Bristol City scenic shots for Bristol University admissions DVD

Stu and Matt from Maniac Films have have been back to Bristol, exploring the city armed with a camera and a local guide. Their task was to capture a snapshot of the local culture to finish off the Bristol University Faculty of Engineering admissions film. Filming on a Panasonic AF101 camc...

Live music filming - The Drop

For our 3rd and final live gig at Unison Holiday park in Croyde, we found ourselves being entertained by Combe Martin based band The Drop. For this performance we moved from the bar area to the much larger conference room, which allowed us to use our dolly and Porta Jib to add dynamic mov...

Live music filming - The Muddy River band

Maniac Films have just returned from filming Bideford based blues group, The Muddy River Band at Unison holiday park in Croyde. The setting was a bar/reception area on the site, an intimate venue that challenged us to fit our cameras and an audience into it. We were joined by former work ...

Live music event filming - The Basils Blues band

Filming live music can be fun, especially when the band are as eccentric and fun as the Basils Blues band. We were invited by band promoter Paul to the performance at the Unison holiday park in Croyde. Joining the Maniac crew for the night were former work placement student Tim and univer...

Filming for Actavis Pharmaceuticals at the Sunday Funday at Castle Hill

The Sunday Funday event at Castle Hill near South Molton was held on July 10th. The funday is a yearly music, dance and entertainment event held in the grounds of the mansion with stunning views and this year we were invited to the event by staff from Actavis Pharmaceuticals who had a '...

Panasonic camera review makes front cover of Focus magazine

After spending a few weeks working with the Panasonic AF-101 on the set of The Reverend, Mark was asked by the editor of the IOV (Institute of Videography) monthly industry magazine 'Focus' to write a review of the camera and what it was like to work with it. We prepared a series ...

Internal business update film for Actavis Pharmaceuticals CEO

We have been working with one of the largest employers in North Devon, Actavis Pharmaceuticals to create a video presentation for their Internal Business Update. We travelled to the company's UK headquarters in Barnstaple to meet with CEO Sara Matthews who made a confident presentatio...

Springboard Consultancy Conference film complete

Earlier this month we attended and filmed the Springboard Consultancy annual conference in Milton Keynes. Filming with several cameras to capture teh live event and a series of Interviews with early attendees from all over the World. We have taken the footage, which included all the the p...

Conference & interview filming for Springboard Consultancy

We have been busy filming with Springboard Consultancy at their annual conference in Milton Keynes. Mark used two Panasonic AF-101 cameras to film the speakers at the conference as well as interviewing key delegates and a number or of guests. The footage will be edited into a highlights ...

Location shoot for Bristol Uni Faculty of Engineering admissions DVD

Stu and Matt from Maniac Films have just returned from a final shoot in Bristol with The Faculty of Engineering at Bristol University, collecting the last pieces for a 2011/2012 faculty admissions film. This shoot was to capture a few interviews and final shots that we had been unable to ...

Screen legend Rutger Hauer joins the cast of The Reverend

Currently filming on location, the producers of the upcoming film 'The Reverend' have just announced that screen legend Rutger Hauer has joined the cast as the Devil himself, playing opposite "The Almighty" (embodied by Giovanni Lombardo Radice). Rutger Hauer is arguably...

FutureTech filming at Bristol University Faculty of Engineering

At Bristol University they realise how important it is to encourage young school leavers to consider a university education, and this event, put on by the Electrical Engineering department, was all about creating some enthusiasm for future students. Maniac Films were called in to document...

Interview filming for Bristol University Faculty of Engineering project films

Engineering is a diverse and complicated subject, with research branching into many fields and disciplines. In order to highlight some of the work that students have undertaken on their course, The Bristol University Faculty of Engineering have asked us to produce a series of short interv...

Interview filming for Bristol University Faculty of Engineering admissions film

There is no-one better to tell future students just how good it is to study engineering at Bristol than current students and staff! This is why we will be busy interviewing enthusiastic students and their tutors about the course, University life and the city itself to create a new film for...

Interview filming for Bristol University Faculty of Engineering Buggy Day

A highlight of the Bristol University Faculty of Engineering year is 'Buggy Day', an end of year project challenges the students to build a robot that can take on a series of challenges.   We also conducted interviews with students taking part throughout the day. This allo...

Mr Pickle on Britains Got Talent & the Daily Star newspaper

Wow! We never expected our music video would get this much attention! Croyde based singer/songwriter Mike Stocks (aka Mr Pickles) was head hunted last month by the producers of ITV's Britain's Got Talent. Mike accepted their invitation to appear on the show and took Stu from Maniac...

Visualise project shortlisted for The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010

Visualise, a joint project between ProVision Communications, BT, Inmarsat, Maniac Films, 3CRL,ISC (Now NorthOne TV), U4EA and The University of Bristol has just been shortlisted for the The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010. Mark Brindle from Maniac Films will be attending th...

Paddle 4 Relief 2010 promo completed

We have just finished editing the 2010 promo film for Paddle4Relief, a Devon based charity set-up to help people in Sri Lanka affected by the 2006 Tsunami. The video was shot mainly on-location in Sri Lanka by Paddle4Relief founder Tim Tanton on his trip earlier in 2010. It features foota...