Panasonic camera review makes front cover of Focus magazine

After spending a few weeks working with the Panasonic AF-101 on the set of The Reverend, Mark was asked by the editor of the IOV (Institute of Videography) monthly industry magazine 'Focus' to write a review of the camera and what it was like to work with it. We prepared a series ...

Internal business update film for Actavis Pharmaceuticals CEO

We have been working with one of the largest employers in North Devon, Actavis Pharmaceuticals to create a video presentation for their Internal Business Update. We travelled to the company's UK headquarters in Barnstaple to meet with CEO Sara Matthews who made a confident presentatio...

Springboard Consultancy Conference film complete

Earlier this month we attended and filmed the Springboard Consultancy annual conference in Milton Keynes. Filming with several cameras to capture teh live event and a series of Interviews with early attendees from all over the World. We have taken the footage, which included all the the p...

Conference & interview filming for Springboard Consultancy

We have been busy filming with Springboard Consultancy at their annual conference in Milton Keynes. Mark used two Panasonic AF-101 cameras to film the speakers at the conference as well as interviewing key delegates and a number or of guests. The footage will be edited into a highlights ...

Location shoot for Bristol Uni Faculty of Engineering admissions DVD

Stu and Matt from Maniac Films have just returned from a final shoot in Bristol with The Faculty of Engineering at Bristol University, collecting the last pieces for a 2011/2012 faculty admissions film. This shoot was to capture a few interviews and final shots that we had been unable to ...

Screen legend Rutger Hauer joins the cast of The Reverend

Currently filming on location, the producers of the upcoming film 'The Reverend' have just announced that screen legend Rutger Hauer has joined the cast as the Devil himself, playing opposite "The Almighty" (embodied by Giovanni Lombardo Radice). Rutger Hauer is arguably...

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...

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...

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...

Paddle 4 Relief 2010 promo completed

We have just finished editing the 2010 promo film for Paddle4Relief, a Devon based charity set-up to help people in Sri Lanka affected by the 2006 Tsunami. The video was shot mainly on-location in Sri Lanka by Paddle4Relief founder Tim Tanton on his trip earlier in 2010. It features foota...

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...

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...

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...