Pro Moviemaker Autumn 2018

MARK SHARMAN CASE STUDY

THE DEEP DIVE

Mark Sharman was in the fortunate position of deciding early in life what his career would be, but actually achieving his ambition to be an underwater filmmaker called for a highly-focused approach

WORDS TERRY HOPE IMAGES MARK SHARMAN

F or many of us it can take a kinds of problems down the line. But for young Mark Sharman there was never any debate. “My interests from an early age were wildlife and scuba diving,” he recalls, “and by the time I left school I was also interested in filmmaking, so the three things naturally dovetailed.” Following a three-year degree in TV production undertaken at Bournemouth University, Mark then set about making frustratingly long time to work out what career we might want to work towards, leading to all

his dream come true. Astute enough to realise that he didn’t have enough practical experience of diving or filming underwater at that stage, he determined to put that right by volunteering to assist the Coral Cay Conservation group, which involved diving and gaining dive qualifications up to divemaster for three months in the Philippines. He then followed this up by spending a further three months in Egypt, scuba diving with tourists and producing a DVD of their activities for them to purchase at the end of their holiday.

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AUTUMN 2018 PRO MOVIEMAKER

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