Motion with something to say.
I’m Marika Drever, an independent motion designer and director. Title sequences, brand motion, explainer animation and music videos, designed, directed and animated in one pair of hands, with a trusted bench for sound and 3D.
- Director
- Marika Drever
- Studio
- Seagate, Dundee
- On the reel
- 15 projects since 2022
- Next start
- Monday 7 December
Showreel · six scenes · 0:24
The reel, cut from the work
Every frame is drawn live from the projects below. Pick a scene to jump to it, or pause and look closer.
In this reel
With reduced motion turned on in your device settings, the reel waits for Play and shows each scene as a still.
SC 01 — What I make
Four ways to make a thing move
- Title sequences4 projects Opening and end titles for drama, documentary, festivals and games.
- Brand motion4 projects Motion identities and toolkits that teams keep using after launch.
- Explainers4 projects Clear, warm films that make one difficult idea simple.
- Music videos3 projects Animated and mixed-media videos for independent artists and labels.
SC 02 — Selected work
Recent films, start to finish
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01 · Title sequence · 2025
The Lowlight Hours
Opening titles for a six-part drama set in one Dundee tenement over one long night. Each window lights as its character’s actor is named.
Kettlebrook Pictures · 1 min 12 s
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02 · Brand motion · 2026
Season of Tides
A motion identity for Bracken Hall’s new season, built from the waveform of the orchestra tuning. Forty concerts, one toolkit.
Bracken Hall · 45 s launch film
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03 · Music video · 2026
Paper Lanterns
A hand-drawn video for Small Weather: 2,568 drawings of lanterns rising over a sleeping town, coloured in eight weeks.
Small Weather · 3 min 34 s
What clients say
Marika found the visual idea inside a very complicated show, then gave us titles our viewers still talk about.
Clients include
- Bracken Hall
- Kettlebrook
- Morrowfield
- Ninefold
- Brightwell Libraries
- Skerrywear
- Taybridge Heat
- Bookbairn
- Glimmerfield
- Millhaven Museum
SC 03 — Journal
Notes from between the keyframes
SC 04 — Availability
Booking from December
I take on one main project at a time, with room for a short job alongside. The next new project can start on Monday 7 December.