James releases Surfing at 70 film after editing lessons from Maniac

Back in July we announced that we had been teaching James Davis to edit on Final Cut. James has been a travel photographer for years, but editing moving images was a new challenge. James had recently filmed a documentary about himself 'Surfing at 70' and we provided editing less...

Edit training for Surfing at 70 Short Film at Saunton Sands

James Davis is a North Devon local surfer. Now there's nothing unusual in that...there are hundreds of surfers in the area. But where James differs is that he is 70 years old and still surfing strong on a Stand Up Paddleboard. James has been filming himself with GoPro cameras and th...

Editing for Garin Clay Quicksilver King of the Groms entry

We have just completed an edit for Garin Clay from Devon for his entry into the 2013 Quiksilver 'King of the Groms' contest. The video was originally shot by Devon based Mikey Corker with music by Scott Nixon supplied as part of the Quiksilver competition entry. The film needed ...

Fashion TV Shoot Edit and Grading on DaVinci Resolve

North Devon based photographer and filmmaker, Christopher Lane, contacted us recently for some help with colour grading a fashion TV advert shoot that he had shot in 4K on a Red Scarlet camera that he wanted to use as part of a Directors Reel (see link above for full video - the section is...

Sales conference awards video production for Actavis

The Actavis Awards Conference is an annual event for the UK sales teams for the pharmaceutical giant Actavis Pharmaceuticals, aimed at celebrating their sales successes and looking forward to the next year. For the event Maniac Films were asked to produce an Oscars style video presentat...

Review your colour grading toolset - tv-bay magazine article

This month Mark has found his work in print yet again, having previously been published in the IOV magazine on a number of occasions. This time Mark's knowledge has been put to paper in the tv-bay magazine (now Kitplus) in an article about using Da Vinci Resolve colour grading softw...

Finishing touches for Mr Pickles SaltRub Video

Mike Stocks (AKA Mr Pickles) and his monkeys are back with another video - this time to support Movember, a yearly event for men to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. Mike has created the film for a competition in which entrants had to create an original film promoting t...

Grading and VFX for Mike Stocks' new Music video - Black Heart

Mike Stocks (AKA Mr Pickle) has been working with his monkeys again on a follow-up to the successful music video - Dreamin' which we shot with him previously. This time Mike has used his monkey puppets to re-enact the famous 'Its Alive' scene from Frankenstein (where Dr Fran...

Colour grading for short film Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart is a new short film by Sara Barbas, a story of love, alienation and self-discovery. Sara contacted us for help with the final grade on the film, and we were happy to assist her in getting the project finished. Mark from Maniac Films took on the task with gusto and has taken...

Roll the credits, The Reverend feature film is complete!

It has been a long road but with the arrival of the credit roll and animated opening sequence, The Reverend edit is complete. Now time for the premiere! Having received and added the audio (in both stereo and surround) last week, we took delivery of the animated opening title sequence a...

Grade & VFX for The Reverend nears completion.

We have been working on the grade for The Reverend and have already finished the trailer, sent the audio to the sound designer and nearly completed 98% of the main film. With only the end credits and final audio mix to go on the main edit, we feel pleased with how the film looks! One of...

The Reverend Colour Grade and VFX begins at Maniac Films

Fresh from the edit suite, the final cut of the new Neil Jones film, The Reverend is now being graded by Maniac Films. We will also be adding additional visual effects and cleaning up shots to finish the feature film. We are also working on The Reverend trailer, grading and cleaning up ...

Mobile edit suite hire & editing assistance for Martin Cassini

Martin Cassini's campaign for traffic system reform - Equality Streets (formerly FiT Roads) - continues. After his appearance on BBC Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman, his latest project is a series of films for Cheshire East Council about the biggest shared space (no traffic lights) scheme...

MIA nomination for North Devon Movie Bus DVDs

We are excited to announce that Maniac Films have just received a nomination for an award at the Media & Innovation Awards in the Installation/Exhibition/Live Events category. Maniac Films have been involved in editing and post-production work on the archive documentary movies that pla...

Risen gets USA Premiere and more Cinema Screenings

Since the World premiere of Risen: The Howard Wintsone Story in Cardiff, the director and producers have been working hard to promote the film across the world. Risen will have it's US premiere on January 21st as part of the prestigious New Jersey International Film Festival and Dir...

Spanish subtitling for Mexican premiere of Risen: The Howard Winstone Story

Mexico City will soon play host to the Mexican premiere of the boxing biopic movie Risen: The Howard Winstone Story on IMDB. Director Neil Jones asked us if we could apply burnt-on Spanish subtitles to the film. The translations were carried out by staff from the WBC Mexico offices...

New trailer for Risen: The Howard Winstone Story online now

The latest trailer for the boxing biopic movie starring Stuart Brennan, Risen: The Howard Winstone Story is now available for viewing on YouTube. This is the first trailer to be released since the knockout premiere in Cardiff, Wales, in July and director Neil Jones has added quotes from...

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 vide...

Two more Moviebus films complete Post Production

We have just completed Post Production work, including the final edit, audio tweaking and grading for two more Movie Bus documentary archival project films for play out in the mobile cinema known as The Movie Bus. Film five in the series features the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracom...

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 world's biggest names in boxing and a n...

Web Video Editing for Springboard Consultancy

We were approached by North Devon based Springboard Consultancy to improve a series of videos that they had already filmed at their annual conference. The footage supplied by the client had been shot on a fairly basic video camera and was a bit under exposed and noisy. We tidied up...

Movie Bus archive films 3 and 4 completed Post

We have just completed the final edit, audio tweaking and grading for two more Movie bus project archival films: 'The Beast, the Hunt & the Harvest' and 'Hippies & Hooligans - Yesterday's Westcountry Youth'. Film three has scenes from the Hunt for the Beast o...

Movie Bus film two Post Production Completed

Emma Giffard delivered the rough cut of the 2nd film for the North Devon Movie Bus - Soot bombs and Blazing Barrels to our studio in North Devon. The second Movie Bus film is about local customs and celebrations, and does North Devon know how to celebrate! 'Soot bombs and Blazing Ba...

RISEN Director Neil Jones delivers final rushes for VFX and Grading and grade

Neil Jones, director of Risen: The Howard Winstone Story travelled across from Merthyr in Wales to deliver rushes from the last shoot and the final edit. Neil is now handing the film over to Maniac Films for all the Visual Effects shots (VFX), rotoscoping, cleanups and the final colour ...

Movie Bus Film One Completed plus Client Edit training

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 la...