Crew Archive

By David Wells, President and Founder, Moving Picture Rental — Updated April 2026 This Florida production guide is the most complete Florida production guide available for a visiting producer, line producer, or location manager needs before landing in the state. Five major markets, each ...Read More

Screenshot Stop the Vendor Shuffle: Get Full-Service Film Gear & Crew in Florida You’ve landed the job: a high-budget commercial or series shoot in South Florida. Now comes the challenge: mitigating risk and avoiding unnecessary costs. In the production world, there is a silent ...Read More

Florida is opening up for production, and we’re ready with your camera crew. Our camera crews are PPE equipped in Miami and ready for action. We have one person film crews for home productions as well as COVID-19 solutions for creating content. Or, shoot ...Read More

In our experience, productions are often the living embodiment of Murphy’s Law.  Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Budgets fall short. Schedules go awry, and creative differences abound. And with more than enough to worry about during any kind of shoot, we’ve ...Read More

The first day of shooting is always an exciting time for cast and crew. But it wouldn’t be possible without the months of pre-production that brought everyone to the set. You’re probably familiar with Edison’s quote about genius being 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. ...Read More

Keeping your cast and crew safe encompasses much more than getting a proper general liability insurance policy that protects them from on-set injury. Florida’s workplace safety regulations are covered at the federal level which means video productions in Miami FL must follow strict OSHA ...Read More

From pre-production to post, any given production can have hundreds of jobs. Some productions, like the feature Hugo, have over a thousand! Even seasoned producers, skilled at managing productions from start to finish, can find crewing a mind-boggling endeavor. If you’re new to the ...Read More