Sound crew provided for shoot with major internet company

Stu has just returned from a 1 day shoot in London at the London HQ of a major internet search company, where he worked as a location sound recordist for an corporate training film with GSL Media. As mentioned, the shoot was for a very popular internet search company at their London HQ. T...

Live Event Kit and Crew for Mole Valley Farmers Dairy Conference

We've had a busy November with another Live event kit and crew hire this time for Phil Saunders Creative at the Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset for the Mole Valley Farmers Diary Conference. We did a full equipment pre-build and setup our ATEM 4K vison mixer kit and multiple 4K cameras ...

Live Filming & Vision Mixing for Bridgwater Carnival 2017

Saturday 4th November and we were up early to set-up our gear for the 2017 Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, the largest illuminated procession in Britain. Once again Maniac Films were on location with a 7 person crew to document the event all day and night. It was rather cold and we had a f...

Sound recordist & camera hire for charity film

Stu has just returned from a two day shoot in London with Ben from GSL Media as a sound recordist. Stu also took along a Sony a7s II 4K camera to allow Ben to shoot in 4K video. The team were filming a series of interviews for a major charity. All of the interviewees suffer from various t...

Sound crew hire for shoot in Copenhagen

Stu has just returned from a 2 day shoot in Copenhagen, where he fulfilled the role of sound recordist for an e-learning Health & Safety film with GSL Media. The shoot was for a major pharmaceutical company at their headquarters. The crew were there to film a series of short dram...

Triple-F dog fitness edit completed for Absolute Dogs

Back at the end of January we were in Okehampton capturing footage for a dog fitness DVD with the team from AbsoluteDogs. The DVD is mainly aimed at dogs who perform agility or take part in other high activity events. The programme on the DVD will help owners to work with their dogs to st...

Radio Mics hired for National Baby Swimming Week promo

Back in May 2017 we hired some Sennheiser Radio mics, as well as an audio recorder and camera top microphone to Water Babies in Exeter. Water Babies is a nationwide company which offer swimming classes for babies and young children, allowing them to gain confidence and build bonds with ...

Pro Trainer Course filming for Absolute Dogs

We have been filming in a brand new and rather luxurious location with the team from Absolute Dogs. They hired a beach side house in nearby Woolacombe with stunning views over the bay to use as a filming location for their upcoming Pro Dog Trainer online course. We shot the entire trainin...

Leash off game on DVD has shipped over 13000 copies

In March 2017 we filmed and edited the 'Leash Off, Game On' DVD for the team at AbsoluteDogs. The DVD is aimed at dog owners who worry about letting their dog off of the lead, perhaps because they will run off, or chase other dogs. The 45-minute DVD is FREE to anyone who wants ...

Tascam DR-10C micro audio recorders in stock

Maniac Films now stock the Tascam DR-10CS micro Linear PCM audio recorder. (for specs and hire prices see our Hire page) This is a fantastic little device that solves an issue that we would occasionally face when using radio mics - radio interference. Although radio mic systems are becomi...

Sound crew & camera hire for Pharmaceutical company film

Stu has been visiting the offices of a major pharmaceutical company near London with Ben from GSL Media. They were there to film sections for an online training module for new company starters. Stu was on location with his preferred location audio kit to ensure the best sound possible was ...

NBN Live event filming for Absolute Dogs

The Maniac team spent a rather soggy Wednesday filming a live dog training event with the crew from AbsoluteDogs. We were on location at a holiday park near Okehampton for 'Naughty But Nice Live', a week long event aimed at helping dog owners to train their unruly pets through a nu...

Boundary Games DVD filming with AbsoluteDogs

The Maniac Team have just returned from another shoot with the team from AbsoluteDogs near Okehampton. Along with some basic web content and promo ads, we also filmed the content for an upcoming DVD release to be released later this year. The DVD will be titled 'Boundary Games...

Film & sound crew hire for the Festival of Wonder

The Maniac team have just returned from a weekend trip to Guildford in Surrey to film part of The Festival of Wonder, a one day festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of Surrey. The event was held across multiple campuses and venues and involved both live music and als...

Web video content filming with Absolute Dogs

We have spent the day at Devon Dogs, filming a series of lessons and games for the AbsoluteDogs online community. Absolute Dogs offer a wide range of training options, to help owners to improve the behaviour, temperament and fitness of their dogs. We filmed a range of different lessons/ga...

Location audio crew for corporate film in plymouth

We sent Stu and his location audio kit down to Plymouth for a one day shoot with Ben from GSL Media. Ben was shooting a short drama for a major pharmaceutical firm which will be used as part of the companys internal e-learning system. The shoot was based in an office building and used two...

Filming an online training course with Absolute Dogs

Despite being based on a farm near Okehampton, Dog training specialist AbsoluteDogs have gained a worldwide online following with students across the globe. Part of this success is because of their online training courses and popular web series. We have been filming with the team from Abs...

Leash off game on DVD filming with Absolute Dogs

Based in Okehampton, the team at AbsoluteDogs have been working hard to create a new program to help dog owners to train their mischievous pets. Now that the training has been perfected, we were called in to film content for a new 45-minute DVD release. The DVD will be aimed at dog own...

Sound crew hire for internal training video shoot

Stu spent a day in Plymouth where he was working as a sound recordist crew for a corporate video with GSL Media. The crew were filming a series of mock interviews between a manager and employees for a major delivery company. The set-up was a simple one. All footage was shot from the poin...

Naughty But Nice video testimonials online

Following our recent filming with the team from AbsoluteDogs Naughty But Nice, a number of customer testimonials have now been posted online by the company. In total we filmed 6 customer testimonials, in which previous & current NBN customers shared their experiences and told us just ...

Cameraman hire for Southampton Hospital shoot

Stu has just returned from a days filming in Southampton for GSL Media. Ben from GSL was unfortunately double booked, and gave us a call about sending a cameraman down to Southampton to film a 30 minute piece for a conference. Stu made the journey down with the Sony PMW-200 camera, a tri...

Sound recordist hire for corporate shoot in London

Stu spent a day in London on a shoot with Ben from GSL Media as a sound recordist. The were filming sections for an in-house training video for one of the top 3 supermarkets in the UK and shooting took place at their London headquarters. The crew were there to film a number of introducti...

Fitness DVD filming with AbsoluteDogs

We have been back in Okehampton, for more filming with with the team from AbsoluteDogs. This time we were filming for an upcoming DVD release, that will explore ways to improve the fitness of dogs Mainly aimed at dogs who perform agility, or take part in other high activity events, the DV...

Safe loading of a Fuel Tanker Video for Greenergy International

This is the second video in a series of short 'behind the scenes' videos we have been producing for Greenergy International and is now online on their YouTube channel. Greenergy supply more then a quarter of the UK's road fuel, supplying to oil companies and supermarkets and ar...

Maniac supply camera power for Madness In The Method movie

Maniac FIlms have just supplied camera power in the form of Pag v-lok batteries for the upcoming feature film 'Madness In The Method'. We were contacted by camera operator Vince, who needed some extra juice for his camera on the shoot. The film is the directorial debut of Jason M...