Absolute Dogs 2 day shoot in Okehampton

Stu has spent two days this week filming a series of videos with the team from the AbsoluteDogs dog training company based near Okehampton. Stu was there to capture two live, in-person training days for clients and their dogs. The sessions that were filmed will be turned in educational ...

Little Ships Live Theatre Filming in Exeter

In a return to his roots of filming the theatre, on Saturday Stu visited the Barnfield theatre in Exeter to film the brand-new production by director and composer Danny McAvoy  - Little Ships. "Set in 1940, Little Ships is about a West Country family at the start of World War ...

Rocking Romans play filming for Somerset School

Last week, Mark received an urgent message from the nearby Dulverton Junior School. They were putting on their 2023 school play 'The Rocking Romans' and needed someone to film the play for parents who couldn't attend the live event. Luckily Mark was able to get himself prep...

Karate Kata Filming for Chiltern Karate Association with Dave Davenport

Mark has been busy producing Karate training videos with 6th Dan Black Belt Shotokan Karate Sensei David Davenport in the Exmoor Studio in Dulverton, Somerset. David runs a local Karate group in Brushford in Exmoor which falls under the umbrellla of the Chiltern Karate Association that Dav...

Drug Abuse films for Stand Against Violence Charity SAV

Mark has been filming interviews with a family for a series of educational videos for the Somerset-based charity Stand Against Violence (SAV) . The videos will be used in workshops as part of a community education program to inform children about the harmful effects of legal highs, cannabi...

Bridgwater Carnival Jubilation cart at Queens Jubiilee parade

We want to offer up a massive congratulations to our friends at Bridgwater Carnival, who created a stunning 100ft long carnival cart to take part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant on the 5th June 2022. The 100ft long carnival cart and 132 carnivalites performed in front of t...

Bridgwater Carnival 2022 is going ahead!

Exciting news! After two years of the incredible Bridgwater Carnival not being able to go ahead, 2022 will see the return of Bridgwater Carnival live and in person! So Maniac Films will be back in Bridgwater on the 5th November to livestream the event. We will have multiple cameras ...

Dog Agility filming with AbsoluteDogs

Stu have been filming near Okehampton with the team from. AbsoluteDogs. He was filming a live event with a guest dog Agility trainer from Spain, Iban Cubedo. Joining in the class as well and filming the introductions for the day was our long time client Lauren Langman, fresh from her 1st ...

Bridgwater Carnival 2021 'Best Of' film production

On what should have been our 10th successive year of filming and live streaming at the incredible Bridgwater Carnival, sadly we were at home. For a 2nd year, the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop the event. So following last years success, the Carnival Committee decided to once again host a...

10 days of filming content for Absolute Dogs

Based near Okehampton in Devon, dog training specialists AbsoluteDogs have gained a worldwide online following with students across the globe. Integral to this success are their subscription based online training courses and popular web series. Stu has spent 10 days of the last month, i...

Online workshops completed for Absolute Dogs

Back August 2020, Stu filmed three online dog training workshops with Absolute Dogs near Okehampton. The courses were filmed over 6 days. Two of them were 'live' events with students learning on location and the third was filmed behind closed doors. Despite being filmed in August,...

Promotional video for Robson & Stephens Funeral Directors

We have been working with Bridgwater and Minehead based funeral directors Robson & Stephens to produce a short promotional video advertising their business & services in the local area and for online use. As the video was shot during the Covid-19 pandemic, we reduced our crew down...

Somerset Freemasons 2020 Festival closure film

2020 has been an odd year and the Covid-19 outbreak has meant that many events that involve people gathering have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely. We were contacted by the Somerset Freemasons, who have been holding their 2020 fundraising festival throughout the year. Unfortunately...

Bridgwater Carnival 2020 'Best Of' film production

Ah Bridgwater Carnival, this should have been our 9th successive year of filming and live streaming this huge and fantastic annual event. Sadly the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop to that, as 10's of thousands of people cramming onto the streets of Bridgwater isn't the safest way to r...

Professor Jack Darcy comedy short complete

Back ast the start of October, Stu filmed a satirical comedy short with Ross, better known by his comedian stage persona Professor Jack Darcy. Filmed at the famous Reform Club in London, former drinking club of Winston Churchill, Ross had penned a satirical short comedy piece about Donald...

Comedy short filming in London

Stu has been in London, filming a satirical comedy short with Ross, better known by his comedian stage persona Professor Jack Darcy. Stu was filming at the famous Reform Club in London, former drinking club of Winston Churchill. He was working on sound and was joined on set by Matt & ...

2 day film shoot with Absolute Dogs

Stu spent Monday & Tuesday of this week filming a series of videos with the team from the AbsoluteDogs dog training company near Okehampton. The shoot was in doubt with the current Covid-19 situation and despite a lockdown starting on Monday evening, due to Stu having stayed in one of...

Live filming with Dog Agility World Champion

Stu spent the last weekend down at the AbsoluteDogs training venue where he filmed a 2 day dog agility training course, with guest trainer and agility world champion Tobia Wust from Germany.. Unfortunately the event was held right in the middle of Storm Dennis, so it was a chilly day but ...