Blu-ray Production for Isle of Man TT 2014 Official Review

We have been working on the Blu-ray release of the Isle of Man TT 2014 official review. This is our 3rd year working with content producers Duke to design and author the Blu-ray complete with motion and pop-up menus. The 4 hour feature + a 15min special feature were produced by Duke Marke...

DVD Production & Authoring of Thaddeus O'Sullivan films for the Irish Film Institute

The Irish Film Archive, Part of the Irish Film Institute has been working on a 2 disk DVD set documenting the films of Irish director Thaddeus O'Sullivan. The films were transferred from 35mm film into a digital format and cleaned up by in-house techs at the IFI. But whe...

DVD Duplication for 'Home Economics' Film

We have just completed a DVD print & duplication run for 'Home Economics', the new film by award winning director Rohan Green. Home Economics is a short film set in the aftermath of the London riots. It focuses primarily around the tale of Lola, an ex-convict who has just ...

DVD Production & Authoring for The Slayers

Filmmaker Alex Poray recently made headlines in north devon when, while filming a scene for his new film - The Slayers, staged kidnapping prompted the arrival of the police. Despite this setback Alex has finished the film and approached Maniac to help with DVD authoring. Alex had edi...

DVD Authoring for British Heart Foundation CHD

The British Heart Foundation carry out amazing work and recently they worked withTwoFour to produce a series of films on the theme of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) in children and how to support & raise a child born with it. Once the films were completed Twofo...

National Grid gas pensions DVD authoring

TwoFour productions have been working with the National Grid to create a DVD for staff informing them about changes to their gas pension scheme and how it may affect them. The completed films were sent to us by Twofour along with a folder of artwork assets and branding guidelines. Using ...

DVD production for In Heart & Action

Director Fiona Evans has been working with the Plymouth Centre for Faiths & Cultural Diversity (PCFCD) to create 'In Heart & Action' - a film exploring Faith Diversity in Plymouth through the experiences of young people. Fiona contacted us once the film was completed to as...

Audi Twin Cup DVD Authoring for Twofour

The AudiTwin Cup is a yearly sales & service competition held by car manufacturer Audi to celebrate & their hardest working dealerships. The finals of the competition were filmed by production company Twofour which included highlights of the service challenges held just before...

2-Disk DVD Box Authoring for 'The Railway' TV series for First Great Western

Produced by TwoFour and originally broadcast on Channel 5, The Railway documented the day-to-day workings of the First Great Western Railway Company. The series comprised of 8 x 45-min episodes. We were asked by TwoFour to produce a double dual-layer DVD box-set containing the entire TV...

DVD production for Twofour & a major car manufacturer

Working again with TwoFour, we have just completed a DVD production project with a very tight timescale. The DVD contained a highlights film produced for a major luxury car manufacturer by Twofour which was filmed at the graduation party for their sales staff. We were supplied with a DVD...

DVD authoring & duplication for United Surf Film

United is a new British surf film from Devon based Biscuit Dunker Productions. The film has been shot in Devon, Cornwall and Costa Rica and features some of the nations top short boarders. Pete & Ben had finished the edit and the launch party was fast approaching but they had no DVD&#...

DVD screener authoring for British Horror Film Festival

As part our ongoing partnership with The Film Festival Guild we have just completed a series of screener DVDs for the British Horror Film Festival 2013 Taking place in London on the 18-19th of October, this is the 4th year of the festival. We were sent a hard drive containing all of the ...

Blu-ray authoring for Le Mans 24 hour race 2013

We have just finished a Blu-ray authoring project for the 2013 Le Mans 24hour race, produced by Duke Marketing. This is the 2nd year that we have authored a Dual Layer Blu-ray for the Le Mans event in conjunction with Eurodiscs in London. The content comprised of four hours of event cove...

Blu-ray authoring and NTSC conversion for Isle of Man TT 2013

This time last year we faced our 1st Dual-Layer Blu-ray authoring project and we learnt a lot. This year we are working on the 2013 Isle of Man Blu-ray and we are prepared for it. The files have been delivered by Duke Marketing to us as a finished 4 hour film and we have converted it from...

Men & Motors DVD box sets authoring

We have been working with Men & Motors to produce 3 dvd box-sets using video from their archives. In total there are 3 box sets. The Iconic Cars collection (VW Beetle, Ford Capri and the Cortina), the Two Wheels collection (Two Wheels, Two Wheels better and Two Wheels extra) and the 1...

DVD & Blu-ray authoring and Russian subtitling for Picture Perfect

We have been working the DVD & Blu-ray authoring for Picture Perfect a new short film by Irina Izmestieva. The film centers around a grumpy pensioner who, after moving to live near his sister, finds an old painting in a car boot sale. This starts a chain of events that bring back memo...

DVD screener authoring for British Animation Film Festival

Continuing our role as Official Partner of The Film Festival Guild we have just completed a series of screener DVDs for the British Animation Film Festival For this festival we prepared four separate screeners - each to be shown at different cinemas. The films were supplied to us on a var...

DVD duplication for creative charity Forward Facing

Forward Facing is a charity that provides creative outlets to promote confidence, self-esteem and expression in people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We were contacted by Tasleen from the charity to help with the duplication of a DVD showcasing their recent 'Memory Making Day' in...

Maniac Films are official partners of the Film Festival Guild

Maniac Films have become the an Official partner of The Film Festival Guild in the role of Post Production partner We have already been helping the FFG out by preparing screener DVD's and an awards nomination film for the upcoming British Independent Film Festival We were sent all of...

Blu-ray authoring for Le Mans 24 hours 2012

Working with Eurodiscs in London, we have just finished on Blu-ray authoring project for the Le Mans 24hour race. The film was produced by the same company that was behind the Isle of man TT blu-ray last month. The content comprised of four hours of event coverage from the event. We enco...

Film conversion & DVD authoring for Boardroom charity event

The Museum of British Surfing in Braunton were hosting a special charity film night at Croyde Village Hall in conjunction with the Croyde Deckchair Cinema. Everything was arranged, the live music was booked and the tickets were sold out. But the day before the event they discovered that th...

Film conversion & DVD authoring for Amplitude Film Festival

August 31st saw The Croyde Deckchair Cinema play host to a new film festival focussing on extreme sports, The Amplitude Film Festival. After 10 month of planning the event was almost cancelled as only 3 tickets had been sold. However he was encouraged to hold out and nearly 100 people att...

Blu-ray authoring & NTSC conversion for IOM TT 2012

Working in collaboration with Eurodiscs in London, Maniac Films have just finished a Blu-ray authoring project of the Isle of Man 2012 TT Motorbike event for UK and US markets. This was our first Dual-Layer Blu-ray for mass replication, and it required buying in special software for the...

Multiple PAL to NTSC DVD conversions for Eurodiscs

We have built a strong relationship with Eurodiscs in London, and we were happy to help when they contacted us with a new task. Their client had supplied them with a collection of 10 DVDs, each containing 3 episodes from a different children's cartoon show, complete with Animated Me...

DVD authoring & printing for short film 'Locked In'

We were approached by film maker Valeria Appel to do some DVD print and duplication for her new short film Locked In We ended up doing a bit more then just duplication after spotting some issues with the sync, and did some re-syncing work and rebuilt the original time line at 25p and conv...