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December 2010 - Painting photography and site design for Katy Goodwin begins
We have started working on a brand new website for Croyde based seascape painter Katy Goodwin.
The aim of the website will be to promote her work and any upcoming exhibitions, as well as providing a platform to sell her work.
As part of the site creation, we are also photographing her paintings. Her pieces can vary from a 3x1' oil painting to a set of three that form one picture and huge 4x4ft canvasses. The challenge for us is to ensure that the photograph accurately protray the colours of the painting to truely show off her work.
We hope to have the website online early in 2011 with more pieces being added as we receive them
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December 2010 - New Genesis site in progress! New products added to current site.
We have been really busy re-vamping and updating the look of www.genesissurfshop.com. it's not quite ready yet, with a few finishing touches to be made.
The new-look site will be a cleaner, more modern website, with easier to use navigation and better overall functionality. The site should be online in January and will feature all of the same great products.
Robin, owner of Genesis said "I really love the new look of the site. I think it brings us in-line with other sites and will be a lot nicer for our customers to use. I'm really excited!".
As well as the site re-design, we have also been adding new products, many of which were online for the Christmas rush. and others willbe ready for January.
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December 2010 - Fusion and Devon Lanes & Longboards selling well!
We have found ourselves meeting repeated requests for more copies of both Fusion and Devon Lanes & Longboards.
Fusion is a UK surf film by Ross John and is (at the time of writing) one of the top 10 recommended films to buy on magicseaweed.com.
Devon lanes & Longboards is a UK longboard film by Andy Haworth. Every penny of profit goes towards cancer charities and at the time of writing has raised over £3500.
Both films are available to buy from our online shop
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December 2010 - Updated promo film for Bristol Univeristy Engineering dept.
In order to help promote the courses and teaching methods at the Engineering Department of Bristol University, we have just fished updating a short promo film for them.
We were sent a low-res rough edit with mono(left channel only) sound. The film had been made by cutting up a longer 20min edit, but had lost a lot of the original quality. Here at Maniac we re-cut the 6min edit, using footage from the full quality 20min film.
We also tweaked and fixed the sound, creating a stereo mix and cleaning a few distorted sections
The film was sent back to the University the next day to be shown as part of a presentation to future students.
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November 2010 - Visualise project shortlisted for The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010.
Visualise, a joint project between ProVision Communications, BT, Inmarsat, Maniac Films, 3CRL,ISC (Now NorthOne TV), U4EA and The University of Bristol has just been shortlisted for the The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010.
Mark Brindle from Maniac Films will be attending the awards at The Royal Society in London on December 3rd.
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November 2010 - Corinne Evans online portfolio website completed.
We have been working with surfer and model Corinne Evans to create a website that will serve as an online portfolio for her modelling work.
The site was designed by Chris Barrett of Barrett Design and the site was then edited and populated with images by our IT apprentice Craig as one of his 1st major projects. The build also included incorporating a blog feed into the site.
Images for the site were supplied by Corinne and we have no doubt that more will be added as she gets more work. You can visit the website now at www.corinneevans.com.
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November 2010 - DVD authoring for Making A Difference project
We have just finished authoring a dvd for The Devon Learning and Development Partnership. The DVD features four short films showing the work carried out in schools to help children from other countries to integrate into English schools.
Here at Maniac we designed DVD menus, created credit plates to play after each film and also made a PDF document detailing the work of the DevonLDP that was included on the DVD disk as a data item.
Joanna Tomlins from DevonLDP said about the DVD "Thank you! Beautifully chaptered. Very clear. Thank you thank you thank you!".
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October 2010 - London location filming with Uber for iPhone/iPad app
Maniac Films have just completed a one day shoot in London with Uber-London.
Paul from Uber requested that we bring down two Canon 7d shooting rigs to film video content for an upcoming iPhone/iPad app.
Mark Brindle from Maniac Films travelled down and filmed the action. The action was set in a modern apartment, with great views over London. To try and stopthe chocolate from melting before it was supposed to, Mark used Kino lamps to light the scene rather than our redheads.
The video involved melting a lot of chocolate and it's a real shame we didnt get to keep some of it!
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October 2010 - DVD authoring for Irish Film Institute GAA Gold film.
In another collaboration with Eurodiscs, we have provided DVD authoring services for a film produced by the Irish Film Institute (IFI).
The DVD featured archive footage, showing highlights from the All Ireland Hurling Finals 1948-1959. The films and artwork were supplied by the IFI.
We also carried out some audio clean-up and a few video tweaks to fix issues caused by the original film transfer process.
the film should be available from the Irish Film Institute website later this year.
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October 2010 - Music video filming for Theatre Giant upcoming production.
Maniac Films have spent a day filming a music video in Bournemouth with Theatre Giant using a Canon 7D video rig.
The video will be used to promote the up-coming West End musical currently being developed by the company. The song, called 'Immortal' has been written for and will be performed in the show.
The rough cut will be carried out by Stuart Brennan, who appears in the video alongside actor Ramin Karimloo and actress Lucy Jones. Maniac Films will be completing the edit with colour grading and any other post effects work that is required.
Directed by Peter Snee and with Mark Brindle from Maniac Films acting as DOP, the video was shot over three locations in one day, including the Pier Theatre, the Pier itself and a hotel in nearby Poole.
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October 2010 - Eurodiscs DVD ROM project complete.
We have been working with Eurodiscs to finish a mixed web/flash game DVD ROM for a large multinational.
This has been a time sensitive project with involvement from a number of design agencies and development partners to deliver over a million units. We have been building the dvd web interface with mixed html/javascript/flash for selecting content based on browser language to provide games and flash animated video created in different languages for the European market.
There is some very catchy song and dances in the content - all the maniac staff are well versed in the tunes now!
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October 2010 - Paddle 4 Relief 2010 promo completed.
We have just finished editing the 2010 promo film for Paddle4Relief, a Devon based charity set-up to help people in Sri Lanka affected by the 2006 Tsumani.
The video was shot mainly on-location in Sri Lanka by Paddle4Relief founder Tim Tanton on his trip earlier in 2010. It features footage of the work carried out by the chairty and some of the people it has helped.
The main edit was carried out by Steph Palmer, who helped us interview Tim as part of her work placement from Bournemouth Uni last summer. Steph kindly agreed to come back for a week to finish what she had started a year ago. The film was then finalised and tweaked by Stu from Maniac Films.
Tim Tanton was very pleased with the film, although he did tell us off for making him cry at the end! You can find out more about the Paddle4Relief charity, their work and how to get involved by visiting www.paddle4relief.co.uk.
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CINE - south west film networking event to be held in Exeter - Saturday 2nd October
We are very supportive of local film and we have recently become aware of a film networking based in the south west of England called CINE.
The event is to be held at The Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS on Saturday 2nd October.
Go along, meet other local film-makers and don't forget your business cards! Visit the CINE website for more information
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September 2010 - Promotional photoshoot for Saint Onyeka.
Almost two years after producing two music videos with Nigerian gospel singer Saint Onyeka, he has come back to us to carry out a photoshoot for his new album.
Saint Onyeka has now moved into a more rap based style, but still in-keeping with his gospel roots.
The shoot was carried out here at the Maniac offices using our Lastolite white vinyl backdrop using the Canon EOS 7D. Stu then quickly edited 180 of the best images in time to send them back to Nigeria.
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September 2010 - Spanish subtitling for Mexican premiere of Risen: The Howard Winstone Story.
Mexico City will soon play host to the Mexican premiere of the biopic movie Risen: The Howard Winstone Story.
Director Neil Jones asked us if we could apply spanish subtitles to the film. The translations were carried out by staff from the WBC Mexico offices and sent over to us. We then added the text to the timeline in Final Cut Pro, taking time to ensure correct alignment and reading times. We supplied the film on Blu-ray disk and also provided a HD Quicktime movie file on HDD to ensure compatability in Mexico
The film has generated a lot of interest in Mexico in part due to the importance of the legendary Vicente Saldivar in the story and also that current Mexican boxing hero Erik Morales stars in this role.
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September 2010 - Lightwave boom pole with integrated XLR cable added to rental kit.
This is our new Lightwave Boom Pole, an aluminium, 2.5m, 5 section boom pole.
The Lightwave boom pole features an innovative triple-cam locking system which allows for minimal twisting when locking/unlocking. It also has a coiled XLR cable fittd inside the pole, making for a tidier working area on location.
The pole weighs 780g, collapses to 0.66m(2'2") and extends to 2.5m(8'2").
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August 2010 - New trailer for Risen: The Howard Winstone Story online now
The latest trailer for the biopic movie, Risen: The Howard Winstone Story is now vailable for viewing on YouTube.
This is the 1st trailer to be released since the knockout premiere in July and director Neil Jones has added quotes from reviews to the trailer. Here at Maniac Films we cleaned up the edit and encoded the video for web viewing.
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August 2010 - Aichi DVD mastering for John Williams and Richard Harvey
In 2005, world renowned guitarist John Williams played at the 2005 expo in Aichi, Japan with composer and musician Richard Harvey.
We were asked to master the final DVD for production. This included creating working menus from the clients design and implementing a 5.1 surround/stereo audio option.
The final DVD features 13 live tracks, an animated photo gallery and audio options.
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August 2010 - Steph Palmer returns to edit Paddle4Relief promo
Steph Palmer, who joined us last summer for work placement from Bournemouth University, has returned to work with for a week on a project that began during her last visit.
In June last year we interviewed Tim Tanton Paddle4Relief and he has just returned from a trip to Sri-Lanka with video of the charities work. Steph returned to edit together a promotional film for the charity, highloghting the work they do to improve the lives of people affected by the 2004 tsunami.
Steph has left edit in our hands for audio sweetening and any small changes that Tim may require. The film should be online soon.
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August 2010 - Two more Moviebus films completed
We have just completed the final edit, audio tweaking and grading for two more Moviebus projects.
Film five in the series features the coastal town of Ilfracombe and will have a premiere showing in Ilfracombe on the 20th August.
Film six takes a look at the changing North Devon coastline and how tourism has changed the way small villages look and feel.
For more information visit the Movie bus website.
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August 2010 - Glidetrack HD Slider Dolly 0.75m.
We love our SD slider from Glidetrack, and have decided to upgrade to a bigger model.
Our new HD slider is stronger and can support more weight. We have also chosen a 75cm length, allowing for longer tracking moves.
The physical dimensions of the slider are: length 75cm (30.5"), width 30cm (12") and depth 6cm (2.25")
The glidetrack is a very simple device. It can be set on any surface or on a tripod and provides beautiful tracking or panning dolly shots.
The unit can be mounted on pretty much any tripod and you can even attach a tripod head to the top for extra control.
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July 2010 - World Premiere of Risen: The Howard Winstone Story in Cardiff
We have just returned from our trip up the red carpet for the premiere of Risen: the Howard Winstone Story at the Cardiff international Arena.
The premiere was held as part of the WBC Night of Champions, a 3 day event that boasted some of the worlds biggest names in boxing and a number of these boxers were amongst the 5000 strong audience who watched the film.
The film received a standing ovation and everyone watched as actor Stuart Brennan (who played Mr Winstone in the film) and Howard Winstone's son, Howard Jr, recived honorary WBC title belts. It was a fantastic night and we feel proud of our part in this fantastic film.
For more info about Risen, See our dedicated Risen minisite
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July 2010 - Web video edits for Springboard Consultancy
We were approached by Springboard Consultancy with a series of videos that had been filmed at their annual conference.
We tidied up the visuals and cleaned up the audio before re-encoding for the web.
The videos can be viewed on the Springboard Consultancy website.
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July 2010 - London shoot for Uber and Betternest
London based digital media company Uber-London once again requested our assistance with filming and equipment for a shoot in central London.
Stu Gaunt from Maniac travelled down to the location near the Tate Modern to film a series of interviews with people who either worked in the building trade, or had recently renovated properties. The film was part of a promotional package for Betternest, a company looking to revolutionise home property renovation.
Two Canon 7D shooting rigs were used for the shoot along with the Edirol audio recorder and Kino-Flo lighting (to keep the temperature down in the small room).
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July 2010 - Website assistance for Battlefield Live Pennine
Following our work earlier in the year modfying the with Battlefield Live Devon website, we have been called upon to assist withanother website from teh same template.
Andy Robinson from BFLpennine.co.uk was put in touch with us by Paul Diamond from Battlefield Live Devon to assist with implementation of the new bflpennine website and to fix a number of issues that Andy could not overcome.
After some work and also some instruction in the use of the admin system we were able to solve the issues and deliver a functioning website.
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July 2010 - Contineo 7D & 5D cage
New into the office is a Contineo DSLR cage from Viewfactor. The Cage is a rigid, aluminium structure that completely surrounds the Canon EOS 7D body, (excluding the lens).
The cage is designed in a way that allows easy access to all buttons, panels and connections and also provides numerous mounting points for accessories.
The cage can be mounted onto our existing 15mm rod systems, so as well as providing an excellent level of protection for the camera, it inceases the versatility of the camera rig.
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June 2010 - Surf into Yoga DVD duplication for Extreme Horizon.
This is the latest surf and yoga DVD from Rochelle Ballard.
We were asked by Matt from Extreme Horizons to assist with the NTSC duplication which included sourcing recyclable DVD cases to fit the eco-friendly philosphy of many surfers.
The DVD is 85 minutes long and also includes 15 mins of extra features which includes a music video by Jack Johnson.
The multi-region DVD is available to buy on our Online Shop
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June 2010 - Greenscreen filming for Risen with Shaun Cummins.
We have just returned from shooting the final scene to be filmed for Risen: The Howard Winstone Story in Leicester with former professional boxer Shaun ?The Guvnor? Cummins.
The scene starred Cummins as a radio reporter, commentating on Howards final fight in the film against Mitsunori Seki.
We shot with the Panasonic HVX 200 using the Reflecmedia lite ring and Chromaflex screen for greenscreen functionality.
For more info about Risen, See our dedicated Risen minisite
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June 2010 - Big screen content for Goldcoast Oceanfest and live filming of Universe Inspectors
This years Goldcoast Oceanfest event in Croyde went perfectly and was blessed by good weather. We provided a range of adverts and prmotional videos to be displayed on the big screen for the weekend event.
The weekend also saw the 1st ever appearance of Croydes legendary reggae band The Universe Inspectors on the main stage. Maniac Films were on hand to film the band as the closing piece in the Unis documentary. Keep your eyes on this page for news on that.
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June 2010 - Moviebus films 3 and 4 completed.
We have just completed the final edit, audio tweaking and grading for two more Moviebus projects, The Beast, the Hunt & the Harvest and Hippies & Hooligans ? Yesterday?s Westcountry Youth.
Film three has scenes from the hunt for the Beast of Exmoor, as well as a surprising conclusion. There is a controversial debate about hunting, that was as fierce sixty years ago as it is today, and the powerful images of farming in days gone.
Film four is a hilarious journey into the lives of young people fifty or sixty years ago. Attitudes and expectations will surprise and shock you. Since the premiere, this film the cinema fills with laughter at the comic scenes from yesterday?s youth.
For more information visit the Movie bus website.
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June 2010 - Interactive maps for Battlefield Sports and Battlefield Sim websites.
Paul Diamond from Battlefield Sports and Battlefield Sim requested an update to his websites.
The brief was to create two interactive maps, one showing the world and the other showing Europe. A user should be able to click on a country and view details about the local distributor for that country.
The maps are now online and functioning exactly as intended. These maps represent one of that last stages of a series of website revamps for Battlefield Sports and Battlefield Sim.
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June 2010 - Go Pro HD hero wearable sports camera.
A fantastic little camera, the Go Pro HD Hero provides HD video in the smallest of spaces, even underwater!.
The camera features native 16:9 widescreen recording (optional 4:3) from a 3CCD sensor.
Seated within a waterproof housing (60m/180ft), the small camera, (measuring only 42mm x 60mm x 30mm (1.6"x2.4"x1.2")) can provide 1080p HD video recorded onto a SD or SDHC card.
Video resolutions: 1080p:30fps, 960p(4:3):30fps, 720p:60 or 30fps, WVGA(848x480pixels):60fps. The camera can also take stills and be programmed for burst modes.
The camera housing can be mounted to a large range of objects including the human head, chest and arms. It is powered by a Lion battery with 2.5hr battery life. Charger included (USB)
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June 2010 - Small HD monitor upgraded to DP1x
We have just recieved our upgraded Small HD DP1x. We sent our original monitor back to the manufacturers who have fitted new components and upgraded the firmware.
So whats new? Well they have improved the image processing, with more accurate scaling and colour. They have also included menu shortcuts/hotheys and new 1:1 pixel mapping.
All of this means that one of our favourite location monitors is now even better, and it is available for rental.
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May 2010 - Dub Train edit for Universe Inspectors
Filmed at 2 different gigs and the live studio recording for the EP 'One Day', this is the legendary Croyde reggae Ska funk band The Universe Inspectors performing 'Dub Train'. No overdubs, 1 take. Recorded for the nearly ready (!) upcoming Universe Inspectors documentary that should be finalised with the Uni's Goldcoast Oceanfest performance on 18th June 2010 in Croyde Bay, North Devon.
This video was recorded by Mark Brindle from Maniac Films on a Sony F900 (HDCAM), Canon 7D DSLR (H264) with Nikon 50mm/f1.4 at iso540 and Panasonic HVX200 (DVCPROHD) with Redrock M2 lens adapter and Nikon primes. Video of the Live studio recording has been mixed in with 2 different Uni's gigs.
The Universe Inspectors are Ralph Freeman (Bass guitar) Nick Austin (Saxaphone) Marcus Freeman (Drums) and Melvin Eveleigh (Lead and Vocals).
See them at www.universeinspectors.com for more gig dates and merchanise.
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May 2010 - DVD print design and duplication for Pete Bruntnell.
Local singer/songwriter Peter Bruntnell has just finished work on a short film documenting his recent tour of America
The film is titled ‘American Fairy Burger’ and follows Peter and his band as they travel across America playing gigs in small venues. The film is interspersed with comedy moments including a meeting with Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton.
Maniac Films created the DVD cover design from Peter's photos and printed them onto cardboard sleeves. We also duplicated the DVD disks which will be available to buy at any of Pete's gigs.
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May 2010 - Musicc DVD authoring and duplication for Artaura.
We have been working with Matt Biggs from Aratura Productions on another of his DVD projects
We provided a DVD authoring and duplication service for Matt, using watershield DVD's to provide a superior printed finish for the disk.
The disks were packaged inside standard dvd cases with printed covers.
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May 2010 - Astronomers and Fettu-share DVD authoring and and duplication.
Matt Biggs from Aratura Productions sent us two DVD's with artwork from some recent projects.
We provided him with our DVD authoring and duplication service using printing the disk images onto watershield DVD's for a cleaner finish.
The disks were packaged inside transparent C-shell cases - ideal for promotional DVD's.
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May 2010 - DAC9 HDMI-HD/SDI Converter
A new addition to our rental equipment is a Datavideo HDMI to HD/SDI converter HDMI to HD/SDI converter.
The unit is equipped with one HDMI input and 2x HD/DSI bnc outputs. It also has a velcro strap on the back allowing you to mount it on to a tripod (see image)
This useful converter has a number of uses. Firstly it allows us to use a Canon 7d or 5D mkII with our Panasonic 8inch and Tamuz 14.4inch monitors.
Second, it allows for much longer cable runs from a Video DSLR or HDMI source. HDMI is not suitable for long cable runs, but by converting to HD/SDI you can run for up to 200m to your video device.
The unit is powered by a 12v mains power supply can can be tripod mounted using the supplied velcro straps.
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April 2010 - Movie Bus film two completed.
Emma Giffard delivered to us the rough cut of the 2nd film for the North Devon Movie Bus - Sootbombs and Blazing Barrels.
The second film is about local customs and celebrations ? and does North Devon know how to celebrate! ?Sootbombs and Blazing Barrels? features rare 1930?s footage of Lynmouth Lifeboat Day, Barum Old Fair and Carnival, to Holsworthy Ale Tasting, Hatherleigh tar barrels, Westward Ho! potwalloping, the Torrington May Fair and chasing the Earl of Tyrone in Combe Martin.
Once again we provided color grading/correction, audio sweetening and DVD mastering for the film.
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May 2010 - RISEN Director Neil Jones delivers final edit
Neil Jones, director of Risen: The Howard Winstone Story travelled down from Methyr in Wales to deliver rushes from the last shoot and the final edit.
Neil is now handing the film over to us for Visual FX, rootscoping and the final grade. We will be editing using Final Cut, Motion and Syntheyes for motion tracking.
We now have to get the film completed in time for the Premiere in Cardiff in late July.
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For more info about Risen, See our dedicated Risen minisite
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May 2010 - Promotional photoshoot with the Universe Inspectors
We have just returned from a photoshoot with the boys from The Universe Inspectors at their rehearsal rooms on a nearby farm.
Mark from Maniac Films photographed the band in a field using a Canon EOS 7D in the evening and as usual they were full of energy, bouncing around and provinding plenty of opportunity for good snaps.
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May 2010 - Paul Diamond interview for 3c Research Viewnet film
We have just returned from filming an interview with Paul Diamond from Battlefield Sim in which we asked him to talk about his company, the technolgy and the significance of any future developments.
This is the third of three short interview pieces that we are filming as part of a project called ViewNet with 3c Research.
The three films are currently in post-production.
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April 2010 - DVD production and replication for Devon Lanes & Longboards
Andy Haworth of Born2Surf came to us with his newly finished longboarding film, Devon Lanes & Longboards, shot at various North Devon beaches and features some of the UK's top longboarders.
Andy brought the film to us and we did a basic colour grade, retimed the slo-mo sections and re-designed the film titles (based on the cover artwork by Chris Barrett of Barrettdesign.co.uk). We also created animated menus for the DVD before duplicating the finished product.
The film is dedicated to Andy's sister who is fighting cancer and all profits from the DVD will go to a charity of her choice.
For the slow-mo re-timing we purchased a new FCP plugin called Twixtor.
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April 2010 - Movie Bus film one completed and FCP tuition for Emma.
Emma Giffard from the North Devon Movie Bus contacted us for assistance in preparing the 1st film for the Movie Bus project.
We first provided Emma with a days Final Cut tuition, introducing her to editing basics which would allow her to complete the basic cut for the film.
A week later Emma delivered the 20min film to us and we added the finishing touches including colour correction and audio clean-up and DVD creation. The Movie Bus seeks to create 8 films about North devon using archive footage, giving people an insight into local history.
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April 2010 - Filming security scenes and interview for Viewnet project.
Continuing our project with 3C Research entitled Viewnet, we have just wrapped filming on the second of three scenarios.
We were joined on-set by Gerhard Heger, who works in security and close protection, for an interview about his work. He also acted out a VIP security scenario with Bill Clinton, played by Trev 'toes' Lumley.
On set we were joined by Matt Biggs from Artaura and Trev's sister in law who kindly brought along the fantastic looking presidential car.. We would like to thank Richard Gregory of Wavedreamer for loaning us a Go Pro HD camera.
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April 2010 - Motion logo creation for Northcore.
Matt from Northcore Boardriders contacted us with a simple brief. He needed a short animation with the company logo for the start of their web product promo videos.
We created a range of lo-res versions and eventually came up with a final piece in which we hav manipulated the Northcore logo to resemble a breaking wave that morphs into the final logo.
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March 2010 - Fobo Music showreel DVD completed
We have just finished an updated showreel film for Graham Boyle from Fobo Music UK. Fobo Music is a 2 man operation composing music for television and film.
The showreel DVD showcases examples of their work on a number of productions and will be used to further advertise the services that they offer.
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March 2010 - Craig joins Maniac Films as an IT apprentice
We would like to welcome Craig Attwood to the team.
Craig joins us under the Government's apprenticeship scheme and will be learning and working on websites, photo editing and a range of other topics. His learning will be supervised by a tutor from Petroc college in Barnstaple
Of course being an apprentice, we hope that he is well versed in tea making.
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March 2010 - Filming forensic scenes and interview for Viewnet project
As part of a new project 3C Research entitled Viewnet, we have been filming the first of three scenarios that will demonstarate the uses of geotagging software in real-life, professional situations.
We were joined on-set by Sarah James, a forensic investigator, who not only delivered a professional interview about her work the proposed technology, but also carried out a CSI forensic examination of our murder scene.
On set we were joined by Matt Biggs from Artaura who took on sound recording duties, and Nick from the Universe Inspectors who kindly out on a paper suit to play a crime scene investigator. We would like to thank Richard Gregory of Wavedreamer for loaning us a Go Pro HD camera.
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March 2010 - Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens
We now have a new Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens to work with our Canon EOS 7D video DSLR cameras.
This telephoto lens produces a very sharp image and provides filmmakers with a versatile zoom. With a widest aperture of f/2.8 constant through the zoom range, it will work very well in low light situations.
The lens features an internal focusing systemwith a minimum focusing distance of 1.5m (4.9ft).
We also have fader ND filters to work with this lens, giving greater light and aperture control.
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March 2010 - Maniac Films attend the Media Innovation awards
In February, Maniac Films nominated recieved a nomination for a Media Innovation Award, (our fourth nomination, two of which we won). We were nominated for an award in the 'Best DVD' category and so we drove down to the St Mellion International Resort, Cornwall for a slap-up meal and to cross our fingers.
We were joined by Fiona Evans and other staff members from Plymouth and District Racial Equality Council, who we worked with to create the 'Living Memory Lab' DVD.
Unfortunately this year we were beaten by another entry, but we still felt pleased to have been recognised for our work.
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February 2010 - DVD cover design for 'A Days Work' short film by Mark Fortune
We were contacted by director Mark Fortune with regards to designing the DVD cover and disk print for his latest short film, A Days Work.
Using a rough layout from Mark as a basis the cover underwent a number of revisions and test prints before we arrived at the final product. Mark is very pleased with the final piece and we will soon embark on the DVD menu layouts and audio options fo the film.
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February 2010 - Glidetrack SD Dolly 0.5m.
After much decision, we have finally taken delivery of a Glidetrack SD 0.5m portable dolly.
The glidetrack is a very simple device. It can be set on any surface or on a tripod and provides beautiful tracking or panning dolly shots.
The unit can be mounted on pretty much any tripod and you can even attach a tripod head to the top for extra control. If you combine two tripod heads you can even recreate a crane shot.
Our Glidetrack measures 50cm long and adds a new dimension to most shots. We reccommend this be used wih the Canon 7D, but other smaller cameras can be used as well.
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January 2010 - Editing assistance given to Pete Bruntnell with his American tour film
Local singer/songwriter Peter Bruntnell asked us to give him a little tuition to allow him to edit the footage from his recent tour of America.
Pete's tour saw him playing at small venues ancross America and he took a small camera with him to document the trip.
The DVD will be available later this year, keep an eye on this page for news or visit his Myspace
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January 2010 - Pete Bruntnell interview for Universe Inspectors rockmentary
Peter Bruntnell, a local singer/songwriter has been giving us his thoughts and memories of The Universe Inspectors for the rockumentary
This is likely to be the last interview for the film, one that was delayed as Pete was on a US tour.
Keep an eye on the Universe Inspectors website for more news from the band and rockmentary
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January 2009 - 2 more Canon EOS 7D DSLR cameras with full HD video.
We now have two more Canon Eos 7D DSLR cameras.
We loved the look and feel of the camera so much that we had to expand our range. The camera has also proved very popular for rentals.
The camera comes boast a 18MP APS-C CMOS sensor, Full HD video at 24, 25 and 30P and 720p variable frame rate. We also have more batteries and compact flash cards to go with it.
The 7D has both HDMI and composite video out for external monitoring, and will accept a powered external microphone for improved sound.
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January 2010 - Genesis photoshoot with new model Jasmine
The summer ranges are arriving at Genesis Surf Shop and this means that we will need someone to model the clothes for us.
Thankfully our friends at Crazy Fish modelling agency introduced us to Jasmine.
Jasmine has had some previous modelling experience and came along with her mum, a former model herself, who was on hand to fix hair or makeup
We were very pleased with Jasmine and hope to use her again for future clothing shoots. Check out Genesis Surf Shop to see the new ranges now!
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