Additional filming for Laser Tag 4 Hire promotional films

Stu spent Sunday filming at a children's combat gaming party near Westward Ho! in North Devon. He was there to capture the fun and excitement of a Gaming party with equipment from Laser Tag 4 Hire who hire out their combat gaming guns to the public so that they can host their own part...

Promotional filming for Re-Track kickstarter project

Monday morning and we found ourselves stood on a blustery hilltop in Bristol. We were at Ashton Court to meet up with Simon Fowler, the creator of Re-Track and David Smee. Re-Track is a system for mountain biking that tracks your route using a newley designed sensor and records it to your...

Interview filming in Bideford for the PEEP programme

Stu & Charli have spent the morning filming at Halsannery near of Bideford. We were there to interview children from 3 local secondary schools who have been taking part in the P.E.E.P (Pupil & Employer Engagement Programme) which aims to introduce students to working life, allowin...

ECombat promotional film for MP7 Machine Pistol gaming gun

As reported earlier this month, we have been filming some more promotional video clips with ECombat Wholesale. This is one of the films produced to promote a brand new gaming gun that the company have developed for their customers - the MP7 machine pistol gaming gun. The guys at ECombat ...

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...

Come and see us at the Inspiring Business 2013 event in Barnstaple on 11th April

Come and meet your Maniac Films team at the Inspiring Business 2013 event at The Factory, Petroc in Barnstaple on 11th April 2013. The event is being hosted by the Barnstaple and District Chamber of Commerce with an aim to bring businesses together, promote networking and also teach new b...

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...

Live event filming for Actavis Town Hall presentations

Actavis Pharmaceuticals are a company that are dedicated to keeping their staff up to date. This involves regular 'Town Hall' meetings where senior management give presentations to the staff. Unfortunately not all members of staff can make it, so we were back at Actavis to film a ...

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...

Conference & workshop filming + highlight videos for BP

We have just spent 4 days filming in London with BP. We were contacted by North Devon based Tinder-Box who were organising the conference for BP and had some pre-workediting short films for the conference. Our first job saw us spending 2 days at the BP Faculty conference, filming intervie...

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...

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 ...