services for photo & film Jun 2018

Allucinazione is a photo and video production company, agency and rental studio based in Rome.

Allucinazione takes care of casting, location scouting, recces, permits, equipment, transportation, hotels and everything in between, ensuring that things run smoothly every step of the way. They also have an international team of assistants, digi-techs and post-production specialists available to make sure all needs are met.

Allucinazione represents a list of talented photographers, directors, illustrators and video makers that allows clients to always find the right person for their project.

As well as providing a full range of production services, Allucinazione also offers a beautiful studio for rent in Rome, complete with top-of-the-line camera and lighting equipment. With 15 years of experience in film-making and photography, the company has a wealth of knowledge and expertise.

BAAM PRODUCTION HOUSE provides photo and film locations and full production service under one roof.

A tax rebate of 20% for movies, production friendly hotels, and experienced crews give the company a chance to present the best of a huge variety of locations in a concentrated area.

"We answer quickly with all the necessary answers and information, assuring you of excellent flight connections, a mild climate, and great casting options to guarantee secure and smooth production."

Calumet Photographic is a well-known market leader in Germany’s photo retailer market, and also offers a professional rental service.

The rental program offers all kinds of photo equipment including cameras, lenses, flash systems as well as video equipment. Brands including Canon, Nikon, Sony, PhaseOne, Fujifilm, Profoto, Broncolor, and Arri are available in large quantities and perfect working order.

The rental staff knows what is important: the job must run smoothly! Perfect organisation, great flexibility and comprehensive knowledge about the workflow of big productions ensure that the equipment can be used successfully.

What makes Calumet Photographic unique? Besides the broad professional rental service on offer, more than 20,000 products are available to purchase. "This should not leave any of your requirements uncovered!"

Calumet Photographic is offering a 25% discount for new customers until 30th June 2018.

Cinq Etoiles is a Paris-based production company providing a 360° range of services worldwide for photography, film and digital content.

As art buyers and producers, Cinq Etoiles sources the right team in the right location for every story.

Throughout long-term collaborations with clients and vendors, the team has proven its agility in always successfully meeting creative and financial challenges and expectations.

Cinq Etoiles works on a regular basis with Hermès, L’Oréal Group, Simone Pérèle, Pernod Ricard Group, and many more.

Continental Productions is a creative global production company based in Paris, producing all types of image content for print, film and digital platforms.

With more than 1500 projects organised in Europe and across the world in partnership with leading advertising agencies and international clients, its label ContiGroup offers a selection of worldwide offices in Paris, Barcelona, the USA, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Bangkok, Casablanca and Shanghai.

Since its inception, the company has enjoyed close relations with agencies such as CLM DDB, Fred & Farid, Havas, Ogilvy, Publicis, TBWA, and Young & Rubicam, working for advertisers and magazines including Air France, Audi, Balmain, Be Magazine, Bell & Ross, Chloé, Citroën, Club Med, Coca-Cola, Diesel, DS, Escada, Garnier, Harley Davidson, Land Rover, Longines, L’Oréal, Louis Vuitton, Madame Figaro, Martini, MasterCard, Modzik, Netflix, Nina Ricci, Nissan, Opel, Perrier, Peugeot, Vogue, Uber, Hermès, Mini, Orangina, Porsche, Renault, Sony and Thomas Cook.

"Continental Productions relies on strong human values ​​and qualified teams, volunteers and enthusiasts to best meet your expectations."

Daria Longinotti Productions is a full service production company for photography and video, active across Italy but with particular focus on Florence (Tuscany) and Milan.

"We work as a freelance team called together only on request, which makes every production as easy and efficient as possible."

Daria is a producer with vast experience and a wide portfolio of work realised around the world. The team can organise and manage all the services involved in a successful production, including location scouting, shooting permits, transfers, casting, photographers and directors, make-up and hair, styling, set designers, equipment, catering, and any additional services required in post-production.

Clients include Love Republic, Gianfranco Lotti, Microsoft, Unicredit, Peugeot Sport, Blauer, Jijil, Replay Fragances, Police Fragrances, Zoppini, Cantine Cecchi, Conte Of Florence, Aimer, Tuscan’s Creations, Gualtiero, Gabbiacci, Sportweek Dreams, AD, Cantine Ferrari, Miss Blumarine, Ice Iceberg, Ki6?, Parrot and many more.

Delight Rental Services provides maximum support for professional photo and video productions in Berlin, Stuttgart, Marbella, and on demand worldwide.

"Regardless of whether you‘re a photographer, film-maker, producer, stylist or outfitter, DRS will serve your needs, supplying a huge range of digital, lighting, production and styling equipment."

Latest examples from Delight Rental Services‘ continuously extending portfolio include:

• Angénieux EZ-2 S35 Pack with PL and FF rear.
• Leica M 0.8 lenses from CW Sonderoptic: 21mm f/1.4, 24mm f/1.4, 28mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.4 and the 50mm f/0.95 NOCTILUX.
• Arri Alexa Mini with PL, EF and Leica M mount.
• Red Weapon Helium with Leica M mount​.

Be sure to ask the team for unique equipment - finding solutions, even with custom built gear, is only one of their specialties!

Dedicated, creative, and innovative, Direct Digital is a leading rental company servicing the media industry. Focused on the client, Direct Digital offers a wide range of equipment alongside reliable industry experience and technical knowledge - they work to ensure productions or shoots run as smoothly as possible.

With an array of still and cine cameras, as well as a multitude of lighting options ranging from tungsten and LED to the latest Briese Focus 115 S-H and SkyPanels, clients have more choices to bring their vision to life; whether for magazine shoots, commercials, or music videos. Providing high quality and reliable kit is what Direct Digital does.

Locations in London, Manchester, Paris, and Cape Town have built a strong network for hassle-free delivery and also offer a network of studio partners. Clients can count on all locations to provide the same unparalleled quality of service and knowledge.

Product demonstrations and kit testing is available. Visit the website or contact the team by phone or email.

Studios: Loft Studios is a boutique studio complex in West London. Built within a unique Victorian foundry, six hire spaces consist of location spaces, traditional coved studios with daylight spaces, and meeting rooms/suites. Services include production, on-site equipment rental, catering, and set-build.

Production: Offering end-to-end production in Ibiza, Formentera and mainland Spain, the company's aim is to support and help clients realise their true creative vision.

"We take great steps to protect and invest in our clients, providing a one-stop shop for all your production needs at the most competitive rates. With over 15 years in the business, our aim is to work collectively with our clients and provide the best technical, creative and multilingual talent available."

Recent clients include Topshop, Italian Vogue, JD Sports and Derek Rose.

Equipment Rental: FilmPlus supplies a bespoke rental service for lighting, digital and camera equipment available for both the photographic and film markets.

Four Studios Communication, a reality in the world of film, television and advertising production since 2013, is based in Turin and is currently expanding to Milan with a new location due to open this summer. Thanks to many years of experience, the Milan location is expected to become a point of reference specialising in studio productions in the north of Italy.

Across both locations, Four Studios offers a 500m² soundproof studio, ideal for TV and film productions, advertising and photo shoots; two 30m² studios for interviews and photo shoots; six dressing rooms; production and post-production offices; catering and a bar area.

The separation between production offices, agencies and client offices, dressing rooms and meeting rooms allows for multiple productions at the same time, all the while maintaining privacy.

Four Studios collaborates with international production houses, advertising agencies or directly with clients, but also with smaller photo studios. It offers the technical means and highly qualified staff such as photographers, producers, stylists, make-up artists, hair stylists, scenographers, runners, drivers, painters, gaffers, stage technicians and wood workers. "The technical and electrical material at our disposal allows us to have the best equipment for cinematographic, TV and photographic productions."

Clients include Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Longines, Johnson&Johnson, Juventus, Wind Tre, Nastro Azzurro, and a lot of brands in the field of food and beverage, fashion and TV.  Agency and production house clients include Leo Burnett, Armando Testa, Frame Communication, Fargo Film, Alto Verbano, The Box Film, Akita and many more.

Full Movie is a new rental service based in Florence supplying light, grip and camera equipment. The team are dedicated to audiovisual productions with a focus on cinema, TV and advertising, documentary and music videos.

Full Movie was born out of the collaboration between three film-makers and technicians, Giulio Aspettati, Lucas Berisso and David Lisi, as well as the Movieland group in Bologna with almost 30 years of experience in the field.

"We provide the passion, professionalism, and above all the competence of experts who handle film equipment daily, providing fitting solutions for all production needs."

A fully equipped studio for commercial and independent photo and film production is complemented by full service production support. The company also provides inspiring scenography and custom set design for cinematic and photo productions both for the theatrical stage and external locations, and can advise on the necessary equipment for any type of shoot.

Karmer is a skilled and creative team of scenic carpenters, fabricators, sculptors, model makers, scenic painters, riggers, 3D designers and CNC operators with over 20 years' experience.

"We deal in solutions, not problems, and understand the many pressures that are so unique to the creative industry. These are simply second nature to our team. Our years of experience mean Karmer has a perfect understanding of what it takes to deliver complex projects on time, on spec, and on budget."

Industry expertise has been applied to projects worldwide from London to LA, Paris, Madrid, Geneva, Seoul, Copenhagen and Hong Kong.

This attitude and dedication has attracted some of the world’s biggest brands to use Karmer in delivering global campaigns, window displays, Installations, exhibitions, PR events and fashion shows. The skilled, pragmatic and above all supportive team understand, accommodate and deliver.

While attending a one-year photography class in Bogota, a friend recommended Krum Rodriguez watch Vincent Gallo’s 'Buffalo 66', which sparked intense curiosity in film-making and later led him to find his true passion in pursuing a professional career as a cinematographer. The visceral bond between light, colours, composition and movement formed a fundamental part of his learning process and has served as an infinite source of inspiration ever since.

After graduating from the National Theater and Film Academy in Sofia in 2005, Krum started landing different jobs on set and was part of many film crews before he finally decided to move on and dedicate himself to full-time cinematography.

Working in a diversity of long and short form productions ranging from commercial TV spots to feature films, he has developed a versatility in a variety of work conditions, leading to a visual aesthetic that combines simplicity and effectiveness.

His fiction work has been part of the official selections of many of the world’s top festivals, including Sundance, San Sebastian, Toronto TIFF, Tokyo IFF, Rotterdam and Locarno, among others.

MM Productions has the flexibility to produce for every need at prices far below expectation, working with clients of all sizes for international advertising, local below-the-line or catalogue projects.

"Italy is our home, so come and get a slice of Italian style in your productions! We’ll reveal the secrets of the wolrd’s most outstanding locations."

Clients include Martini, Paypal, ACEA, Gucci, Longines, Bulgari, Chottani, MEXX, BMW, Infiniti, Mercedes, DHL, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Zanussi, Valentino, Liu Jo, Breil, Diesel, TIM, Mephisto, Next, Casall, L’Officiel Hommes, Elle, Vogue and Maxim. MM Productions also produces social campaigns, music videos and spots.

Plastic Sandwich has been putting together portfolios for a wide variety of clients since the early 1970s, and has unparalleled experience in the field of image presentation in its various forms over the last 40 years.

All portfolios are made from the best quality top grain leather, in a variety of different colours.

Check out the website for further details and special offers.

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Southwest Productions has had a busy first few months of 2018. Film and photo shoots for clients from the UK, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain and Sweden have been executed with great results.

Among them are campaigns for Bentley, Volvo, H&M and Credit Agricole. Check out a few of them featured here on Production Paradise.

Visit the website for more information and for access to the online location library.

"THE BIGMAMA is a full service production company based in Milan and Alghero (Sardinia). Thanks to our skills in producing commercials and web content for the Italian market, we are now providing audiovisual production services for commercial, video and photographic communication and collaborating with the industry’s top professionals.

We can operate anywhere in Italy from our offices in Milan and Alghero, a beautiful historical sea town on the island of Sardinia from where we offer amazing landscapes, particularly for car shoots.

We’re always open to exciting new projects and eager to consolidate profitable and long-lasting professional relationships."