Sub-Rosa

Follow young couple Eliza and Jonathan as they attend an party in hopes of bettering their standing within society but, as events of the night progress, they come to find that climbing the social ladder requires they be bloodthirsty...

Inspired by the cinematic storytelling of Supermassive Games, this short horror script includes select examples of dialogue options and potential QTEs. Being a tutorial stage, the overall outcome of this chapter is the same and all options link up to the same end.

Serious Point Games

Narrative Assistant

Currently part of the team at Serious Point Games developing 3D Murder Mystery Thriller game The Ski Lodge Murder. Play as Detective Lukas Braun as he is summoned to a party in a millionaire's ski lodge. As a storm sets in outside, leaving the guests stranded, a murder will require the detective to gather clues, solve puzzles and more to unravel the mystery and identify the culprit.

Writing, plot development, research, world and character building have been fantastic parts of the project to be involved in. Regular participation in writers rooms with the Creative Director Sean Dixon, Technical Operating Director Alex Crean and the rest of the lovely team has been invaluable to creatively problem solve narrative elements and how they relate to player experience, level design and asset creation.

Check out the company website here: Serious Point Games Website

Work samples will be available at a later point in development.

*The poster is promotional art for the game and not my own artwork.

HYPERLUNA

When a solar eclipse never ends and the whole world is plunged into darkness, Noah finds himself faced with the horrific consequences of bringing samples of the stubborn "moon" down to earth in this survival horror game.

THIS DARK MORNING

This Dark Morning is an interactive story game. Written in 2nd person, the player will make choices to survive and investigate the eerie happenings after waking up to sirens blaring outside and the terrifying realisation that they cannot see.

SNEAK PEEK

Take a peek into this text only science fiction / horror game that sees the player wake to realise that someone, or something, has taken their eyes in the night...

This Dark Morning will be available to play in early 2025.

Scripts

For examples of characterisation, voice, storytelling and dialogue, check out the examples below.

I'm Just Super

Abby learns that, unlike the movies, there is little glory in having super powers in the mundane every day.

The Offtrack Boogie

In this surreal horror, Max struggles as a new widower when his flat isn't as empty as it should be.

Sonders House

Julian has arrived in London seeking help for a paranormal problem in this supernatural black comedy.

Stand Her(e)

In this feature script sample, Chloe grows concerned when her wife refuses to move from one spot in this unsettling horror film.

Short Prose

For a variety of short stories, have a read of the samples below. Subjects range from wholesome moments to darker concepts.

Morning Ritual

A warm and relaxing story about starting the day, feeding the cat and turning on the kettle.

The End

This short story explores the nebulous idea of the end of all things.

Can I Kiss You?

A scene written twice from first and third person perspective of a friend asking 'can I kiss you?'

Password 1234

In this description of a lost phone, it's contents and more, a picture is painted of the reckless owner.

ABOUT ME

Story Artist & Narrative Assistant open to work in Narrative Design, Storyboarding or Game Writing. Excited to hop on to a wide variety of projects, it is of note that I am especially passionate about projects in horror, science fiction and fantasy genres and typically for teen and/or adult audiences. Projects outside of these subjects are very welcome!

EXPERIENCE:

NARRATIVE ASSISTANT - Serious Point Games

Collaboration to develop a VR Murder Mystery Thriller game. This includes plot, character and setting development, writing in script and spreadsheet format, creating puzzles, option trees, UI(UX) copywriting and character dialogue, and researching historical and visual references.

STORY ARTIST & ANIMATOR

Storyboard & Animatic Artist for multiple short films: B3 (2024), Hero’s Spirit (2024) and TV Dinner (2024). 2D Animator for mentioned short films and: The Fridge (2023) and Astray (2024). Keyframes, In-betweens, Clean Up & Compositing. Understanding pipelines across hybrid 2D & 3D short film production and Generalist skills.

SCOTART'S YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Awarded ScotArt’s Young Artist of the Year for Fife & worked with Underbelly in paid internship for Edinburgh's Hogmanay Celebration (2018/19).

EDUCATION

• BA (Hons) Animation (2024) - University of Dundee
  First Class / Distinction

• BA Visual Communication & Digital Publishing (2016) - Abertay University
  Upper Second Class / Merit

SHORT COURSES

• Story and Narrative Development for Games (2024) and

• Introduction to Game Design (2024) - California Institute of the Arts

• Creative Writing (2024) - Wesleyan University

OTHER ROLES:

• STORYBOARD & NARRATIVE DESIGN MENTEE (2023 - PRESENT) - Access: VFX

• PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR & STORY ARTIST (2022 - 2023) - Dingle Sting

• DESIGNER & COPYWRITER (2014 - 2019) - Freelance

• RESEARCH ASSISTANT (2017 - 2018) - Participatory Action Research

SCHOLARSHIPS:

• Ian Rankin Writing Scholarship (2020)

• Friends of Kirkcaldy Galleries Scholarship (2020)

• Jack Vettriano Art Scholarship (2018)

Projects: Story & Art

As a generalist, I approach story with skills in writing and art. I have found that this approach offers insight into the needs of various departments across game and film production pipelines. So, for storyboards, concepts and more, check out the projects below.

B3 (2024)

Storyboards and development of Comedy/Horror short film. Original story idea by Noah N. Dahlhaus.

The Deermother (2024)

Storyboards, Script and full Animatic for this atmospheric fantasy short film told entirely without dialogue.

Various Storyboards

Several smaller examples of storyboards and animatics.

Various Game Art

Several examples of game pitch artwork or games in early development.

Animation

Check out my 2D Animation & Generalist Showreel!

Figure Drawing

Sketches of models clothed and nude and in various poses and materials.

Young Artist of the Year (2018-19)

As recipient of ScotArt's YAotY, there was the opportunity to be involved in Edinburgh's Hogmanay ceremony!

CONTACT ME

Feel free to get in touch about projects, roles or just to say hi. Any emails should be responded to promptly.

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