 
The following section details the various different types of rental
companies, and sorts them into rough categories. May companies, although
specializing in one area of supply have much experience across the
board in filmmaking and can assist with affiliated products.
There are five or six top equipment rental companies in South Africa
that are either wholly South African companies, or are affiliated
with international companies.
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The never-ending request for top of the range, up to date equipment that the burgeoning service industry demands, has ensured that the rental houses are equipped on an ongoing basis. Film equipment is mainly housed in Cape Town and Johannesburg and one or two companies have recently set up in Durban too.
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This category deals with servcies & rentals of all types, big and small from outfits through to scaffolding. The industry taps into a broad spectrum of the economic sector, utilizing products and services across the board.
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There are a number of good quality studios in Johannesburg and Cape Town, including a range of fully digitalized sound studios. There are long form studios planned for Cape Town and Durban.
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The country houses a selection of model-making companies that specialize in animatronics and in making any form of prop. Our abilities in the special effects, stunt and pyrotechnic fields are tried and tested, and come highly recommended.
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The country houses a selection of model-making companies that specialize in animatronics and in making any form of prop. Our abilities in the special effects, stunt and pyrotechnic fields are tried and tested, and come highly recommended. Precision drivers and riggers are readily available and work alongside specialists in the other fields of production.
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Set builders, used to working on long form production throughout Southern Africa are able to work with local labour in any town to produce astounding results. The service industry has ensured that they are well versed with the cultural requirements of different parts of the world and they are able to match the finest details, both in terms of set design and in the art direction of the piece.
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Many international car rental companies are represented in South Africa, and a host of specialist film vehicle rental companies have emerged in both the car hire and heavy duty fields. Selected companies specialize in providing rigged trucking for different departments and there are world-class auto-detailing companies available to deal with hero cars or any of the range of action vehicles the country offers.
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As with any industry, the catering requirements of our industry have been dictated by our workflow. Specialist caterers deal with long form productions, solving logistical problems to provide wholesome, hot food anywhere in our challenging terrain - often feeding thousands of extras in the process; whilst commercial service caterers provide only the best of international cuisine at a moment's notice on prestigious film sets throughout the region.
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The country offers a great network of domestic flights as well as a full spectrum of charter flights utilizing aeroplanes, helicopters and seaplanes. Marine transport includes cruise ships, yachts, catamarans and research submarines.
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Until recently visiting film and commercial producers traditionally took their post production requirements back to Europe with them. Now South Africa, which is extremely competitive price wise is being recognised as a strong creative and technical base for post production ~ and is handling more and more of the full final edit locally, even if the producers and directors have had to return home in the interim with new technical developments allowing quick download time to view rushes and edits at a distance.
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Many professional bodies support South African film, offering legal, financial or insurance advice and solutions. Company Insurance, Completion Bonding and Producers Insurances are a few of the areas covered by Specialists in this division.
In addition to these services, there are also other companies that offer equally important information, stats, facts and figures that are invaluable to the planning and filming process.
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Our communications category caterers for all sectors of this industry - from Two-way Radios through to Cellular Phones etc. South Africa has one of the world’s biggest GSM cellular markets and was the first country to launch fax and data on cell phones. Local mobile phones are easy to rent and delivered at very short notice.
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This category covers every kind of item that might be required on a film shoot, from action vehicles, specially designed and manufactured models to furniture, decor and accessories. If you have it available in real life... then at some point, the film industry will require it to recreate reality!
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South Africa offers a number of professional wardrobe hiring houses which cater exclusively for stylists, costume designers and wardrobe supervisors in the film, commercials and photographic stills industries. Some include presentation areas, fitting rooms and wardrobe production facilities.
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