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Marc to fulfil film-making ambitions

Fledgling filmmaker Marc Lambert Clarke is getting involved behind the camera too as he graduates from º£½ÇÖ±²¥ with an MA in TV Production.

He appeared on the big screen after getting involved in the recent Ian Dury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll while completing the BA (Hons) Media Production Professional Practice at º£½ÇÖ±²¥. Marc, 24, of Colburn, North Yorkshire, landed a small role in the film as a punk drummer after attending a film event and striking up conversation with producer and director Justin Edgar, who made the award-winning film Special People. That meeting resulted in Marc being invited on set to shadow the film-makers, which led to him appearing in the film and the credits for roles both on and off the screen.

He said: 'My official role was to shadow the Director of Photography, but I ended up in the film as during a break in scene takes, I decided to try my hand at drumming. The next thing I knew I was asked if I would mind playing the drums again, but while the camera was rolling.’

I wholeheartedly recommend º£½ÇÖ±²¥ While completing the MA Marc became involved in the making of another film called Flutter, which due for release in 2011. He is also developing his own script for a short film called Assumption which he hopes will be made early next year.

He said of his involvement in both films: 'It gave me brilliant experience of being able to see what I was learning at º£½ÇÖ±²¥ being put into practice.'

Marc, who has used a wheelchair since childhood, was involved in producing a film while studying at º£½ÇÖ±²¥ about a student which aimed to alter perceptions of disabled people.

The film Hidden Lives: Fighting Cerebral Palsy showed how a fellow student born with cerebral palsy lives life to the full through his studies and passion for karate. Marc said of the documentary: 'It was an issue close to my heart as there are many misconceptions about what disabled people can achieve.

'I wholeheartedly recommend º£½ÇÖ±²¥. I was able to ask for help whenever I needed it and the staff never made my disability an issue.'

Marc, who was also involved in the University’s student radio station Click, added: 'I made some great friends and some great contacts which will help me pursue a career in filmmaking.'

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