Manto Films

Today we lose a huge asset to Manto - Matt Rolfe also known as Rolfey 🥲

Matt joined us nearly 8 years ago and has seen Manto change a lot over the years, growing a huge part of the culture Manto is known for today.

From flying to North Carolina in his first week, to his DoP debut, to being able to solve literally any problem thrown at him, Matt was always a safe pair of hands both on set and in front of an edit.

We'll sorely miss your endless wisdom and badly timed dad jokes - good luck in Belfast Rolfey, come back and visit!

On a drizzly wet Saturday at the beginning of May, a team of walkers raising money for , set out on an expedition of walking the Yorkshire Three Peaks - a total of 24 miles.

Harvey, one of our video producers, went along for the ride, capturing the whole challenge, striding up the peaks with the rest of the team, all while carrying approx 14kg of gear along with him!

Look out for the full film coming soon - in the meantime enjoy a snapshot of the day and check out Yorkshire Cancer Research's We Walk For Yorkshire campaign on their website 🚶🏼🥾

Meet Victoria 👱🏻‍♀️ A beginner gardener, keen preserver of food and regular TikToker! 🌿⁠
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She is also a member of Community Shop, a group of social supermarkets helping the UK’s most deprived communities, run by Company Shop Group.⁠
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We teamed up with the folks from Stanley & Co to tell Victoria's story as part of their Surplus Effect campaign. 🌀⁠

Watch the full film on YouTube 👉🏼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeIUlRXkE⁠
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Some of the Manto team attended the networking event in Leeds this week.⁠
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It was great to network with other parts of the industry and celebrate women's achievements in the creative media space over a glass of wine! 🎉⁠
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All that being said, a recent study discovered that if we continue at the current rate of progress, a 50% gender split won't be achieved until 2085 in the UK... So we all have some work to do before then!⁠
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We have a very exciting new member of the Manto team to introduce to you: Sophie who joins us as our Studio Manager. 🎬

Sophie’s going to be taking the reins of our production slate; overseeing the delivery of projects, managing the team’s workload and production managing our larger-scale projects. ⚡

Sophie brings a wealth of client-side experience having worked at household name brands such as Warburtons and, most recently, Arla (and although cheese is one of the team’s great loves we didn’t only hire her because of her extensive cheese-related experience). 🧀

Bringing Sophie in is a big move for us in ensuring we’re working as effectively as possible, and helping us to be the best possible partners for our clients.

Curious about how we carry out our projects? Let us guide you through a sample brief.

Last year, we received an exciting project from How Stean Gorge, specialising in outdoor adventures, located in North Yorkshire. 🏞️ Our task was to produce a series of videos for their website.

Following 3 days of filming, the client now has a bank of footage to utilise throughout the year for their social content.

Take a look at the 'hero video' below 👇🏼

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqrNUb-SKs

We're super excited to welcome our newest team member Charlotte who joins us as an Editor and Motion Designer. ⚡️

Charlotte brings her graphic design background and agency experience to the role along with a love for filmmaking and huge piles of talent!

Her After Effects game is strong but her love of Man Utd is creating some tension in the Post Production corner of the office (Steve has been overheard humming 'Marching on Together' when she walks in the room).

Welcome Charlotte!

Everyone loves a good movie in the Manto office, but not everyone is SO on board with Christmas movies (we're looking at you Paul) 😝⁠
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⁠Whether you love the all bells and whistles Christmas movies or a more subtle and cosy festive film, here are some of the teams recommendations to watch over the holiday season 🎄🎅🏼⁠
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What are your favourite Christmassy movies to watch at this time of year?⁠
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Want to capture your audience's attention in a world of busy digital content? How do you cut thought the competition?

Roll up video! 📽️

Go to the link in our bio to read our new blog post as to why you need to embrace video in your paid advertising. Our MD, Paul, takes you through the 7 reasons video can make you stand out from the noise.

There are 28 million Instagram users in the UK which means 28 million potential audiences to reach when advertising on this app.

At Manto, we specialise in making social media videos, from short and snappy reels, to longer bold and beautiful brand videos.

📽️ Give us a buzz if you need help with your social media video content.

👀 Psst we are also at festival next month hosting an event about how YOU can harness the full power of video content

A few of the team have been slowly working on their own 'Test Projects' the past couple months. When we get a break between editing client work, we get to focus on our own passion projects to experiment and improve our creativity.⁠
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There seems to be an underlying theme of nature and the wild outdoors with the 3 upcoming projects... ⛰️🍃🌳⁠
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Keep your eyes peeled 👀⁠
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Welcome back to Manto Movie Recs this time celebrating Yorkshire Day!⁠ 🎥 🏵️

As a video production company based in Yorkshire, we're lucky enough to shoot on location in some in some the most beautiful parts of the county. Film directors have also chosen to use Yorkshire as their backdrop for numerous films, these are just some of our favourites.

What are you favourite films set in God’s Own County?
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If you're not using video in your marketing, you're missing out!

Approximately 86% of businesses us video as a marketing tool, join and send us an enquiry if your brand needs next level bold video 🎥

Team Manto's charity of the year is Leeds Mind and we're really proud to be supporting an amazing charity that does some incredible work for people suffering with their mental health in the city we call home.

We'd be SUPER duper grateful if you could donate even just a small amount to the cause to help Leeds Mind fund further resources and services.

We're taking part in fundraising events throughout 2023 and the team are all taking part in Total Warrior this weekend! Please donate through the link below!

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It's been a busy few weeks at Manto HQ, travelling from Norfolk to North Yorkshire and everywhere in between but we've loved working outside in the sunny weather ☀️📽️

We'll have some new work to share soon but while we crack on with editing (and have some well deserved rest in between), we've treated you to some cheeky high quality BTS iPhone stills from our shoots the past couple months!

Picking your favourite film can sometimes feel like a life or death question! 😬

We challenged the Manto team with a few film and TV ad questions in our most recent blog post. First to share their favourites is our MD, Paul. 📽️

Check out our newest blog post on our website to have a peak at Paul's media favourites. (FYI, go and watch the Guinness surfers ad from the 90s if you haven't seen it already!)