DCP & Disc Production Services UK from Maniac Films

Maniac Films Covid-19 Virus Update
Maniac Films are operating as normal for both production & camera hire services and will continue to do so until advised otherwise.
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.

Blu-Ray BDCMF encoding for RIAT 2016

Published Monday 14 November 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We were recently contacted by Iain from PlanesTV.com with a request for assistance in preparing Blu-ray masters for Replication. Replication factories require Blu Ray masters to be provided in a BDCMF format, which is not supported by many authoring programmes which are generally availabl...

Live filming, vision mixing + DVD & Blu-ray production for Bridgwater Carnival 2016

Published Wednesday 9 November 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Saturday 5th November saw the return of the annual Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, the largest illuminated procession in Britain. Once again Maniac FIlms were on location with a 7 man crew to document the event. After 2 years of providing cameras, crew and live vision mixing for the big...

Niki Perry Yoga DVD Authoring & Duplication

Published Wednesday 2 November 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have been working with Niki Perry of Niki Perry Yoga to produce copies of her new DVD, Transform Now. Transform Now contains 4 yoga exercises, ranging from beginners to advanced and an extra film covering breathing techniques. The exercises or 'flows' range from 30-75mins in ...

Mise Éire DVD & Blu-ray build for Gael Linn & IFI

Published Tuesday 25 October 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have been working with the Irish Film Institute (IFI) and Gael Linn to create both DVD and Blu-ray releases of Mise Éire. Made in 1959, Mise Éire is a documentary which tells of events in Ireland leading up to, during, and immediately after the 1916 Easter Rising, extensiv...

DVD authoring for Dark Was The Night feature

Published Tuesday 18 October 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just completed DVD authoring for the 2016 DVD release of Dark Was The Night, a 2014 American thriller film directed and produced by Jack Heller, and written by Tyler Hisel. The film stars Kevin Durand, Lukas Haas and Bianca Kajlich and the screenplay for The Trees (later to beco...

CD duplication for Steve Tucker's 'Billies Kid' book launch

Published Thursday 15 September 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Last year Steve Tucker, frontman for Steve Tucker's All Star Jazz Band, released his first book, 'Billie's Kid'. Steve was adopted as a baby and the book tells the true story of his search to find his biological mother and to discover where he came from. Included with ev...

The Animals of Farthing Wood DVD Box Set Authoring

Published Friday 26 August 2016 by Mark Brindle in DCP & Disc Production

We have recently finished DVD authoring and full Quality Check (QC) of a new 6 disc box set of the animated series 'The Animals of Farthing Wood' - now available from Network online. This complete children's series of 39 x 25 minute episodes first aired on TV in the early 1990s...

Great White DVD Authoring for retail

Published Wednesday 27 July 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Maniac Films have been working on a new DVD release of the 2008 suspense horror film, Great White. Originally released under the title 'Shark Swarm', the film stars John Schneider, Daryl Hannah, Armand Assante, F. Murray Abraham, Alan Fudge & Elisa Donovan. The film tells th...

Movie Legends Re-authoring for Brightspark

Published Thursday 14 July 2016 by Mark Brindle in DCP & Disc Production

We have been re-authoring some DVD titles for Brightspark from their Movie Legends range - older black and white movies from Hollywood Legends like John Wayne (The Man from Utah & The Star Packer), Robert Mitchum (Gung Ho) and Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope (Road to Bali). ...

Kung Fu Assassin DVD Authoring

Published Tuesday 28 June 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Maniac Films have been working on a DVD release of the 2008 2-part Kung Fu mini-series Kung Fu Assassin, starring David Carradine & Daryl Hannah. The following is a brief synopsis: 1929. China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire pr...

UFO DVD Authoring for Italian release

Published Friday 17 June 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just completed a 13 disk DVD authoring run of Gerry Anderson's UFO, a science fiction TV series first broadcast in 1970. The authoring has been carried out for Content Partners who have been working with the Italian distributor to arrange the release. Each disk cont...

DVD authoring for Lucky Lady re-release

Published Monday 23 May 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Maniac Films have been working on a DVD re-release of the 1975 comedy-drama film 'Lucky Lady', starring Gene Hackman, Liza Minellia and Burt Reynolds Set during the Prohibition era, we follow a young widow, Claire (Liza Minelli), who gets involved in liquor smuggling and romance...

DVD authoring for The Dark Corner 70th anniversary

Published Wednesday 4 May 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just completed DVD authoring for a re-release of the 1946 black & white film 'The Dark Corner'. The film tells the story of Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens), a tough private investigator who, when he realizes that he's being followed, confronts his assailant, a shift...

Angler Walkabout DVD encoding for Amazon streaming

Published Wednesday 27 April 2016 by Mark Brindle in DCP & Disc Production

We have been re-encoding the two Angler Walkabout fly fishing documentary films we helped edit by Julian Wicksteed to make them compatible for the Amazon online streaming service. Julian sells his DVDs and fly fishing books through his own website www.anglerwalkabout.com and also through A...

DCP building for Ilfracombe Film Festival

Published Friday 15 April 2016 by Mark Brindle in DCP & Disc Production

We have been building DCP (Digital Cinema Packages) for lots of short films for the Big Film Weekend at Ilfracombe Cinema. The Ilfracombe film festival is screening loads of 'Sea' related films over the weekend of 22-24th April 2016 with classic films like South Pacific, Point Brea...

The Inhabitants DVD Authoring for retail

Published Monday 21 March 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

We have just finished authoring a new DVD release for Three Wolves, The Inhabitants. This film has some pedigree in that it is from the writers of John Carpenters 'The Ward'. The Inhabitants is a horror film that was released in 2015. It tells the story of a couple who buy an hi...

CD duplication for Jim Watts

Published Thursday 17 March 2016 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Tiverton based blues musician Jim Watts got in touch with us, with regards to getting a duplication run of CDs back in August 2015. Jim has just collected a second run duplication run from us as the previous run have all sold out. The album '@ the acoustic warehouse' is a col...

Serco Training multi-lingual DVD authoring

Published Wednesday 16 March 2016 by Mark Brindle in DCP & Disc Production

We have been busy creating multi-lingual DVD masters for Serco corp's 'Our Code' training films that highlight the corporate code for Serco employees operating in the UK and overseas. We have created an NTSC master with special USA and Canadian only versions and a different PAL...