Tag Archives: National Zoo

PandaDate.com Launches

On the Web: PandaDate.com Skills: Flash 8, ActionScript 2, XML Because of renewed interest in panda breeding surrounding the artificial insemination of our female giant panda, the web team at the National Zoo asked me to take the “PandaDate.com” game I built in the Science Station kiosks and turn it into a real Web site. [...]

Controversy In Captivity

On the heels of the recent panda artificial insemination at the National Zoo, The Onion has a video spoof mocking the Zoo’s captive panda reproduction efforts. Besides being funny, there are many shots of the Asia Trail, my recent project at the Zoo. The Video: Controversy In Captivity

Don’t Blink Or You’ll Miss

CBS Evening News aired a short piece last night about the National Zoo’s most recent giant panda artificial insemination attempt. Four or five of the shots are from footage I shot Wednesday night and the Zoo released to the press yesterday morning. All of the B-roll of the procedure is mine; it totals about six [...]

“Acting On What You Know” Video

Skills: Videography, Final Cut Pro, Flash 8 I shot, edited and co-wrote the “Acting On What You Know” video for the Think Tank exhibit at the National Zoo. I did the simple animations in Flash with illustrations done by a National Zoo designer. Think Tank is an exhibit about cognition in primates. A major feature [...]

Curiosity Station Kiosks

Skills: Flash 8, ActionScript 2, ColdFusion, SQL Server, XML, HTML, CSS Total Number of Kiosks: 9 Curiosity Stations are a chance for visitors to take the National Zoo home with them. The kiosks allow visitors to enter their name, email address and select Asia Trail topics of interest to explore in depth at home. Two [...]

Decision Station Kiosks

Skills: Project Management, Videography, Final Cut Pro, Multimedia Storytelling, ColdFusion, SQL Server Total Number of Kiosks: 5 The two banks of Decision Stations on the Asia Trail exhibit at the Smithsonian National Zoo are meant to illustrate a very import message: conservation is hard. At each set of kiosks, one representing Indian issues and one [...]

Science Station Kiosks

Skills: Flash 8, ActionScript 2, XML, Final Cut Pro, Project Management, Multimedia Storytelling Total Number of Kiosks: 2 The Science Stations are two 32” touch screen kiosks adjacent to the indoor Giant Panda viewing at the National Zoo. The huge, vertically mounted screens invite visitors behind the scenes with three Giant Panda-based stories of Zoo [...]