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...

Maniac Films celebrate 10 years of film making

Wow! Has it really been 10 years? We have gone from one man using a single camera and laptop to film surfing to where we are today, working with international companies, working on feature films, making award winning documentary videos, corporate promos, TV adverts and a whole lot more! S...

Product photography for Lambland

We have been walking on the wild side with Lambland in Ilfracombe. A few weeks ago Paul from Lambland delivered a pile of reindeer and cow hide rugs for us to photograph and edit to be put onto their online shop. As every cow and reindeer hide is unique we photograph every single one - en...

Filming ammo testing with Battlefield Sim & Royal Marines Commandos

In 2009 we worked with new company Battlefield Sim to create a short promo film that demonstrated the durability of their Inflatable training walls when used with various weapons training ammunition. Three years on and Battlefield Sim is growing fast and need to update the old video. Stu ...

Maniac Films wins 1st place at the IOV awards

Back in September we announced that we had received 2 nominations for the annual IOV Institute of Videography (IOV) awards. Well we won 1st place in the best music video category for 'Dreamin' by Mr Pickles. We also received a highly commended award for our 'St Annes Chapel &#...

Internal staff update filming for Actavis Pharmaceuticals

We have been back to Actavis Pharmaceuticals near Barnstaple, to record a talk given by the company directors to staff. Actavis has recently merged with American pharmaceutical giant Watson and as part of their commitment to keeping staff up to date the CEO flew over to the UK to talk t...

Live filming and vision mixing for Bridgwater Carnival 2012

Bridgwater Carnival is the largest illuminated procession in Britain and is a major event in the towns calendar. We were asked to provide cameras and crew to film the parade and broadcast the footage onto a huge screen. We also displayed footage of bands playing on the stage and of the cr...

Simon Daukes - How to build a successful team - live presentation

Simon Daukes owner of Ash Barton manor lets you into the three key things that will help you build a successful team. Simon Daukes has had a hugely successful career as board director of a number of large businesses including the Haymarket Media Group and is currently a director of the Slo...

Rosalie Birch - How to perform under pressure - live presentation

What business can learn from sports psychology and how to perform under pressure - a short talk from Rosalie Birch, produced by Maniac Films. Rosalie is an ex-international cricketer and now PR consultant and marketing officer for surf life saving GB. We filmed the presentations with sev...