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shooting <strong>romania</strong> Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes © Castel Film Equipment Castel Film offers 8 modern sound stages on a 9,590 sq m (104,352 sq ft) back lot. Stage 5 is one of the largest sound stages in continental Europe, over 3,354 square meters (over 36,100 sq feet). They also provide production offices, gated parking, make-up rooms, dressing rooms, wardrobe rooms, storage facilities, and a full-service catering area. MediaPro Studios is the largest production facility in the country, able to provide full production and post-production services. The Studio has 19 sound stages, including the largest in Romania and Continental Europe with 4,200 sq m (over 45,200 sq ft), 4 indoor water tanks, a 100 acre back lot with various standing sets, fully equipped production offices, make-up and dressing rooms, conference rooms, and a 35mm screening room. All standard camera equipment can be rented in Romania. Starting with 2005 MediaPro Studios is Panavision/ Panalux official representative in Romania. The studios’ Equipment Department is mainly equipped with 35 mm and High Definition cameras – ARRIFLEX 535 B, ARRIFLEX 435 ES, ARRIFLEX 35III, ARRIFLEX 35 BL IV, MOVIECAM SUPER AMERICA, SONY CINEALTA HDW-F-900R, SONY CINEALTA HDV PDW-F350L – completed with all range of lenses and filters, heads and tripods for both film and advertising productions. Also, an extensive inventory of hardware is available: Steadicam Master Film System; Panther Foxy Carne, Panther Dolly, Super JIB II, mini JIB, Western Dolly, Panther Light Dolly, Kinetic Support vehicle camera mount, Movie Tech Sprinter2 Kit, P+S Tehnik Mini Skater, SuperVario Tracks, Precision Vario Tracksand and lighting package as well as location sound services. Panalight Romania can provide also an important and modern selection of equipment for cinema, specialized technical assistance and excellent services. They are also located in Rome, Milan and inside the Cinecitta’ Studios. Castel Film offers ARRI 535 and 435, Moviecam Compact, Moviecam Super America, Mitchell/ Fries packages. Local technicians use modern lighting equipment packages such as: ARRI Sun HMI s, flicker-free HMI s, a full range of incandescent lights, such as Mole- Richardson and DeSisti tungsten lights, and silent generators featuring crystal lock. Different kinds of par lights, KINO -FLO s, chimera banks and tungsten floodlights are available also on the market. Among the grip equipment used here, we can mention dolly packages like the SUPER PANTHER EVOLU- TION with its super jib arm 2 and U-bangi arm; the SUPER PANTHER III with jib arm 2; the MATA DOR cart; and the VIP CRANE with a maximum height of 9 meters. Location sound departments provide services for stage and outdoor shooting, and complete post-production services. The most common sound recording equipment here are the time-code FOSTEX DAT, the Nagra 4-S, and the 12-channel COOPER mixers. A wide range of boom and wireless microphones are available so that all productions meet the required international standards. MediaPro Studios offers a complete range of SFX services through its Special Effects workshop. Thanks to the partnership with Effects Associates, London, the Studios have the largest inventory of special effects equipment available in Romania and Eastern Europe, as well as a highly skilled team of young professionals. Alongside Nick Allder’s (Academy Award winner) expertise, the Romanian team provides the best SFX services in the Region. The facilities of Abis Studio include a package of state of art post production technology, all the services handled by a fully qualified team of top experienced professionals: Editing – 4 editing workstations, Telecine / Color grading (Spirit Datacine, a 17
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