Camera crew for Rideaway Equestiran Pilates shoot

Mark has spent a day working in Braunton with Pete from Pete Cox Photography as a second camera operator and lighting assistant. They were filming with Pilates instructor Rachael from rachhall.com to create a series of videos for an upcoming collaboration between her and Ride-away Eques...

Live Stream Crew hire for Tailwind & major retailer

Mark has been working in near London with the team from Tailwind Productions to provide a live stream mixing solution for an event at the HQ of a major UK retailer in Welwyn Garden City. Mark travelled up and spent the afternoon setting up for the two-day event, which featured a number ...

Crew hire for livestream at London law firm HQ

Mark has just returned from London, where he was working with local film-maker Pete Cox to provide a livestream service. The guys were working in the new head office of a London law firm and were assisting the client with a livestreamed conference with employees discussing a post-covid ...

Vision mixing crew hire for Supermarket

Mark has been working with Tailwind Productions from Bedford to help a major UK supermarket with a livestreaming event at their headquarters in Welwyn Garden City. Mark supplied a full livestreaming and live video mixing kit, including the Blackmagic ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K, Hyper...

10 days of filming content for Absolute Dogs

Based near Okehampton in Devon, dog training specialists AbsoluteDogs have gained a worldwide online following with students across the globe. Integral to this success are their subscription based online training courses and popular web series. Stu has spent 10 days of the last month, i...

Camera crew hire for Cookware promotional filming

Mark has been filming on location in North Devon with a local marketing company 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 technical shots and set-dressing. The shoot took place in an adapted...

Camera crew hire for wine promotional film

Stu has spent 2 days filming on location in North Devon with a local marketing & events company to film a series of adverts for a wine company. He was working as a camera assistant on the shoot which involved a range of technical shots and set-dressing. The shoot was for a major ...

Camera crew hire for healthcare promo shoot

Stu and Mark have spent 6 days filming on location in North Devon with a local marketing & events company. Stu was present for the first two days, and Mark took his place on days 3-6. They were both working as a camera assistant on the shoot which involved product demonstrations and...

Online workshops completed for Absolute Dogs

Back August 2020, Stu filmed three online dog training workshops with Absolute Dogs near Okehampton. The courses were filmed over 6 days. Two of them were 'live' events with students learning on location and the third was filmed behind closed doors. Despite being filmed in August,...

Promotional video for Robson & Stephens Funeral Directors

We have been working with Bridgwater and Minehead based funeral directors Robson & Stephens to produce a short promotional video advertising their business & services in the local area and for online use. As the video was shot during the Covid-19 pandemic, we reduced our crew do...

Somerset Freemasons 2020 Festival closure film

2020 has been an odd year and the Covid-19 outbreak has meant that many events that involve people gathering have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely. We were contacted by the Somerset Freemasons, who have been holding their 2020 fundraising festival throughout the year. Unfortunately...

Kit hire for Netflix Sex Education Series 3 shoot

We have just provided live mixing kit to the producers of the upcoming Netflix show; Sex Education series 3. Production of the popular show was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it was officially announced on Twitter in September that production had begun. Star Gillian Anderson (J...

Bridgwater Carnival 2020 'Best Of' film production

Ah Bridgwater Carnival, this should have been our 9th successive year of filming and live streaming this huge and fantastic annual event. Sadly the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop to that, as 10's of thousands of people cramming onto the streets of Bridgwater isn't the safest way to r...

Livestream filming for STL 2020

Stu spent 5 days over the last weekend in Okehampton filming the annual Super Trainer Live event for Absolute Dogs. Due to the coronavirus restrictions, the team at Absolute Dogs were forced to cancel their plan to hold their event in front of a 500 strong audience in Torquay. Instead the...

Professor Jack Darcy comedy short complete

Back ast the start of October, Stu filmed a satirical comedy short with Ross, better known by his comedian stage persona Professor Jack Darcy. Filmed at the famous Reform Club in London, former drinking club of Winston Churchill, Ross had penned a satirical short comedy piece about Donald...

Comedy short filming in London

Stu has been in London, filming a satirical comedy short with Ross, better known by his comedian stage persona Professor Jack Darcy. Stu was filming at the famous Reform Club in London, former drinking club of Winston Churchill. He was working on sound and was joined on set by Matt & ...

Hollyland Mars wireless talkback system in stock

Now available from Maniac FIlms for your next event or production, we bring you the Hollyland Mars T1000 full-duplex wireless talkback system. This digital wireless system has a range of approx 1000ft/300m from the base station to each of the four included Beltpacks with line of sight (L.O...

Camera crew hire for cookware promo shoot

Stu has spent the last 4 days on location in North Devon with a local marketing & events company. Stu was working as a camera assistant on the shoot which involved product demonstrations and unboxing videos for a major cookware company. Over the 4 days, Stu assisted with camera set-u...

Aputure Nova P300c 300w multi colour LED panel in stock

Now in stock and available for hire, the impressive Aputure P300c 300W RGBWW LED Soft Light The Nova P300c is a 300W RGBWW LED Soft Light. The P300c utilizes warm white and cool white LEDs, in addition to the typical RGB chipset used in color-mixing lights. This chipset increases its outp...

Camera crew for Corporate Interview Filming in Plymouth

Mark has been working with Plymouth based GSL Media to assist with a corporate video shoot at a technology company.  Mark was asked to film the CEO of a company based in Plymouth which make computer chips and semiconductors. He was the only member of crew for this shoot, as there w...

Crew hire for cookware promo shoot in Barnstaple

Mark has been on a 2 day shoot in a show home in Barnstaple with a local marketing & events company, capturing footage for a major cookware brand. Due to the pandemic, the client viewed the shoot remotely, being sent a live feed of the footage bing recorded via the internet. Mark was ...

2 day film shoot with Absolute Dogs

Stu spent Monday & Tuesday of this week filming a series of videos with the team from the AbsoluteDogs dog training company near Okehampton. The shoot was in doubt with the current Covid-19 situation and despite a lockdown starting on Monday evening, due to Stu having stayed in one of...

Live filming with Dog Agility World Champion

Stu spent the last weekend down at the AbsoluteDogs training venue where he filmed a 2 day dog agility training course, with guest trainer and agility world champion Tobia Wust from Germany.. Unfortunately the event was held right in the middle of Storm Dennis, so it was a chilly day but ...

Gimbal operator provided for Global Media

Stu has been filming in Plymouth with Global Media, the company behind radio stations such as Heart, Classic FM & Radio X. Global also provide marketing campaigns for companies across the UK and it was this branch of the company who contacted us. Global's regional head of video co...

Aputure Lantern diffuser now in stock

We love using the new Aputure LS C300d mk II, so when we saw that Aputure has released a new spherical softbox called 'The Lantern' we just had to get one in to try out! The lantern is so fast to set-up and use. This spherical softbox can pop open and be ready to use in mere secon...