Zebra companies are characterized by doing real business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
These “partners in the field” will, not only, rent you the film equipment but also help you with location scouting,\u00a0 local permits, sourcing local crew, handling payroll, and making your shoot happen no matter the challenge you bring to the table.<\/p>\n
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After years of listening to producer’s needs, here at Moving Picture Rental, we became the “zebra” of rental houses. By actively going above and beyond to solve producer’s challenges and lighten their load.<\/p>\n
So you can get an idea, of how this type of rental house operates and what it can do for\u00a0you<\/em>, take a look at the recent problems we solved for producers working in tv commercials, reality shows, national morning shows…<\/p>\nThe Magic of Solving Problems<\/h3>\nThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah.<\/em><\/h4>\nThe challenge
\n<\/span>The Daily Show<\/em> team needed footage of Trevor Noah in the intra-coastal directly behind Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\nWhat big problem did we solve?<\/span>
\nWorking in shallow water with moving tides and currents behind the Southern White House is a definite challenge. So is finding multiple base camps to deploy Trevor Noah and his crew. We\u2019ve now worked with\u00a0The Daily Show<\/em>\u00a0team on 16 shoot days and we have their trust.<\/p>\nFor this production, we handled marine logistics and crew.\u00a0 We scouted the location weeks in advance and assembled a unit with a marine coordinator and boats that would operate best in these water conditions. Our marine unit consisted of a support boat, a camera boat, and a picture boat.\u00a0MPR also provided a wide variety of production services and shared plenty of our local knowledge. We sourced the Director Of Photography, Sound, Production Manager, gaffers, and Grip & Lighting. And, we handled workman\u2019s comp and payroll. We lucked out with fantastic weather, nobody got hurt, and we shared lots of laughs. Plus we got the shot!<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trevornoah\/status\/1056957246142406656<\/p>\n
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Something Else<\/h4>\n
The challenge:<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>Orlando production company Something Else needed a last-minute TV commercial shot.<\/p>\nWhat big problem did we solve?
\n<\/span> In less than 48 hours notice we assembled an experienced crew, provided locations, offsite parking, grip & lighting, and a camera package that turned into an excellent production service experience for our client Something Else!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.movingpicture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SomethingElse.gif?resize=328%2C246&ssl=1\")
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They needed a great Director of Photography, first assistant cameraman, and a full crew quickly. We provided $2 million in general liability insurance to pull a permit as they\u2019d had issues with their insurance agent getting a COI to secure the location. We provided workman\u2019s comp insurance and dealt with all payroll, freeing them up to focus on their tight production and post-production deadline.<\/p>\n
All of this cost less than $15,000 for the day for a full crew, grip truck, grip and lighting, camera package, wireless video, and more. It all came together with great weather and a smooth shoot day!<\/p>\n
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Undisclosed International Reality Show<\/h4>\n
The challenge<\/span>: an undisclosed major international reality show filming in South Florida needed a large Arri Amira camera checkout and integration with a smaller rigged camera.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.movingpicture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Undisclosed-Project.gif?resize=329%2C219&ssl=1\")
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What big problem did we solve?<\/span>
\nThe camera package consisted of a total of 8 cameras and camera integration was needed for the motorhome (picture vehicle).<\/p>\nWe provided MPR\u2019s facility to perform all the motorhome camera integration including rigging and integration of multiple camera setups (Panasonic DC-GH5S) with a Convergence Design Apollo 4 channel recorder.<\/p>\n
We provided two full Arri -Amira camera packages, each with wireless video to dual handheld director\u2019s monitors receiving from a Teradek 3000 video transmitter. Plus any needed grip and lighting.<\/p>\n
Wrapping it up<\/h3>\n
Searching for a rental house that will go above and beyond the line of duty isn’t a simple task, but it’s well worth it! So if you’d like to make your life easier do a little more research to find that “zebra” rental house that will become your partner in the field.<\/p>\n
Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Luckily, there’s a new model of film equipment rental house: the rental house that solves your problems by going above and beyond regular duties.<\/p>\n