SHOOTING ROMANIA

shooting romania
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
the largest sound stage in continental Europe, at
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 offers 15 sound-proof stages,
4 water tanks, production offices with complete
communication and IT facilities, fully equipped
make-up and dressing rooms, conference rooms,
and 35mm screening rooms accommodating up to
3 split soundtracks.
All standard camera equipment can be rented in
Romania.
Starting with 2005 MediaPro Studios have become
the official representatives in Romania of industry
premier’s equipment supplier Panavision/Lee
Lighting.
The studio’s Camera Department is mainly
equipped with ARRIFLEX and MOVIECAM - AR-
RIFLEX 535 B, ARRIFLEX 435 ES, ARRIFLEX 35III,
ARRIFLEX 35 BL IV, MOVIECAM SUPER AMERICA
- completed with the entire range of lenses and
filters, heads and tripods for both film and advertising
productions.
An extensive inventory of hardware is also available:
Super Panther III, Panther Foxy Crane, Super
Jib II, Steadicam Master Film, Lightweight Dolly,
Super Vario Tracks and lighting package as well as
location sound services through Audio Development
AD 149 8 ch (filed audio mixer) and
DEVA II, 4ch.
KENTAUROS offers an 82713 sq m (app 890309
sq ft) fenced high security lot.
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 HMIs, flicker-free
HMIs, 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-FLOs, 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
EVOLUTION with its super jib arm 2 and U-bangi
arm; the SUPER PANTHER III with jib arm 2; the
MATADOR cart; and the VIP CRANE with a maximum
height of 9 meters.
Location sound departments provide services for
stage and outdoor shooting, and complete postproduction
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.
Personnel
Cinematographers, set and costume designers,
key technicians, animators, puppeteers, stunt
performers, production and location managers
continue to develop their experience with the
increasing volume of international productions
shot in Romania. Many are on the regular staff of
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