Miars Productions

About...

Here you’ll find all the information about the people involved within the work we do. Amongst the names are a little bit about themselves, the projects they may have worked on and if they have anything of their own on the go worth mentioning...

Mike Arscott

Mike was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. At the age of 13 he moved to Oakham, Rutland. There at Vale of Catmose College he met Tom Marshall. Over the 5 years at secondary school they did several small film projects in their spare time; mostly music videos.
Mike Arscott
After VCC, Mike moved onto Brooksby Melton College to do a National Diploma in Media. There he learnt all the wonders that come with the production and creation of films and things alike. During his two years there he worked on several projects that all helped to further his passion for the subject.
After college, he moved onto the University of Lincoln to continue Media at a degree level. After a year on the course he made the decision to switch course to expand his learning. Now on Games Computing, he is learning about programming, web design and other computing elements. He also continues his Media work in his own time.

In addition to his education work, Mike is also an involved gamer and musician. He has played guitar for 13 years, and has performed in many venues around the world. He is also guitarist and co-songwriter for the band, Rockall.

Humphrey Jack Shackleton Trevor

What can be said about Humphrey? Humphrey went to Brooksby Melton college where he studied Technical Theatre. He works and lives in Loughborough, with a production company called 'Bill Brookman Productions'.

Humphrey Jack Shackleton Trevor With them he does lots of IT technician stuff, photography, networking and general tasks he is asked of. He is also involved with the performance side of things, being a part of the shows and events they run.
Humphrey is an excellant unicyclist, can play the accordian beautfully and even combines the two at shows. He has worked on many websites, is part of the folk/jazz/rock band Rockall and does his own photography work.

He is currently designing his own series of websites, for personal and helpful use, which will be introduced to the world in the near future. In his spare time he likes to expand his learning on web related languages and computing in general. He also enjoys reading and long walks on the beach. He dreams of one day owning his own Hot Air Balloon company named, Humphaloons and sailing off into the sunset with his pet robo-dog.

Tom Marshall

Tom has been making and writing short films for quite a few years. He went Brooksby Melton College, Leicestershire where he completed a BTEC National Diploma in Media and an AS Film Studies, and is currently at the University of Lincoln studying for a BA Hons in Media Production, specialising in script writing.

Tom Marshall His most notable films are Jellied Eels (Linc FF Award Winner 2006) and Reliant Robbers (2008). He has written various sitcom scripts including A Peasant's Quest, which received positive feedback from the BBC. He is currently working on a sitcom called The Annoyance of Being Bernard set in a Victorian country house and a sitcom called Heaven on Earth about the controversial subject of Jesus returning to Earth in the present day. He is also trying to write his first musical based on the 1937 film 'Convict 99' starring Will Hay and a short musical film entitled Muzak. In addition to that he is also writing his first feature film about the decline of the music hall in the late 1950s. Come February '08 he also managed to make a fool of himself on the BBC’s The Weakest Link in March 2008.

Tom also acts in most of his films and is a member of various amateur and professional theatre companies including the Crowbar Theatre Company, Foul Play Theatre Company and Gasleak Theatre Company and has performed on stages in Holland, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg. He is lead singer and pianist for comic folk/rock/jazz band, Rockall, the pianist and lead vocals for the world's first cockney/ska/covers band, Fat Wallet and is in the Folk/Jazz/Blues band The Greene Kings. Tom runs his own production group Rutland Weekend Films, which can be found at www.rutlandweekendfilms.co.uk.