Gimbal crew hire for live conference event

We were contacted by Rob from Waggle Events, who needed a two crew members who could operate gimbal cameras with wireless video transmitters for a team building evert at a conference in Wales. The conference was for a major soft drinks manufacturer and included a 2 hour team building even...

Karate Kata Filming for Chiltern Karate Association with Dave Davenport

Mark has been busy producing Karate training videos with 6th Dan Black Belt Shotokan Karate Sensei David Davenport in the Exmoor Studio in Dulverton, Somerset. David runs a local Karate group in Brushford in Exmoor which falls under the umbrellla of the Chiltern Karate Association that Dav...

Filming Crew for Blue Earth Summit Bristol

The Blue Earth Summit has returned to Bristol for its third year with some of the most influential voices in business, sustainability, and conservation. Mark was part of the highlights filming crew for the first 2 days at the Propyard in Bristol 11-12 October, capturing video of delegates ...

Maniac Films Teranex powers UK NFL games live coverage

For a second year, we have provided EMGLIVEUK with one of our Blackmagic Teranex Express standards converters to assist with their live coverage of the NFL (National Fotball League) games in the UK during October On the 2nd October, the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings (with...

Lens sponsorship for Morris Men movie

Maniac Films are proud to be sponsoring the new movie, Morris Men, written & produced by DB Morgan and directed by Gregg Masuak. We were contacted by Producer Dom to request our help with kit for his 3rd feature film. Although they had most of the kit needed for the shoot, they were...

Crew hire for hybrid zoom Conference

We were contacted by Rob from Waggle Events, who needed a crew who could operate both a Zoom and VMix for a hybrid conference event in Lancaster. The event was based around Sociology and saw experts and students from around the world attend either in person, or online via Zoom. Six cre...

TV spot filming at Wookey Hole Caves

Something festive and magical was happening at Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset last week as Halloween and Christmas came early. We were back working with Colin from Colour 247 to capture shots for some upcoming TV ads for Wookey Hole Caves. Setting up inside the circus theatre and inside...

Crew Hire for Cookware Ads with Poppy Cooks

Mark & Stu have been filming on location near Windsor with a local marketing company to film a series of adverts for a major cookware manufacturer. The adverts starred Chef and influencer Poppy Cooks, who has over one million followers on TikTok, has just released a cookbook and will ...

Royal International Air Tattoo Vision mixing crew for Planes TV

Mark has spent a fun day in a hot field at the Royal International Air Tattoo, setting up vision mixing kit and watching the planes perform ariel acrobatics and compete for a range of awards from best paint scheme, best individual flight display to best overall flying demonstration.. and t...

Crew hire for Corporate team building event

We were contacted by Rob from Waggle Events, who needed a camera crew for a corporate training event near Burton on Trent. The event for a large haircare brand, who had arranged a corporate teambuilding event over a few days for a number of their head office staff. Four crew members tr...

Drug Abuse films for Stand Against Violence Charity SAV

Mark has been filming interviews with a family for a series of educational videos for the Somerset-based charity Stand Against Violence (SAV) . The videos will be used in workshops as part of a community education program to inform children about the harmful effects of legal highs, cannabi...

Bridgwater Carnival Jubilation cart at Queens Jubiilee parade

We want to offer up a massive congratulations to our friends at Bridgwater Carnival, who created a stunning 100ft long carnival cart to take part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant on the 5th June 2022. The 100ft long carnival cart and 132 carnivalites performed in front of t...

Magical filming at Wookey Hole for TV spot

Something magical was happening at Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset yesterday We were working with Colour 247 to capture shots for an upcoming TV spot for Wookey Hole Caves. Setting up inside one of the famous caves, we were joined by the world renowned Witch of Wookey Hole as she weaved ...

Sound crew hire for Cladco promo shoot

Stu has spent two days working with local company Panoptic, filming a promo shoot in a studio in Exeter. Stu was on hand to capture audio, while the Panoptic team took care of the visuals. Maniac Films also provided lighting kit hire for the shoot. The shoot was for Cladco, a large c...

Livestream Crew and Cameras for London Law Firm

Mark has just returned from London, to provide a multicamera livestream service. The guys were back working again in the new head office of a London Law firm, having previously visited back in September and were once again assisting the client with a livestreamed conference to thier sta...

Bridgwater Carnival 2022 is going ahead!

Exciting news! After two years of the incredible Bridgwater Carnival not being able to go ahead, 2022 will see the return of Bridgwater Carnival live and in person! So Maniac Films will be back in Bridgwater on the 5th November to livestream the event. We will have multiple cameras ...

Dog Agility filming with AbsoluteDogs

Stu have been filming near Okehampton with the team from. AbsoluteDogs. He was filming a live event with a guest dog Agility trainer from Spain, Iban Cubedo. Joining in the class as well and filming the introductions for the day was our long time client Lauren Langman, fresh from her 1st ...

Equipment wet hire for Healthcare Product Promo Content

Mark has been providng LED lighting and assisting with filming for a North-Devon based marketing company to create a series of adverts and Instagram content for a major healthcare product manufacturer, aimed at the home-testing market . He was working as a camera assistant on the shoot ...

New Allen & Heath ZED-14 mixing desk

We have now added the Allen & Heath ZED-14 mixing desk to our rental kit. The ZED-14 is a perfect mixer for small bands, solo performers or AV applications. Its comprehensive feature set, compact size and fine lines combine to make it one of the best small mixers around. Provided wi...

Live event vision & audio mixing for Travel Chapter

The Maniac team have spent three days at the Pier House in Westward Ho! working with local company Panoptic. They were hired by holiday homes specialist Travel Chapter to assist with the AV for their yearly Christmas conference. Panoptic called us in as we have experience in live video ...

Live event filming for Super Trainer Live 2021

Stu has just returned from a 5 day event over the last weekend in Okehampton. He was filming the Zoom livestream converence for the annual Super Trainer Live event for Absolute Dogs. in 2020, coronavirus restrictions forced the team at Absolute Dogs to cancel their plans to hold th...

Live event mixing crew hire for Tailwind & major retailer

Mark has been back near London with the team from Tailwind Productions to provide live event mixing services for an event at the HQ of a major UK retailer in Welwyn Garden City.  Mark spent the afternoon setting up for the following two-day event which focussed on the retailers work w...

Bridgwater Carnival 2021 'Best Of' film production

On what should have been our 10th successive year of filming and live streaming at the incredible Bridgwater Carnival, sadly we were at home. For a 2nd year, the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop the event. So following last years success, the Carnival Committee decided to once again host a...

Crew hire for Cookware promotional filming

Mark has once again been filming on location in North Devon with a local marketing company. The crew gathered at a warehouse near South Molton to film a series of adverts for a major cookware manufacturer. He was working as a camera assistant on the shoot which involved a range of tech...

Teranex hire for UK NFL games live coverage

We have recently provided EMGLIVEUK with one of our Blackmagic Teranex Express standards converters to assist with thei live coverage of the highlyanticipated return of NFL (National Fotball League) games in the UK. On the 10th October, the Atlanta Falcons and the New York jets flew ove...