4K Filming for Additional Bristol Hippodrome Panto TV Advert with Colour247

We have been back to the Bristol Hippodrome Theatre to film a new tv advert for the 2014 pantomime, Dick Whittington. The clips were filmed in 4K in the theatre auditorium. The shoot saw stars Andy Ford and Eric Potts in full costume, watching the panto from one of the royal boxes, commen...

The Second of the Three Colour247 Xmas TV Ads Complete

Last month we filmed three TV adverts with Colour 247 for a Welsh shopping centre's Christmas shopping campaign (Festival Park). The second of the three adverts is now complete and can be seen here. Colin from Colour247 is currently finishing the last one now. They will feature ot...

Live Filming & Vision Mixing for Bridgwater Carnival 2014

We are back in the office after our 3rd year at the Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, the largest illuminated procession in Britain, where we have been providing live filming & vision mixing services for the big screen in the centre of town. We provided the cameras and crew to film the ...

Christmas TV Advert Filming with Colour247 for Festival Shopping

We have been working with Colour 247 on a project as camera crew, using our cameras & delivering the rushes for editing & post production. We have just wrapped on another shoot, this time we were creating a winter wonderland right here in Croyde. The final output will be a num...

Event Coverage for K9 Focus' Woofstock 2014 at Marwood Hill Gardens

Last week we were filming Britian's Got Talent winner Pudsey for an upcoming TV advert for the Bristol panto, and this weekend we were filming more dancing dogs! We were asked by Zoe from K9 Focus, a canine rescue charity based in Devon, to capture the highlights of Woofstock 201...

4K Filming for Bristol Hippodrome Panto TV Adverts with Colour247

You never know where the next project will take you and this one was certainly a bit different. We were called upon by production company Colour 247 to assist with the filming of a number of TV, cinema & web adverts to promote the 2014 pantomime, Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodr...

Location Filming for Puxton Park TV Ad with Colour247

Mark has been working with Colin from Colour 247. This time he travelled to Puxton Park, a family adventure park near Weston-Super-Mare. Under the direction of Colin, Mark filmed a range of attractions at the venue, from the petting zoo to bumper boats using our& PMW-200 camera. Filming we...

Wookey Hole Slow motion 200fps TV spots now online

Last month we were filming in Bristol with Colour 247 using a Sony FS-700 camera filming at 200 frames per second for a series of new tv adverts for Wookey Hole Caves. The adverts have now been finished by Colour 247 and have been airing on ITV. Some of the adverts has been uploaded to Yo...

200FPS Slo-mo Filming for Wookey Hole TV Spots

It's always fun to take on a new challenge. Today we were filming in Bristol with Colour 247 using a Sony FS-700 camera filming at 200 frames per second. Normal video runs at 25-30fps so this is super slow motion when played back at 25fps. We were called in to help with captu...

Live filming and vision mixing for Bridgwater Carnival 2013

In 2013 we returned to Bridgwater Carnival, the largest illuminated procession in Britain, to provide live filming & vision mixing for the big screen in the centre of town. We again asked to provide cameras and crew to film the parade and broadcast the footage onto a huge screen. We a...

Promo shoot for Paignton Zoo at Exeter Chiefs Stadium

Well that was a little different to our usual filming days. Mark & Charli spent yesterday evening at the Exeter Chiefs rugby ground filming a number of the team. Nothing unusual in this until you realise that they were wearing nothing but their boots and briefs and had had their entir...

Filming for the Actavis Summer Extravaganza in Hartland Abbey

The yearly Actavis Pharmaceuticals Garden Party is an invitation only event for staff, held to thank them for another year of hard work. This years event was held in the grounds of the beautiful Hartland Abbey in North Devon. This is the 3rd summer party that we have filmed for Actavis - ...

Interview with Anne Nolan for Blueprint Pictures

We have just returned from filming a an interview with the lovely Anne Nolan. (Yes one of the original Nolan Sisters!) We had been hired by Blueprint Pictures from Ireland to provide crew for the interview under the direction on company founder David Blake Knox. The interview took place ...

Photography for new product line at Genesis - Old Guys Rule

Over the last week or two we have been photographing a new product range for Genesis Surf Shop in Ilfracombe for use on their online store. Genesis are now stocking Old Guys Rule - a surf brand aimed at men of 40 yrs old and over with a range of comical clothing and accessories. Our mode...

Live filming and vision mixing for Bridgwater Carnival 2012

Bridgwater Carnival is the largest illuminated procession in Britain and is a major event in the towns calendar. We were asked to provide cameras and crew to film the parade and broadcast the footage onto a huge screen. We also displayed footage of bands playing on the stage and of the cr...

Location photo shoot for Nineplus surf company

Maniac Films have just spent an afternoon at the local Nineplus surf shop in Braunton. We were there to photograph the brands latest clothing lines, capture lifestyle shots and anything else that reflects the ethos of the company. We took along 3 Canon EOS 7D cameras, our large white viny...

Crew hire and live event filming for Cineon Productions

Cineon Productions recently called upon us to supply a camera operator to film interviews and speakers at a business conference in Birmingham. The brief required our cameraman to use a broadcast camera provided by Cineon, however this left them short on kit for another shoot on the same d...

Photoshoot for Genesis Surf Shop as Winter 2011 products go online

The Winter 2011 accessory ranges have been appearing on the Genesis Surf Shop website over the last month, but we were in need of someone to model the clothing lines.... Stepping back into the studio were Josh and Nadine, the brother and sister duo who modelled the Spring 2011 line for Ge...