Gimbal operator for Pages of the Sea on Saunton Beach

Sunday 11th November 2018 say the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. As part of the events to mark this anniversary, on 32 beaches across the UK, giant sand portraits were created of some of the men & women who lost their lives during the war. The portraits were created by vo...

Live Filming, Vision Mixing & live streaming at Bridgwater Carnival 2018

On Saturday 3rd November 2018, we arrived at 9am to set-up our gear for the 2018 Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, the largest illuminated procession in Britain. Maniac Films were back on location with a 7 person crew to document the event from 10:30am until the finish at 11:30pm. Although t...

Inglorious - Where Are You Now - music video lighting & jib hire

Back in August 2018 we hired our Losmandy Porta-Jib, Arri and Ianiro lights, Sachtler tripod and a camera rig to Nathan James, lead singer of rock band Inglorious to shoot two new music videos for their upcoming 3rd album. The first music video has just been released in advance of the a...

Christmas TV Advert Filming with Colour247

We have been filming near the Brecon Beacons with Colour 247 for a series of Christmas TV adverts for a shopping Centre in Cardiff. We filmed the majority of the footage in the home of the family who will also star in the adverts and filmed one additional shot on the drive of another hous...

Wicked Events Course filming for Absolute Dogs

Stu has just come back from 2 days of filming with AbsoluteDogs at Roadford Lake near Okehampton. He was there to film a live event titled 'Wicked Events', a course for aspiring professional dog trainers to help them to run great dog training classes and events. Over the two days,...

4K advert filming at Wookey Hole with Colour247

We've spent two days filming the various types of accommodation at Wookey Hole with Director Colin Martin from Colour 247 for a series of upcoming Web adverts. Mark did some camera tests in advance of the shoot to check the dynamic range and gradability of the Sony Slog2 mode on the A7...

Film crew hire for interviews in London

Mark & Stu have spent a day filming in central London for GSL Media. Usually Ben from GSL is the one manning the camera on these shoots with Stu providing audio services, but on this occasion Ben was unable to make it so he asked Mark to go along with Stu to take care of the filming. ...

NBN Course filming for Absolute Dogs

Stu has been back in Okehampton and filming for 3 days with AbsoluteDogs. He was there to film content for one of their existing online courses, which is in need of a refresh. So over the three days they re-filmed the entire course and a few new videos as well. Stu was joined on location ...

Train the Trainer event filming for Absolute Dogs

Over the last couple of weeks Stu has spent 5 days filming the Train The Trainer event near Okehampton with AbsoluteDogs. Train The Trainer is an event which is attached to their Pro Dog Trainer course which aims to help dog trainers and hopeful future dog trainers to gain the skills to ru...

Live training event filming with AbsoluteDogs

The Maniac team have spent the last 4 days filming a series of live events with the team from AbsoluteDogs near Okehampton. Over the 4 days we filmed 2x 1 day courses and a 2-day weekend course. The events were covered by a one-man crew, with Stu filming Friday & Monday while Mar...

Sound crew hire for major supermarket shoot

Back in the office after a 4 day shoot in London & Brighton, Stu has been recording sound on location for a series of e-learning videos for a major supermarket chain with GSL Media. The shoot took place in 4 of the supermarket chains stores, ranging from small 'local' convenie...

Video Playout Crew for Cornish Ice Cream Commercial

Mark has been down to the lovely Hayle Beach in Cornwall as part of the crew for the latest Kelly's Ice cream commercial 'Beach Huts' by Director Alex Turner from Fat Lemon tv. Shot on the Arri mini Alexa with anamorphic lenses on a beautiful sunny day in April, Mark was tasked...

LED light & 4k Monitor hire for Pacapod shoot

We recently hired one of our 2k LED LS C300d lights to local videographer Pete along with a Blackmagic Smartview 4K production monitor and various grip items including a clapper board. Pete was filming a new campaign video for baby accessory company Pacapod. The shoot was located near Lon...

TP-300 Teleprompter kit - how to use it

Our DataVideo TP-300 teleprompter kit for tablets (such as the iPad or similar android tablets) has proved popular as an affordable, lightweight option for providing autocue on set. We offer two hiring options TP-300 Teleprompter: the basic teleprompter kit Teleprompter with iPad: sam...

Mark Brindle is a judge at Ilfracombe Film Festival 2018

Over the weekend of the 20-22nd April 2018, North Devon played host to the glitz & glamour of the 2018 Ilfracombe Film Festival. The festival played host to a wide range of both blockbuster and indie films and even saw the town being invaded by zombies on Friday night! As part of the ...

Sound crew & teleprompter hire for hospital training film

We sent Stu down to London for a day with Ben from GSL Media. Ben had hired Stu in as a sound recording crew for a training video shoot in a major London eye hospital. Stu also took along our iPad Teleprompter system which Ben had hired for the shoot. Stu was part of a 4 person crew, work...

Sound crew hire for shoot in Geneva

Stu has just returned from a short corporate shoot in Geneva, Switzerland for GSL Media. Stu was part of a crew who were filming 6 interviews with some of the top people in a major inspection, verification, testing and certification company. The interviews will form part of a new online ...

Aputure C300D LED film lighting upgraded

Our Aputure LS C300d LED COB Daylight light have just been upgraded with a new filter over the LED element. The original batch of lights had a slight issue,where the LS C300d bare bulb may cause a very slight green tint at the edges of the light's cast. It wasn't visible is using a...

Aputure lighting hire for Fitness centre promo film

Back in February 2018 we hired our Aputure LED panel kit and 1m Glidetrack Slider to Matt of Province Media to shoot a promotional film for Matt Luxton Heath & Fitness. The film was shot using Matt's GH5 in a day on location at the fitness centre. Matt used the Aputure lights high...

New Ultimate Buble theatre tour promo film

We have been working with Mark Daniels, otherwise known as Ultimate Bublé, one of the UK's leading Michael Bublé tribute acts. Mark has an upcoming theatre tour and he wanted to produce a new promotional video to build excitement about the shows. Mark has recently been...

Admissions Video for Bristol University CDT-Comms

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Communications at Bristol University offers a 4-year PhD for the next generation of communications engineers. Through the programme, postgraduates will have the chance to collaborate with industrial partners in a state-of-the-art environment for tr...

Product advert filming for the Gro Company

We spent a day in a studio near Exeter working with the Gro Company to film a web advert for a new product which will soon be launching in Australia and will also be launching here in the UK later this year. Gro tend to shoot a lot of their web videos in house, but for larger launches the...

Aputure 2K LED film lighting now in stock

We now stock the Aputure LS C300d LED COB Daylight light - with dimmer and wireless remote control matching the other Aputure Light Storm series lights. This light can be powered by mains or from high rated V-lock batteries for use in the field. To date this is the biggest and brightest li...

'Before I Go' short film wins Audience Choice Award

Back in July this year (2017) we hired an Outdoors Location Audio Kit to Scott Stevens which was to be used on the shoot for his new short film 'Before I Go'. We have just found out that the film won the 'Audience Choice' award at the Two Short Nights film festival in Ex...

Pro Trainer Live filming for Absolute Dogs

We have been filming next to a rather scenic lake this week with the team from AbsoluteDogs. We were filming their Pro Trainer Live event, which aims to help dog trainers and hopeful future dog trainers to gain the skills to run dog classes. The classes centred on two main points, the mor...