Mark Davey

About Me

I am currently in Year one, studying BA Film and Media Production at UCW (University Centre Weston).

My three main media interests are camera operator, sound recordist and editing.

I wish to incorporate these skills into my personal life, as my hobbies are building and racing RC Cars (radio controlled cars). I am in the middle of building my own YouTube channel, MADRATS RC, to showcase this, using my own Go Pro’s and Drone equipment.

YouTube

my Films and OTHER Projects

1st YEAR

Everyday Activity - MEDICATION & ME

Our first assignment in Year one was a module called “Everyday Activity”. For this I decided to film a short piece about getting medication ready as this is a part of my daily life.

EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA - “SEA LIKE A MIRROR” - INFINITY MIRROR BOX

We had an assignment called Experimental Media and the theme was “Sea like a Mirror”

For this I decided I wanted to make from scratch, an infinity box with the theme the Sea. I hand made a box at home out of reclaimed wood, brought the mirrors and then sourced the materials to make it look like a scene from under the Sea.

This was displayed at the UCW’s Annual Experimental Media Showcase held at The Cube Microplex in Bristol.

DOCUMENTARY - MAD ABOUT RC

Our second assignment was to make a Documentary. I made a documentary called MAD about RC which was a short film about my obsession with RC Cars’. The MAD stands for my initials, Mark Anthony Davey.

RESIDENTIAL FILM PROJECT - barrow curse

Our Year One residential was originally to go to Germany, we ended up staying local and filmed in Uphill, Weston super Mare.

We made a short thriller about three backpackers who explore a local myth about a cairn where a mystical creature drags one of the backpackers back into the Earth.

My role was 1st AD,, Co- Director, Producer and Editor.

COLLABORATIVE WORK

HAPPYAHOLICS - RUNNER & ASSISTANT PRODUCER

Happyaholics is a Year Three student’s Final Film created and Directed by Star Davey, (also my wife!) It is a dark comedy about a self help group for very happy people who need to explore the doom and gloom of life.

My role was a Runner and Assistant Producer.

This film was selected to be screened at the Eat Our Shorts Film Festival at the BFI (British Film Institute) in London in October 2024. It also had an honourable mention at Folkestone Film Festival in February 2025.

THIS WOMAN’S WORK - DRONE OPERATOR

This Woman’s Work was a short film for Star Davey’s Year 3 Exploratory Project. She wanted to explore camera angles and for this I used my DJI Drone to shoot aerial scenes.

It’s about a woman who goes’s to the woods to hide evidence but finds more than she bargained for.

RADIUM MADNESS - SOUND RECORDIST

I was a sound recordist on a Year three student’s Final film called Radium Madness by Alfie Walsh.

Radium Madness is a psychological thriller about a young scientist developing madness from Radiation.

ALIEN ON THE RUN - ACTOR

Alien on the run is a slapstick comedy, for a Year Three student Jake Britton’s Final film.

It is about an Alien who crash lands on Earth. Alien’s have been crash landing for sometime and members of the public can report them for a cash reward.

I played the local police officer who tried to capture the Alien, so I could use the reward money to save my mother’s house being repossessed.