DCP & Disc Production Services UK from Maniac Films

Maniac Films Covid-19 Virus Update
Maniac Films are still operating our camera hire service and will continue to do so until advised otherwise by the Government.
As a precaution we have increased our hygeine practises including the careful cleaning of any equipment returned to us
Our next day courier APC are still delivering, although drivers are taking precautions such as minimal contact with recipients

Please note: Due to courier restictions we are unable to ship out any orders on the same day as your order is placed. All orders will need to be completed by 4:30pm on the day before shipping. Thank you for your understanding.

Authoring for City Of Dreamers DVD release

Published Friday 11 March 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just completed the DVD authoring for the upcoming release of City Of Dreamers. Originally shot in 2012, the film will now get a full UK DVD release. The film follows Rose. She is an aspiring musician who moves to Brighton, keen to forget the world she's left behind, and i...

Replication for Destined To Survive Holocaust DVD

Published Monday 29 February 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

In 2009, we worked with Film-maker Fiona Evans and Director Jonathan Marshall MBE to create a DVD release of a documentary whcih they had been working on. The documentary, titled 'Destined To Survive', is the spoken testimony of Solly Irving, a Holocaust Survivor. Solly makes re...

The Fortune Teller - DVD authoring for retail

Published Friday 26 February 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Maniac Films have just authored a DVD release of The Fortune Teller - a supernatural horror film about a widow who is terrorised by an entity in her home. The film tells the story of Samantha, an actress who is employed as a fake Fortune Teller, but is thoroughly sceptic about all thing...

NTSC DVD Authoring & Replication for Absolute Dogs NTSC

Published Thursday 18 February 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Following on from the DVD production that we did for Absolute Dogs back in December, we have just finished creating an NTSC edition of their Naughty But Nice dog training DVD Naughty But Nice is a series of 3 films, totalling 2h 45mins that take dog and puppy owners through a range of t...

DVD authoring DAISY porn star documentary film

Published Tuesday 2 February 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just completed DVD authoring for the UK release a new documentary about retiring porn star, Daisy Rock - titled 'DAISY'. The film follows Daisy Rock as she heads to Ibiza for what may be her last porn shoot. We watch how she and the rest of the cast interact in their spa...

The Dreamwarrior DVD authoring

Published Thursday 28 January 2016 by Mark Brindle in DCP & Disc Production

We have finished authoring an Emmy award winning movie The Dreamwarrior (formally Dreamkeeper) to DVD. This film won the American Indian Movie Film Festival Award for the Best Film and Prime time Emmy Awards for The most outstanding special visual effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Speci...

DVD authoring for Between Two Worlds feature film

Published Thursday 21 January 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just completed DVD authoring for the first UK release of British rom-com, Between Two Worlds. This film has a great British cast including Chris Mason (Legend), Hannah Britland (Rush, Skins) and Lucien Laviscount (Waterloo Road, Coronation Street), but it has been making he...

Extra DVD duplication for the Inflatable Wall Company

Published Wednesday 20 January 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just updated the artwork and produced a further 300 copies of the promotional DVD for the Inflatable Wall Company. This DVD was produced in it's current state in September last year, when it was updated to include some new projects and updated promo films. The company has...

DCP Encoding for Festivals and Distribution

Published Monday 11 January 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

DCP (Digital Cinema Package) encoding from £30 + vat. DCP creation is the final step in film production for the delivery of a digital, high-resolution master for screening on digital cinema screens - for film festivals or for cinema distribution in preference to Apple Prores HQ. M...

DVD & Blu-ray Authoring/Production services

Published Monday 11 January 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Maniac Films provide a range of DVD and Blu-ray authoring & production services - from encoding & building a master disk, to simply producing multiple copies of your finished DVD. Authoring is the process of creating a DVD or Blu-ray video capable of playing on a DVD or Blu-ray pla...

DVD & Blu-ray Duplication & Replication Services

Published Monday 11 January 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

With DVD duplication from 50p & Blu-Ray from £1.15 per copy, Maniac Films offer the ability to make multiple copies of your DVD or Blu-ray, ranging from 10 - 10,000 copies (or more). For runs of up to 1000 copies, we can duplicate these in-house. For runs of over 1000 copies, we ...

DVD authoring for Italian release of Space 1999

Published Friday 8 January 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have been working again with Content Partners to produce a 24 disk collection of Space 1999, for release in the Italan DVD markets. Each disk contains 2 x 50 minute episodes and the collection covers both series of Space 1999 episodes which were originally aired between 1975 - 1977...

DVD Authoring & Replication for Absolute Dogs PAL

Published Monday 21 December 2015 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have been working with Absolute Dogs to produce copies of their Naughty But Nice dog training DVD as a PAL release for teh UK and European market. Naughty But Nice is a series of 3 films, totalling 2h 45mins that take dog and puppy owners through a range of techniques to help their p...

DVD & Blu-ray Production for My Honor Was Loyalty

Published Friday 18 December 2015 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

My Honor Was Loyalty is a new movie which follows a group of German soldiers facing the allies in the last days of WWII. We have assisted with the DVD & blu-ray authoring the the upcoming worldwide release of the film through Three Wolves. We were supplied with the finished German l...

DVD authoring for Italian release of Sherlock Holmes

Published Wednesday 16 December 2015 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have been working again with Content Partners to produce a 21 disk collection of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, for release in the Italan DVD markets. Each disk contains 2 x 50 minute episodes and the collection covers 3 series of Sherlock episodes which were originally produced ...

Wizard of Earthsea DVD authoring

Published Tuesday 15 December 2015 by Mark Brindle in DCP & Disc Production

We have been re-authoring the 2004 Miniseries Earthsea starring Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk and Danny Glover among others, into a new disc 'Wizard of Earthsea'. This popular award winning show about Wizards and dragons, swords and scorcery, good and evil is an entertaining diversi...

Boat Stories DVD & Blu-ray production - now on sale

Published Monday 14 December 2015 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Maniac Films have produced both DVD and Blu-ray releases for the Boat Stories project. The DVD contains all 10 Boat Stories films as well as a number of bonus short clips. The Blu-ray edition features even more bonus clips and a newly completed Family Wheel animated featurette. Both ...

DVD for Earth Apocalypse general release

Published Friday 11 December 2015 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just been working on a new DVD release for Three Wolves - Earth Apocalypse. This is a film that will soon be available to buy on general release through Amazon and other similar outlets. The film follows the story of Rez, a man with a eidetic memory, who is forced by a corrup...