Colour Grade and VFX for Fashion Brand Short

North Devon 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 filmed ...

Interview with A Surfer Film Repair & Conversion

Local legend Trev 'Toes' Lumley has been a key figure on the North Devon surfing scene for as long as we can remember. He ran an internet caf? and Eyeball surf check for many years and was the man to know for all things North Devon surfing.. In October Trevor popped into the Man...

Sales Awards Ceremony video Production for Actavis Pharma

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 year's event Maniac Films were asked to produce a video ...

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...