Vampyre Heart release 'Afraid' music video shot on the PMW-200

In December 2013 we hired the Sony PMW-200 and a tripod, to Mark in Indochino Films to shoot a music video for 'Vampyre Heart'. The shoot was carried out over a weekend and Mark was extremely pleased with the kit: " Could I just say thank you for the help and the advice you g...

Mark Brindle's book to be used as course workbook for IAC filmmaking classes

Regular readers will know that Maniac Films director Mark Brindle released his 1st book "The Digital Filmmaking Handbook" in April 2013 (See here for details). Starting in 2014, the MasterClass Workshops (designed to take amateur cinematographers to the next level) will be using...

Live event filming for Actavis workshops

Actavis Pharmaceuticals recently held a management training session in Barnstaple's Park Hotel. Maniac Films were on location to film the sessions. Although we can't divulge the contents of the training, we can say that a team-building exercise took place which included pirate t...

Audio kit hire for short film 'My Boy Jack'

Earlier this month we hired our Arri lights, dimmer,  Edirol R-44 recorder and recording kit, and Glidetrack slider to Vivien from Red Sky Films. Vivien was shooting the short over the course of a weekend and drove up from Cornwall to collect the kit and get some advice on using it. ...

Masquerade ball video montage for Blue Fizz Events

Blue Fizz Events in North Devon provide bespoke event's management. recently they contacted us to help out with a Venetian Masked Ball Christmas Party that they were organising for a corporate client. Tracey from Blue Fizz needed a long (30 minutes +) video montage of Venetian ball ma...

Live filming and vision mixing for Bridgwater Carnival 2013

In 2013 we returned to Bridgwater Carnival, the largest illuminated procession in Britain, to provide live filming & vision mixing for the big screen in the centre of town. We again asked to provide cameras and crew to film the parade and broadcast the footage onto a huge screen. We a...

Promo shoot for Paignton Zoo at Exeter Chiefs Stadium

Well that was a little different to our usual filming days. Mark & Charli spent yesterday evening at the Exeter Chiefs rugby ground filming a number of the team. Nothing unusual in this until you realise that they were wearing nothing but their boots and briefs and had had their entir...

ReTrack video now live on Kickstarter

You can now support the ReTrack project on Kickstarter. Re-Track is a system for mountain biking that tracks your route using a sensor and records it to your smartphone. This is then uploaded the Re-track server where it will be processed and you can see re-watch your ride complete with s...

Manager training course filming in Jakarta Indonesia for BP

Stu & Matt have just returned from Jakarta in Indonesia where they have been filming a 2 day training course with BP. Although we can't disclose the content of the training course, we can say that it involved members of various management teams from across the Asia Pacific region ...

Filming for the Actavis Summer Extravaganza in Hartland Abbey

The yearly Actavis Pharmaceuticals Garden Party is an invitation only event for staff, held to thank them for another year of hard work. This years event was held in the grounds of the beautiful Hartland Abbey in North Devon. This is the 3rd summer party that we have filmed for Actavis - ...

A Day With The Port Glass film now online

Back in November 2012 we hired a Canon EOS 7D, Canon 70-200mm lens, Tokina ATX Pro 16-50mm lens and a tripod to Simon Cotter of Ruwac Films. He was filming a promotional video with Joel from Joel Customs to show off his newest surfboard shape - The Port Glass. If you need to hire an...

More filming for Laser Tag4Hire promotional films

Stu spent Sunday filming at a children's combat gaming party near Westward Ho! in North Devon. He was there to capture the fun and excitement of a Gaming party with equipment from Laser Tag 4 Hire who hire out their combat gaming guns to the public so that they can host their own pa...

Maniac Films provide equipment to film 'Indian Summer'

We were contacted by Hettie, the producer of a new short film from Old Rectory Pictures being shot in North Devon called Indian Summer. Shot mainly in and around Westward Ho! the film is described as "A politically incorrect love story featuring knights, burning arrows, conkers & ...

Promotional filming for Re-Track kickstarter project

Monday morning and we found ourselves stood on a blustery hilltop in Bristol. We were at Ashton Court to meet up with Simon Fowler, the creator of Re-Track and David Smee. Re-Track is a system for mountain biking that tracks your route using a newley designed sensor and records it to your...

Interview filming in Bideford for the PEEP programme

Stu & Charli have spent the morning filming at Halsannery near of Bideford. We were there to interview children from 3 local secondary schools who have been taking part in the P.E.E.P (Pupil & Employer Engagement Programme) which aims to introduce students to working life, allowin...

Interview with Anne Nolan for Blueprint Pictures

We have just returned from filming a an interview with the lovely Anne Nolan. (Yes one of the original Nolan Sisters!) We had been hired by Blueprint Pictures from Ireland to provide crew for the interview under the direction on company founder David Blake Knox. The interview took place ...

Presenter filming for Ecombat promotional & instructional films

Stu has been on location with ECombat Wholesale again to film a number of 'pieces to camera' for the upcoming promotional and instructional films to feature on their websites. The main film in a promotional video to advertise their newest gaming gun - the MP7. The other films will...

Mark's filmmaking book is now available to buy!

The new filmmaking book by Mark Brindle 'The Digital Filmmakers Handbook' is now available to buy from the Maniac Films online shop. The book was released on the 28th February 2013 through Amazon and other retailers and we are now able to offer it at the low price of just £5...

Location filming with eCombat Wholesale for new product demo video

Stu and apprentice Charli have been out on location with ECombat Wholesale - formerly the UK arm of Battlefield Sports - to film the promo for their latest laser tag gaming guns. During the shoot we worked alongside a local photographer as we filmed 2 female models and a male model with t...

Nautilus live album launch videos now online

Back in September we filmed the official Album launch event/gig for Nautilus, a 4 piece band from Taunton. We filmed the event using three cameras and recorded the audio separately using the Edirol. We have now produced 4 videos which the band can use for promotion. Three of these are li...

Mark Brindle appears on the John Govier show on BBC Radio Devon

Mark from Maniac Films will be appearing as a guest on the John Govier show on BBC Radio Devon. Mark will be there to speak about his new book - The Digital Filmmaking Handbook - which is released on the 28th of February 2013. You can listen to the show live on Saturday 23rd February bet...

Mark Brindle appears live on the BroadcastShow webcast

Mark from Maniac Films has just returned from Newbury where he was interviewed live on BroadcastShow.com about his new book. You can watch the show again by visiting http://www.broadcastshow.com/live. Mark's interview begins at around 17:24mins. The interview was conducted in a small...

Inflatable wall business promo filming for Battlefield Sim

We have been back to the Battlefield Sim offices to film a new video to promote their Inflatable Training Walls. The walls have recently been upgraded with an improved pressure release valve and the guys at Battlefield wanted to demonstrate this important feature. In order to do this we u...

USA university scholarship application filming with Anthony

We have been braving the elements on the greens at the Royal North Devon Golf Club in Westward Ho! We were there to film Anthony, a promising young golfing talent who has been offered a number of exciting scholarships at US Universities - the only problem is that they need to see footage ...

Entrepreneur First promo filming green screen horse

Wow this was an interesting challenge. We were contacted by Seb Agertoft who had applied for the Entrepreneur First programme. In order to make his application stand out he wanted to make a short film in a similar style to the Old Spice ads a few years ago. The aim was to create a seamles...