Regent's University London was going to transform itself into something bolder and more exciting to be part of. I directed it to look like a Netflix documentary to help try and keep people's attention for as long as possible.
Theatre videos:
Below are two videos I created specifically to be played on screens in plays that I directed. In 'Don't Shoot the Meistersinger' we had three men multi-role as both the British and German sides. As the concept of the play was sold on the Christmas Day game of football, I created Sky Sports style 'player' reveals for when they first showed up on stage, to help orientate the audience as to who they were from the get-go.
For my scene staging of D.C. Jackson's 'My Romantic History', I placed it in the world of a symposium on sex and love, calling it BEDx. When the two leads would talk about their past, the B and D would flicker off to leave just 'Ex' on the screen, thus orientating the audience as to where we were in time.