Last updated 11:38, Thursday, 08 May 2008

A CUMBRIAN trainee is hoping to score a filmmaking goal with his latest job – after being offered work on a new movie currently being shot in Liverpool.

In addition to fully-funding and supporting the making of Starstruck through Digital Departures, Vision and Media arranged for some exclusive, paid placements on the three-week shoot – with Jim Edgar, of Greyrigg, beating off stiff competition to claim his place on set.

Jim, fresh from his recent Vision and Media training experience on the Bollywood film Mr Bhatti on Chutti, filmed in Cumbria and soon to be released, is now honing his skills on Starstruck as Trainee Camera Assistant.

Starstruck is the third and final film to be commissioned through the prestigious Digital Departures initiative, and tells the story of two teenage girls who bond over a mutual crush on a footballer. As their friendship develops, the relationship and chemistry between them becomes increasingly powerful, fuelled by their dreams of wanting something out of their reach. When things go too far, their fantasy quickly descends in to a nightmare.