Marek Makes A Movie

15. Film Festivals - with Paul Allen

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:18:49 GMT

Marek Larwood goes to speak to his friend Paul Allen, who has made shorts, features and documentaries, about his experience and thoughts on getting your film into Festivals. Marek has made his film now which you can see on his Youtube Channel. It is called

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14. My Movie

Sun, 23 Dec 2018 16:00:00 GMT

I bang on for half an hour about some of the things I learnt from making my film shortVlogmare which is out now the 'Marek Larwood' Youtube Channel. This is me talking for about half an hour, I even started to fall asleep editing it but hopeful someone might find some of the things interesting or useful. Thank you to everyone who donated and who helped me make the film. Skill.

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13. Filmmaking with Andy Wooding

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 19:44:16 GMT

Marek Larwood talks to Andy Wooding about his forthcoming short 'To Trend on Twitter', that has been four years in the making. They also talk about other stuff.

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12. Directing - with Iain Morris

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:39:54 GMT

Director of the Festival, Inbetweeners 2 and co-writer of the Inbetweeners talks to Marek Larwood about his latest film and what it's like to direct major films as well as other directing stuff.

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11. Making Shorts and Other Stuff - with Ben Adams

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:34:48 GMT

Ben Adams, from sketch group Broken Toaster, joins Marek to discuss problems with fundraising making shorts ands the trials of being in this difficult industry.

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10. Producing Stuff - with Nick Coupe

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:32:43 GMT

Nick Coupe, producer and listed as one of the Top 30 to watch in the TV Industry met with Marek to talk about what it is like producing low budget films and shorts. They also argued about the merits of Kit Kats and Penguins.

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9. Directing and film stuff - with David Spearing

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:36:49 GMT

Marek met up with David Spearing, director, writer and editor to talk about his experiences directing feature documentaries with McFly, short films and comedy sketches. David is part of the brilliant sketch group Broken Toaster.

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8. Fundraising on Kickstarter - with Matt Skillington

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 18:11:15 GMT

Marek goes to speak to Matt Skillington, a member of sketch group Seldom Differ, to find out how they managed to raise funds for their pilot on a successful kickstarter campaign.

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7. Short Films - with Simon Feilder

Tue, 22 May 2018 13:17:23 GMT

Marek Larwood is joined by his friend Simon Feilder and they discuss the making of Simon's short film Renaissance, as well as camera's, paying crew and the state of his spare room.

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6. Make up and Prosthetics - with Keleigh Thomas

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 12:57:26 GMT

Marek talks to Make Up Artist and Prosthetics maker Keleigh Thomas about the thumb he has commissioned from her as well as other make up stuff.

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5. Editing - with James Branch

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:53:44 GMT

Marek Larwood goes round his friend James Branch's house. James is a professional editor and they talk about working with 4K, proxy files and some really geeky editing stuff.

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4. Sound - with Paul Allen

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:41:19 GMT

Marek Larwood and Paul Allen go and record some sounds on Bembridge beach on the Isle of Wight. They then talk about sound while Marek records the podcast on a series of different microphones, it all gets pretty geeky. Finally Paul talks about how he got his film 'Big Font, Large Spacing' on Amazon Prime.

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3. Making a Documentary - with Tim Plester

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:19:48 GMT

Marek Larwood talks to his old friend Tim Plester about making documentaries such as 'The Ballad of Shirley Collins (2017) The Way of the Morris (2010) and a short film about dwile flonking.

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2. General Film Making Chat - with Bruce Webb

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:00:28 GMT

Marek Larwood goes all the way to Elephant & Castle to chat to director, producer and all round film making person Bruce Webb. They talk about film funding, distribution and polite ways of saying you are going to the toilet.

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1. Writing - with Paul Allen

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:59:26 GMT

Marek Larwood speaks to his old school friend and film maker Paul Allen about the film writing process, just how horrific it is and what to avoid . Paul made his first film 'Big Font Large Spacing' in 2009. Marek talks about ideas for a potential film titled 'Barry Needs a Piss".

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