Graduate Film Edits for Lockheed Martin with Now Watch It!

We have been working with Ilfracombe based business communications company Now Watch It! to edit two short promo films for aerospace & defence company Lockheed Martin. The films, produced by Fiona from Now Watch It, focus on employment within Lockheed Martin, with one...

We Still Kill The Old Way now available on DVD & Blu-ray

New British gangster flick We Still Kill The Old Way is now available on DVD & Blu-ray. In May 2014 we provided our Blackmagic 4K camera, lenses, tripod and directors monitor for the shoot which took place in London and Marbella. Then in August we were asked to assist with some mot...

Editing Assistance & DVD Production for Family Photo Slideshow

We have been working with Fiona to help her to complete a photo slideshow film project and create a DVD. Fiona had already scanned & prepared the images and created a basic timeline in Final Cut X, however being unfamiliar with the software, she approached us to assist with fine-tuning...

Editing & Post-Production for Angler Walkabout DVD's

We are working with author Julian Wicksteed, writer of the Angler Walkabout series of books which document his fishing adventures to the "blank spots on the map". We are helping him to create a series of four DVD's, each one documenting one of his journeys across...

VFX Shot Production for We Still Kill the Old Way

We have been working with producer Neil Jones to help out with a couple of VFX shots for the upcoming Independant feature film We Still Kill The Old Way. Back in May we provided our Blackmagic 4K camera, lenses, tripod and directors monitor for the shoot which took place in London and...

Work Placement for Imogen

Just before starting the interview process for our new apprentice, we were joined for a week by Imogen, who is currently studying Animation at Falmouth University. As part of her course she is required to gain experience by spending time with companies like ourselves and we were happy to l...

Colour grade and rotoscoping for Atramentum 4K edit

Local photographer & film-maker, Christopher Lane, has asked us again to work on the colour grading for a 4K (Ultra High Definition) edit. The video is a promotional piece for use on his show reel and takes the form of a fictitious skin-care brand advert. The piece was edited on Avi...

Interview with the Surfer Film Repair & Conversion

Local legend Trev 'Toes' Lumley has been a key figure on the North Devon scene for as long as we can remember. In October Trev popped into the office brandishing a battered looking VHS tape. On the tape was a short comedy drama film made in the 90's called Interview With The...

Updating Promo Films for Inflatable Wall Company

We have just finished updating a number of existing promotional films for The Inflatable Wall Company, suppliers of inflatable training walls to the military and emergency services. The re-edits include new footage of soldiers training with the company's equipment shot by Stu in the...

Awards ceremony film production for Actavis

Last year we produced an Oscars themed film for The Actavis Awards Conference, an annual event for the UK sales teams at Actavis. The event is aimed at celebrating their successes and looking forward to the next year. For this years event Maniac Films were asked to produce a video prese...

Sales Awards Ceremony video Production for Actavis 2014

Last year we produced an Oscars themed film for The Actavis Awards Conference, an annual event for the UK sales teams at Actavis. The event is aimed at celebrating their successes and looking forward to the next year. For this years event Maniac Films were asked to produce a video prese...

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. He had recently filmed a documentary about himself 'Surfing at 70' and we provided lessons in how t...

New Teranex 2D video processor installed for realtime standards conversion

As part of our DVD authoring service, we spend a lot of time converting existing films from NTSC to PAL and vice versa. This can be very time consuming (especially on full HD 4 hour long programmes like the TT2013 Blu-ray!) Enter the Black Magic Teranex 2D. This unit promises to provide...

Edit training for Surfing at 70 film

James Davis is a 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! James has been filming himself with GoPro cameras and the assistance of local videographer Richard Gr...

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 QS comp entry. The fim needed to be tweaked to...