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FUSION grade and DVD authoring
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Surf into Yoga DVD print and duplication
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Yogatic Yoga DVD authoring
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Genesis back to school range
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August 2010 - Two more Moviebus films completed

We have just completed the final edit, audio tweaking and grading for two more Moviebus projects.
Film five in the series features the coastal town of Ilfracombe and will have a premiere showing in Ilfracombe on the 20th August.
Film six takes a look at the changing North Devon coastline and how tourism has changed the way small villages look and feel.
For more information visit the Movie bus website.

July 2010 - World Premiere of Risen: The Howard Winstone Story in Cardiff

We have just returned from our trip up the red carpet for the premiere of Risen: the Howard Winstone Story at the Cardiff international Arena.
The premiere was held as part of the WBC Night of Champions, a 3 day event that boasted some of the worlds biggest names in boxing and a number of these boxers were amongst the 5000 strong audience who watched the film.
The film received a standing ovation and everyone watched as actor Stuart Brennan (who played Mr Winstone in the film) and Howard Winstone's son, Howard Jr, recived honorary WBC title belts. It was a fantastic night and we feel proud of our part in this fantastic film.

June 2010 - Small HD monitor upgraded to DP1x

We have just recieved our upgraded Small HD DP1x. We sent our original monitor back to the manufacturers who have fitted new components and upgraded the firmware.
So whats new? Well they have improved the image processing, with more accurate scaling and colour. They have also included menu shortcuts/hotheys and new 1:1 pixel mapping.
All of this means that one of our favourite location monitors is now even better, and it is available for rental.

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May 2010 - DVD print design and duplication for Pete Bruntnell.

Local singer/songwriter Peter Bruntnell has just finished work on a short film documenting his recent tour of America
The film is titled ‘American Fairy Burger’ and follows Peter and his band as they travel across America playing gigs in small venues. The film is interspersed with comedy moments including a meeting with Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton.
Maniac Films created the DVD cover design from Peter's photos and printed them onto cardboard sleeves. We also duplicated the DVD disks which will be available to buy at any of Pete's gigs.

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May 2010 - RISEN Director Neil Jones delivers final edit

Neil Jones, director of Risen: The Howard Winstone Story travelled down from Methyr in Wales to deliver rushes from the last shoot and the final edit.
Neil is now handing the film over to us for Visual FX, rootscoping and the final grade. We will be editing using Final Cut, Motion and Syntheyes for motion tracking.
We now have to get the film completed in time for the Premiere in Cardiff in late July.

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May 2010 - Promotional photoshoot with the Universe Inspectors

We have just returned from a photoshoot with the boys from The Universe Inspectors at their rehearsal rooms on a nearby farm.
Mark from Maniac Films photographed the band in a field using a Canon EOS 7D in the evening and as usual they were full of energy, bouncing around and provinding plenty of opportunity for good snaps.

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May 2010 - Paul Diamond interview for 3c Research Viewnet film

We have just returned from filming an interview with Paul Diamond from Battlefield Sim in which we asked him to talk about his company, the technolgy and the significance of any future developments.
This is the third of three short interview pieces that we are filming as part of a project called ViewNet with 3c Research.

The three films are currently in post-production.

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April 2010 - DVD production and replication for Devon Lanes & Longboards

Andy Haworth of Born2Surf came to us with his newly finished longboarding film, Devon Lanes & Longboards
The film was shot at various North Devon beaches and features some of teh UK's top longboarders.
Andy has a finished film, but no DVD design. We re-designed the film titles and credits (based on the cover artwork by Chris Barrett of Barrettdesign.co.uk. We also created animated menus for the DVD before duplicating the finished product.
The film is dedicated to Andy's sister who is fighting cancer and all profits from the DVD will go to a charity of her choice.

March 2010 - Craig joins Maniac Films on apprenticeship scheme

We would like to welcome Craig Attwood to the team here at Maniac Films
Craig has joined under the Governments Apprenticeship scheme. Craig will be studying as part of the IT User apprenticeship and will be learning a range of skills from basic word processing and report writing to full website design and photosop work.
In his spare time Craig is a skilled marksman with an air rifle and shoots for his country. At the time of writing he is English champion for his age group.

February 2010 - Second Genesis photoshoot with new model Jasmine

With more clothing ranges arriving at Genesis Surf Shop, we called back Jasmine, who modelled for us back in January.
Robin fom Genesis was really pleased with the photos from the last shoot and asked us to call her back.

Check out Genesis Surf Shop to see the new ranges now!

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January 2010 - Editing assistance given to Pete Bruntnell with his American tour film

Local singer/songwriter Peter Bruntnell asked us to give him a little tuition to allow him to edit the footage from his recent tour of America.
Pete's tour saw him playing at small venues ancross America and he took a small camera with him to document the trip.

The DVD will be available later this year, keep an eye on this page for news or visit his Myspace

January 2010 - Pete Bruntnell interview for Universe Inspectors rockmentary

Peter Bruntnell, a local singer/songwriter has been giving us his thoughts and memories of The Universe Inspectors for the rockumentary
This is likely to be the last interview for the film, one that was delayed as Pete was on a US tour.
Keep an eye on the Universe Inspectors website for more news from the band and rockmentary

January 2109 - 2 more Canon EOS 7D DSLR cameras with full HD video.

We now have two more Canon Eos 7D DSLR cameras.
We loved the look and feel of the camera so much that we had to expand our range. The camera has also proved very popular for rentals.

The camera comes boast a 18MP APS-C CMOS sensor, Full HD video at 24, 25 and 30P and 720p variable frame rate. We also have more batteries and compact flash cards to go with it.
The 7D has both HDMI and composite video out for external monitoring, and will accept a powered external microphone for improved sound.

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January 2010 - Genesis photoshoot with new model Jasmine

The summer ranges are arriving at Genesis Surf Shop and this means that we will need someone to model the clothes for us.
Thankfully our friends at Crazy Fish modelling agency introduced us to Jasmine.
Jasmine has had some previous modelling experience and came along with her mum, a former model herself, who was on hand to fix hair or makeup
We were very pleased with Jasmine and hope to use her again for future clothing shoots. Check out Genesis Surf Shop to see the new ranges now!

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