Camera & Lens Hire for Sophie for As It is Gig

We've been helping out Sophie Gray with a DSLR camera and Zoom Lens for the AS IT IS Gig in Plymouth. She is the official photographer at the Plymouth gig (at The Hub) and has generated some great images with our Canon 5D3 and Canon L series 70-200mm lens package. Follow Sop...

Audio kit hire for filming in Calais Jungle

We have just provided audio equipment to Simon from RUWAC Films for a week of shooting in the 'Calais Jungle'. The Calais Jungle is the nickname given to a migrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France, where migrants live while they attempt to enter the United Kingdom. Si...

Glidecam vest & remote follow focus hire for GSL media

Our new Glidecam Steadicam Vest and the Redrcok Micro Remote Follow Focus have just spent 3 days in Brussels with Ben from GSL Media. Ben has owned a Glidecam steadicam for a couple of years now and uses it on a lot of shoots, but often finds that it quickly becomes heavy and his arm begi...

Reboot film, shot using Maniac lighting available online

Back in March 2012, we hired our Arri lighting kit and softboxes to Scott, who was shooting a new short film titled 'Reboot'. After she shoot we didn't hear much from Scott but we recently found out that the film has had a long and exciting life and after 3 years they have mad...

Teranex 2D used for U2 live concert broadcast from Paris

On 7th December, American rock band U2 performed a live, televised concert in Paris. The concert had been rescheduled due to the Paris shootings on 13th November. The concert was part of the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE TOUR. We were contacted by Ductch broadcast company United, who needed an e...

New 4k location vision mixing kit available

We now offer a 4k/HD live vision mixing package which is ideal for mixing live events. This package was put together for our recent work at the Bridgwater carnival, where we mixed feeds from 6 cameras into a live stream on a large LCD screen and also recorded the live feed to an external ...

Audio hire for Wrath of Dracula feature film trailer

Back in March we hired a Zoom audio recorder, boom pole and shotgun mic to Angela Holmes for the filming of a feature film trailer. It was shot over a weekend and Angela was happy with the kit that we provided. The film will be titled 'The Wrath of Dracula' and stars Angela Holmes...

Ostend short film world premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Back in November we hired a location audio kit and Macbook Pro mobile edit suite to Oliver Chopping for this short film shoot. We've just found out that the resultant film, Ostend, is having a world premiere at Cannes Film Festival! The film was shot on a Canon EOS 5D mkIII and edite...

Zombie Resurrection released on DVD

Back in August 2011, we supplied a full AF-101 shooting kit to Jake from Charmed Apocalypse Pictures to film a horror comedy feature film called Zombie Resurrection. Fast forward to 2015 and the film has finally been released on DVD. It's been a long time coming and it seems like Jake...

New Blackmagic Smartview 4K production monitor

New in from Blackmagic Design, the Smartview 4K production monitor, a mains or battery powered 14 inch 4K monitor that is perfect for use with the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, Blackmagic mini-URSA 4.6K EF or other 4K cameras. The monitor features 2 SDI inputs that automatically switch...

4K shooting kit provided for Bonded By Blood 2

Bonded by Blood 2 : ESSEX BOYS The Next Generation is an upcoming sequel to the 2010 film Bonded by Blood. We were contacted by Producer Trish, who had worked with us before on other films, as they needed a 4K shooting kit for the principal filming. After being given a wishlist, we were a...

Camera hire for filming 'Cooking Up A Feast' tv programme

We recently hired 2x Canon DSLR shooting kits and an external audio kit for a shoot in Italy. The shoot crew were on location to film an episode of an upcoming tv series - 'Cooking Up A Feast', starring Nigel Larcombe-Williams and Sam Goonetillake. The team were very happy and wi...

4K Camera hire for We Still Kill The Old Way

We Still Kill The Old Way is a 2014 London gangster film in which ageing London gangsters take on a gang of youths We were contacted by Producer Trish who required a 4K shooting kit for the principal filming. After being given a wish list, we were able to put together a kit list that suit...

Vampyre Heart release 'Afraid' music video shot on the PMW-200

In December 2013 we hired the Sony PMW-200 and a tripod, to Mark in Indochino Films to shoot a music video for 'Vampyre Heart'. The shoot was carried out over a weekend and Mark was extremely pleased with the kit: " Could I just say thank you for the help and the advice you g...

Audio kit hire for short film 'My Boy Jack'

Earlier this month we hired our Arri lights, dimmer,  Edirol R-44 recorder and recording kit, and Glidetrack slider to Vivien from Red Sky Films. Vivien was shooting the short over the course of a weekend and drove up from Cornwall to collect the kit and get some advice on using it. ...

New Teranex 2D video processor installed for realtime standards conversion

As part of our DVD authoring service, we spend a lot of time converting existing films from NTSC to PAL and vice versa. This can be very time consuming (especially on full HD 4 hour long programmes like the TT2013 Blu-ray!) Enter the Black Magic Teranex 2D. This unit promises to provide s...

A Day With The Port Glass film now online

Back in November 2012 we hired a Canon EOS 7D, Canon 70-200mm lens, Tokina ATX Pro 16-50mm lens and a tripod to Simon Cotter of Ruwac Films. He was filming a promotional video with Joel from Joel Customs to show off his newest surfboard shape - The Port Glass. Today we received a Vimeo ...

Maniac Films provide equipment to film 'Indian Summer'

We were contacted by Hettie, the producer of a new short film from Old Rectory Pictures being shot in North Devon called Indian Summer. Shot mainly in and around Westward Ho! the film is described as "A politically incorrect love story featuring knights, burning arrows, conkers & ...