Stuart Brennan nominated for Welsh Bafta for his role in Risen

Yet another great piece of news from the Risen camp! Lead actor and producer Stuart Brennan has just received a Bafta Cymru nomination for Best actor. This is the latest in a long line of positive feedback about the film of which we at Maniac Films are very proud to have worked on. The s...

FutureTech filming at Bristol University Faculty of Engineering

At Bristol University they realise how important it is to encourage young school leavers to consider a university education, and this event, put on by the Electrical Engineering department, was all about creating some enthusiasm for future students. Maniac Films were called in to document...

Interview filming for Bristol University Faculty of Engineering project films

Engineering is a diverse and complicated subject, with research branching into many fields and disciplines. In order to highlight some of the work that students have undertaken on their course, The Bristol University Faculty of Engineering have asked us to produce a series of short interv...

Filming starts on The Reverend - Maniac Films provide crew & cameras

Maniac Films have just started work a new film with TRF ltd, 'The Reverend'. Mark Brindle from Maniac will be on set working as 1st AC / focus puller, second camera operator and grip assistant. Maniac Films are also providing camera rental and grip hire, supplying two Panasonic AF...

Interview filming for Bristol University Faculty of Engineering admissions film

There is no-one better to tell future students just how good it is to study engineering at Bristol than current students and staff! This is why we will be busy interviewing enthusiastic students and their tutors about the course, University life and the city itself to create a new film for...

Interview filming for Bristol University Faculty of Engineering Buggy Day

A highlight of the Bristol University Faculty of Engineering year is 'Buggy Day', an end of year project challenges the students to build a robot that can take on a series of challenges.   We also conducted interviews with students taking part throughout the day. This allo...

Mr Pickle on Britains Got Talent & the Daily Star newspaper

Wow! We never expected our music video would get this much attention! Croyde based singer/songwriter Mike Stocks (aka Mr Pickles) was head hunted last month by the producers of ITV's Britain's Got Talent. Mike accepted their invitation to appear on the show and took Stu from Maniac...

Risen wins 7 awards at 3 film festivals

Wow! What a great start for Risen: The Howard Winstone Story on the festival circuit. At the Newport International Film Festival in Wales, Risen almost swept the board! The film was nominated in 6 categories and won five! These were: Best Film: 'Risen: The Howard Winstone Story', ...

Artaura Productions website for Rooftops, Chimney Pots & Seagulls goes live

Matt Biggs from Artaura Productions has spent the last year documenting the lives of a family of seagulls that nested on a chimney opposite his home. The resulting film is called Rooftops, Chimney Pots & Seagulls. The film was shot on the Canon EOS 7D and the GoPro HD Hero, the latte...

World Premiere of Masterpiece - shot on Maniac video kit

Sunday 6th February 2011, Cardiff. The stage was set for the world Premier of Masterpiece, a new film directed by Andrew Tanner and produced by Burn Hand Films. Principle filming was completed in 2010 and Maniac Films provided the kit to do it. We supplied HVX200 cameras, grip equipment, ...

Visualise project shortlisted for The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010

Visualise, a joint project between ProVision Communications, BT, Inmarsat, Maniac Films, 3CRL,ISC (Now NorthOne TV), U4EA and The University of Bristol has just been shortlisted for the The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010. Mark Brindle from Maniac Films will be attending th...

London location filming with Uber for iPhone/iPad app

Maniac Films have just completed a one day shoot in London with Uber-London. Paul from Uber requested that we bring down two Canon 7d shooting rigs to film video content for an upcoming iPhone/iPad app. Mark Brindle from Maniac Films travelled down and filmed the action. The action was s...

Music video filming for Theatre Giant upcoming production of Houdini

Mark Brindle spent a day filming a complex music video promo in Bournemouth with Theatre Giant using a Canon 7D DSLR video rig and our Porta Jib. The video will be used to promote the up-coming West End musical currently being developed by the company. The song, called 'Immortal'...

Promotional photoshoot for Saint Onyeka

Almost two years after producing two music videos with Nigerian gospel singer Saint Onyeka, he has come back to us to carry out a photoshoot for his new album. Saint Onyeka has now moved into a more rap based style, but still in-keeping with his gospel roots. The shoot was carried out he...

London shoot for Uber and Betternest

London based digital media company Uber-London once again requested our assistance with filming and equipment for a shoot in central London. Stu Gaunt from Maniac travelled down to the location near the Tate Modern to film a series of interviews with people who either worked in the buildin...

Viewnet VR augmented reality project promo film is complete

Our project with 3C Research entitled Viewnet, is now complete. The film has been more complex than most promotional films due to the dramatic scenarios we had to recreate to tell the story of how the 3d tagging system could be used for augmented reality in a number of industries and scen...

Greenscreen filming for Risen with Shaun Cummins

We have just returned from shooting the final scene to be filmed for Risen: The Howard Winstone Story in Leicester with former professional boxer Shaun 'The Guvnor' Cummins. The scene starred Cummins as a radio reporter, commentating on Howards final fight in the film against Mits...

Big screen content for Goldcoast Oceanfest and live filming of Universe Inspectors

This years Goldcoast Oceanfest event in Croyde went perfectly and was blessed by good weather. We provided a range of adverts and promotional videos to be displayed on the big screen for the weekend event. The weekend also saw the 1st ever appearance of Croyde's legendary reggae band...

Dub Train edit for Universe Inspectors

Filmed at 2 different gigs and the live studio recording for the EP 'One Day', this is the legendary Croyde reggae Ska funk band The Universe Inspectors performing 'Dub Train'. No overdubs, 1 take. Recorded for the nearly ready (!) upcoming Universe Inspectors documentary ...

Promotional photoshoot with the Universe Inspectors

We have just returned from a photoshoot with the boys from The Universe Inspectors at their rehearsal rooms on a nearby farm. Mark from Maniac Films photographed the band in a field using a Canon EOS 7D in the evening and as usual they were full of energy, bouncing around and providing pl...

Paul Diamond interview for 3c Research Viewnet film

We have just returned from filming an interview with Paul Diamond from Battlefield Sim in which we asked him to talk about his company, the technology and the significance of any future developments. This is the third of three short interview pieces that we are filming as part of a projec...

Filming close protection scenes and interview for Viewnet VR project

Continuing our project with 3C Research entitled Viewnet, we have just wrapped filming on the second of three scenarios for demonstrating the uses of a technical project relating to geo-tagging in VR for the University of Bristol. We were joined on-set at Trimstone Manor in Devon, by Gerh...

Maniac Films Archive 2003-2009 is back online

The Maniac Films video production archive is back online for years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Click here for the main archive link or follow the Archive link in the footer. Mark started working in video production at the end of 2002 and spent a lot of 2003 in Fiji, Austra...

Filming forensic scenes and interview for Viewnet geo-tagging VR project

As part of a new project by 3C Research entitled Viewnet, we have been filming the first of three scenarios that will demonstrate the uses of geo-tagging software in real-life, professional situations. The project led by University of Bristol Maths and engineering departments involves Geo-...

Second Genesis photoshoot with new model Jasmine

With more clothing ranges arriving at Genesis Surf Shop, we called back Jasmine, who modeled for us back in January. Robin from Genesis was really pleased with the photos from the last shoot and asked us to call her back. Check out Genesis Surf Shop to see the new ranges now!  ...