Public sector projects
Exploring Shakespeare
Medium: Web
Client: Royal Shakespeare Company
Produced by Illumina Digital, Exploring Shakespeare gives unique access to the RSC performance process based on its Macbeth and Hamlet productions. The site takes audiences behind the scenes and into rehearsal with exclusive interviews with directors, actors and company members. Using rich media, with extensive specially-prepared video, the site is versatile and fully interactive so you can explore or research a particular area of interest. The interaction enables users to move through rich interlinked content helping them to gain both a broad and deep understanding of the key elements of these plays.Go to website
Treetop Walkway
Medium: Web and mobile
Client: Royal Botanical Gardens
The Treetop Walkway in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, is a stunning exhibition space sixty feet off the ground encouraging visitors to learn more about the trees that surround them. Illumina Digital has created two components of this exciting multiplatform project. The mobile phone game, 'treemate', allows users on the walkway to match up trees with inspiring facts supplied on a mobile phone. We also created the website which is full of learning, resources, games and a community where you can pin your own virtual message and photograph to your favourite tree. Visitors can also plan their trip and explore a complete database of the trees at Kew. Go to website
Stagework
Medium: Web
Client: DCMS Culture Online
Stagework was the first DCMS Culture Online project to go live in January 2004 with a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the making of the National Theatre's ambitious two-part production of the Philip Pullman epic, His Dark Materials. The site is a rich and rapidly growing resource for theatre lovers, teachers and learners, and anyone interested in a career in the creative and media industries and now includes production from the National Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic and the Birmingham Rep.
This site won two interactive BAFTA's in March 2005 in Learning and in Factual as well as an Association of Online Publishers Award. The site also won a UN World Summit Award in the e-learning category. This global contest selects and promotes the world's best online content and applications. The website was up against 1,344 entries from 168 countries with just 40 awards on offer. Go to website
Inside Out
Medium: Web
Client: English National Opera
Providing back stage access to the English National Opera, Inside Out gives audiences a unique level access to backstage action at the opera including performers blogs, 360 tours of the Coliseum, live webcasts and the opportunity of giving feedback by leaving reviews.
The site includes an online singing lesson with acclaimed soprano Janis Kelly. Visitors to the site can also opt to be put through their vocal paces with a bit of help from well-known singing celebrity Kwame Kwei-Armah (actor, playwright and Celebrity Fame Academy contestant). Whether it's learning how voice is produced to supporting breathing and warming up your body, Inside Out provides a great chance for music and opera fans to interact with their favourite art form. Go to website
BBC FILM Network
Medium: Web
Client: BBC
Film Network is a BBC website designed to showcase new British film talent by screening short films and profiling the people who made them. The site also provides filmmakers and audiences with community tools allowing them to comment on the films and exchange tips, advice and ideas.
Illumina Digital worked with the BBC's editorial and design team to implement the site and community functionality. Go to website