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 ...

Its a wrap on The Reverend

Maniac Films have been back on set to shoot the final scenes of the new film The Reverend. Mark Brindle from Maniac returned to Wales to resume his post as 1st AC / focus puller, second camera operator and grip assistant. Maniac Films are also providing camera rental and grip hire, inclu...

Stuart Brennan wins Welsh Bafta for Best Actor his role in Risen!

An amazing piece of news and a fantastic acheivement! Lead actor and producer Stuart Brennan has won the Bafta Cymru award for Best Actor Stuart received the award on the night from Suzanne Packer, star of BBC drama Casualty. He took a night off from filming his new film, The Reverend, th...

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...

Stuart Brennan nominated for Welsh Bafta for his role in Risen

Yet another great piece of news from the Risen camp! Lead actor and producer Stuart Brennan has just received a Bafta Cymru nomination for Best actor. This is the latest in a long line of positive feedback about the film of which we at Maniac Films are very proud to have worked on. The s...

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...

Filming starts on The Reverend - Maniac Films provide crew & cameras

Maniac Films have just started work a new film with TRF ltd, 'The Reverend'. Mark Brindle from Maniac will be on set working as 1st AC / focus puller, second camera operator and grip assistant. Maniac Films are also providing camera rental and grip hire, supplying two Panasonic AF...

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...

Risen wins 7 awards at 3 film festivals

Wow! What a great start for Risen: The Howard Winstone Story on the festival circuit. At the Newport International Film Festival in Wales, Risen almost swept the board! The film was nominated in 6 categories and won five! These were: Best Film: 'Risen: The Howard Winstone Story', ...

Artaura Productions website for Rooftops, Chimney Pots & Seagulls goes live

Matt Biggs from Artaura Productions has spent the last year documenting the lives of a family of seagulls that nested on a chimney opposite his home. The resulting film is called Rooftops, Chimney Pots & Seagulls. The film was shot on the Canon EOS 7D and the GoPro HD Hero, the latte...

World Premiere of Masterpiece - shot on Maniac video kit

Sunday 6th February 2011, Cardiff. The stage was set for the world Premier of Masterpiece, a new film directed by Andrew Tanner and produced by Burn Hand Films. Principle filming was completed in 2010 and Maniac Films provided the kit to do it. We supplied HVX200 cameras, grip equipment, ...

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...

London location filming with Uber for iPhone/iPad app

Maniac Films have just completed a one day shoot in London with Uber-London. Paul from Uber requested that we bring down two Canon 7d shooting rigs to film video content for an upcoming iPhone/iPad app. Mark Brindle from Maniac Films travelled down and filmed the action. The action was s...