Crew Hire

Livestream filming for STL 2020

Stu spent 5 days over the last weekend in Okehampton filming the annual Super Trainer Live event for Absolute Dogs. Due to the coronavirus restrictions, the team at Absolute Dogs were forced to cancel their plan to hold their event in front of a 500 strong audience in Torquay. Instead ...

Camera crew hire for cookware promo shoot

Stu has spent the last 4 days on location in North Devon with a local marketing & events company. Stu was working as a camera assistant on the shoot which involved product demonstrations and unboxing videos for a major cookware company. Over the 4 days, Stu assisted with camera s...

Camera crew for Corporate film in Plymouth

Mark has been working with Plymouth based GSL Media to assist with a corporate video shoot. Mark was asked to film the CEO of a company based in Plymouth which make computer chips and semiconductors. He was the only member of crew for this shoot as there was was a need to keep numbers d...

Crew hire for cookware promo shoot in Barnstaple

Mark has been on a 2 day shoot in a show home in Barnstaple with a local marketing & events company, capturing footage for a major cookware brand. Due to the pandemic, the client viewed the shoot remotely, being sent a live feed of the footage bing recorded via the internet. Mark w...

Gimbal operator provided for Global Media

Stu has been filming in Plymouth with Global Media, the company behind radio stations such as Heart, Classic FM & Radio X. Global also provide marketing campaigns for companies across the UK and it was this branch of the company who contacted us. Global's regional head of video ...

Sound and Camera Crew Hire for White Screen Video shoot for UK Manufacturer

We have recently been engaged as lighting, camera and sound crew for a corporate video shoot for a major UK company for their internal e-learning group. We supplied a 3 meter wide white vinyl backdrop system with heavy duty light stand supports, LED lighting for the backdrop and the people...

Bridgwater Carnival 2019 Filming Crew Live Stream and DVD production

We have been back to Bridgwater again on 2nd November 2019 for our 8th successful year filming the fabulous Bridgwater Carnival with a live mix for the big screen and Live Streaming again this year to YouTube. The Carnival was a fantastic spectacle and a great success for the organisers. W...

Camera Crew Hire for Global Media

Global Media, the company behind radio stations such as Heart, Classic FM & Radio X also provide marketing campaigns for companies across the UK. We received a call from Globals regional head of video last week with a request for a camera operator to visit a local Care Home and film...

Live Event Crew for eSports Car Racing Event

We've been down to Mercedes Benz World with The Event House for the finals of the eSports Racing Championships (Project Cars 2) with a three person crew filming the car racing and the live commentary as well as interviewing the drivers and generating material for future promo films. Se...

Final green screen pickup shot for Wookey Hotel Advert

We've just finished a short pickup shot for one of the Wookey Hole Hotel adverts we filmed with Colour247 at the end of last year. We built a small bedroom set in our studio to film a green screen shot of a 'magic duvet' being pulled up - you can see the string but you wont see...

Video filming crew for Autosport International NEC 2019

We've been up to the NEC in Birmingham at the Autosport International show for a few days providing camera equipment and camera crew hire to The Event House eSports stand who were showcasing linked electronic car racing and motorcycle Virtual Reality gaming. The show was on 10th - 13th...

Maniac Films Video Crew Showreel 2019

Here is our new Video crew showreel for 2019. This is a collection of video clips from projects we have been involved in as crew up to the end of 2018 - some older and some newer. The clips range from crew on short and feature films, TV adverts, training films, sporting events, music video...

Gimbal operator for Pages of the Sea on Saunton Beach

Sunday 11th November 2018 say the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. As part of the events to mark this anniversary, on 32 beaches across the UK, giant sand portraits were created of some of the men & women who lost their lives during the war. The portraits were created by ...

Live Filming, Vision Mixing & live streaming at Bridgwater Carnival 2018

On Saturday 3rd November 2018, we arrived at 9am to set-up our gear for the 2018 Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, the largest illuminated procession in Britain. Maniac Films were back on location with a 7 person crew to document the event from 10:30am until the finish at 11:30pm. Although t...

Christmas TV Advert Filming with Colour247

We have been filming near the Brecon Beacons with Colour 247 for a series of Christmas TV adverts for a shopping Centre in Cardiff. We filmed the majority of the footage in the home of the family who will also star in the adverts and filmed one additional shot on the drive of another ho...

4K advert filming at Wookey Hole with Colour247

We've spent two days filming the various types of accommodation at Wookey Hole with Director Colin Martin from Colour 247 for a series of upcoming Web adverts. Mark did some camera tests in advance of the shoot to check the dynamic range and gradability of the Sony Slog2 mode on the A7...

Film crew hire for interviews in London

Mark & Stu have spent a day filming in central London for GSL Media. Usually Ben from GSL is the one manning the camera on these shoots with Stu providing audio services, but on this occasion Ben was unable to make it so he asked Mark to go along with Stu to take care of the filming. ...

Sound crew hire for major supermarket shoot

Back in the office after a 4 day shoot in London & Brighton, Stu has been recording sound on location for a series of e-learning videos for a major supermarket chain with GSL Media. The shoot took place in 4 of the supermarket chains stores, ranging from small 'local' conven...