Student's Ian Drury film role

Jan 31 2010 by Nicola Juncar, Sunday Sun

Marc said: “It was a fantastic experience, and I had an awesome time during the filming. I’m in the film credits as the drummer at the house party and also as “Second Bolex Cameraman” for the footage I filmed during the Dury song.

“It gave me brilliant experience of being able to see what I was learning during my degree being put into practice. It broadened my skills along with the amazing experience of being on a film set.”

He was invited to the film premiere in London and also attended a film event for charities supporting cancer and polio, which Dury contracted as a child, leading him to use calipers.

Marc said: “Polio has been very much eradicated, but it is still affecting people, young and old.

“This film has helped to increase the awareness of polio.

“There has been debate about people who are not disabled playing someone who has a disability, but Andy Serkis did an amazing job in his role. I’ve used a wheelchair since I was a child and there are perceptions about someone who is disabled, as people often judge others on what they can see. Working on this film there were none of these barriers.”

Marc, who aims to be a film director, was involved in producing a film during his degree about a fellow Teesside University student which aimed to alter perceptions of disabled people.

The film, Hidden Lives: Fighting Cerebral Palsy, focused on student Liam Twizell who was born with cerebral palsy, showing how he lives life to the full through his studies and passion for karate.