Daniel Capstick

Abridged work history below...


Freelance November 07 - Present

I am currently freelancing, and I have been engaged in work ranging through channel ident direction, brand film direction, corporate film and title sequences. Recent clients have included Imagination [Art Director], Tilt [Senior Broadcast Design Director], Man v’s Machine [Designer / Director] and Turquoise [Broadcast designer].

Notable credits:
Land Rover e-Terrain [Technical film exhibited at London Motor Show]
True Asian Series [Channel brand/ident/packaging design]
ZeroOne [Brand film]
Saudi Telecom Football Show [Programme titles]
The Fashion Show [Programme branding]


english&pockett April 05 - November 07

As Senior Designer I have been involved in all aspects of the branding process from initial client contact and briefings, through brand strategy and full development of the pitch document. I conceptulaise, strategise, design, animate and direct, and fully enjoy being able to get hands on animating/compositing if circumstances allow or require it...

Noteable credits:
BBC Knowledge [Channel brand/packaging/ident direction/image campaign]
BBC Lifestyle [Channel brand/ident/packaging design]
Discovery Channel - Moments in Time [Short films - direction/design]
TV6 Sweden [Channel brand/packaging/ident direction]
DWTV - Journal [Programme titles, stings, graphics]


Freelance October 01 - April 05

I worked as a freelance designer with clients including Turquoise, ISO, 4Creative, Precursor, Kemistry and e&p. My roles occupied much of the creative spectrum from purely animating through to fully fledged channel branding and ident directing.

Past projects include:
Egypt TV 1&2 [channel brand design/ident direction]
Setanta Sports [ident design/animation/direction]
Remedy Productions' Ear Candy [title sequence - design/animation/direction]
Channel4.com [website promo - design/animation/direction
KISS TV [ident design/animation]
Kanal2 [Estonia] [ident animation/direction].

I was also repped by Lost in Space as a Director/Designer. I have undertaken diverse work including: ORANGE/Think Farm [corporate motion graphic sequences], Roni Size/Flynn [ultra fast virtual steady cam moves through 3d virtual locations], Chris Clarke/WARP [collaboration with Richard Fenwick] and ESPN [magazine illustrations]. Also I worked with Precursor on a short film [Quietus shown at onedotzero8].

As part of a round world trip [2002 - 2003] I worked at various firms in Sydney. This included a music promo and programme titles at zspace, and an award winning title sequence for Big Brother at Ambience Entertainment.


Static 2358 Ltd July 99 - October 01

Immediately after graduating I joined Static as part of their Broadcast design team. Initially I was working alongside the team on the development of ideas for the refresh branding of Channel 4. My role rapidly developed into becoming a vital part of the broadcast design team, which alongside ideas creation and development, involved supplying 3D animated graphics and footage to all other designers on the team. Whilst at Static I worked on a number of high profile channel rebrands and idents worldwide, these include: Channel 4, Adventure One, Studio Universal, Rapture TV and the Star TV Network where Bill Browning credited me for changing the face of 3D graphics in Asia! I was also involved in the production of filmed elements, in particular motion control shoots working on pre-vis sequences through to final renders. Working in a 3D environment has given me a good grasp of spatial composition, lighting and motion which has proved invaluble on set. I have also worked on several non TV projects, including 'Sector 15x' a digital film shown on the home GMI screen in Leicester Square and S.I.Futures music promo.


education & awards

BA(hons) Graphic Design
Surrey Institute of Art and Design [09.96 - 06.99]
BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design
Wimbledon School of Art [09.95 - 06.96]3 A Levels in Art, Design & Communication, Geology
Esher Sixth Form College [09.93 - 06.95]

PROMAXBDA WORLD GOLD AWARDS Silver - BBC KNOWLEDGE - BEST NETWORK PACKAGE DESIGN
PROMAXBDA Gold Award [ASIA] - BBC KNOWLEDGE - BEST LOGO DESIGN
PROMAXBDA Gold Award [ASIA] - BBC LIFESTYLE - BEST IDENT
PROMAX Platinum Award [WORLD] - Best Website Promotion - Channel4.comPROMAX Gold Award [UK] - Best Graphic Design - Channel4.com
PROMAX SIlver Award [ANZ] - Best Programme Title Sequence - Big BrotherPROMAXBDA Bronze Award [UK] - Best Overall Channel Brand Package - Rapture TV