Premiere: Las Vegas 48 Hour Film Project.
F11 Rentals has been a proud sponsor of this year's 48 Hour Film Project: Las Vegas. It has been our absolute pleasure to sponsor and be a part of this competition; giving Indie filmmakers of all sorts, the opportunity to showcase their filmmaking skills. The submissions premiered at Brenden Theaters at the Palms Resort here in fabulous Las Vegas, over two evenings this week. Beyond the premiers, we also had the opportunity to speak about F11 Rentals and our participation in this year's events with Quantum Arc Media, Joe Lujan of Carcass Studios and Corey Taylor on the internet talk show Corey Taylor Talks. We have really enjoyed being able to introduce ourselves further into the local Indie film scene, and are looking forward to meeting more great artists and build up Las Vegas' stellar arts scene.
48 Hour Film Festival: Las Vegas!
It's that time of year again, time for the 48 Hour Film Festival to return to Las Vegas. This amazing event gives filmmakers of all shapes and sizes the opportunity to flex their creative and speedy film-making muscles- in a compact time frame. Each team has just 48 hours to create a film, start to finish, and submit it for a judging panel. Now- this may seem super easy, or super impossible- both are correct! If you try to do to much, you'll never finish, so keep it simple. However, if you're not creative, and just submit a bunch of footage of ramen noodles heating up in the microwave, you'll probably not stand out.
We here at F11 Rentals are proud to be VIP sponsors of this years' competition, and cannot wait to be a part of all the festivities. We welcome teams to reach out for your last minute rentals. Let us know you're part of the competition, and we'll be happy to extend our 25% discount to you and your team. Best of luck to all the teams, we can't wait to see your final product.
Ronin 2 Available for Rental #lasvegasvideoproduction #ronin2 #ronin2rental
It's finally happened! No, I haven't been accepted into Clown College... yet. We received our DJI Ronin 2! This thing is super neat, let me tell you something, it's like, having your cake and eating it too. Delicious and fattening. This thing is a game changer, it's smarter and more efficient than the original, and it looks cool to boot. We even have the Ready Rig GS stabilizer and ProArm kit! If you can't pull some shawty's number wearing the Ready Rig, there's no helping you. The Ronin 2 combines the same precision as the Ronin 1, but adds more security and reliability with maintaining balance, a more powerful motor to allow you to push your shot further and faster than ever before. Basically, they took the Ronin, burned the original designs, and created something that is so much more exceptional. This can all be yours, and turn your Las Vegas video production to the next level. Reach out to day for your quote.
College Students and Indie Film Makers! #indiefilm #collegefilm #unlvfilm
Hey UNLV students, and all you Las Vegas Indie film makers!!! We here at F11 Rentals love aspiring film makers of all types, and we're here to lend a helping hand. If you're a current UNLV film student, or, anyone working on an Indie film project (gotta' prove it), we want to help you make your project see fruition. Reach out to us and see what kind of gear we have deals on to help your project come in on budget, and leave rice and soup in your pantry. Email us today! rentals@f11rentals.com
CES Is Coming Soon! #CES2016 #CESlasvegas
One of our favorite times of the year is just around the corner: CES! The International Consumer Electronics Show is one of the largest shows of it's kind in the world. Over 150K people from 150 countries will attend and see the over 3,600 companies displaying new innovations and technologies. We love sending our gear out with the various crews who will help cover all angles of this awesome event. Our gear is booking out fast, so make sure to contact us as soon as possible. Happy Holidays, and we'll see you in just a couple weeks!
Little Slider, Big Results #edelkrone #sliderPLUS #travel size
One of our favorite pieces of gear is our slider, it provides a huge boost in production value without having to use a cumbersome dolly. Sometimes a regular slider can be too much as well, especially when traveling or space is limited, enter the Edelkrone SliderPLUS. The Edlekrone SliderPLUS uses inovative technology to double the available slide space by utilizing retractable rails and a built in dolly. The SliderPLUS is capable of executing smooth moves even with a fully built Canon C300 with 70-200mm lens. The sliders are durable and well built and come in a variety of sizes. So, if time, space, and budget play a role in your production in Las Vegas, or wherever, give us a call and we'll get you set up with a great tool that will add so much to the value of your final product.
Servicing Your Lenses #CanonC300 #GearMaintenance
One often overlooked aspect of good production is having your equipment routinely serviced and cleaned. A wise investment is buying a service and/or protection plan above the manufacturers' warranty. Here at F11 Rentals for instance, we send our Canon C300s out for an annual cleaning and "sprucing up"; that insures that everything is running correctly, all the nuts and bolts are tight, and everything is clean, especially deep down. The fine folks over at Canon are trained and able to clean all the intricate and difficult parts of the camera that we here would rather not mess with. We certainly take pride in taking the best care of our products while they're here in house, but definitely don't underestimate the trained professionals that help keep our machine running smoothly. Here in the desert, our production rental gear needs all the care we can give it!
Keep Your Package Wrapped #Cinebags
Here at F11 Rentals, we always use protection (no one likes a burner), that's why we're no fools, and we wrap our tools with Cinebags High Rollers, Skinny (not ours) Jimmies, and the always ergonomic and eccentric lap top bag that loves to hold on tight to the high roller. All of our camera packages and rental accessories are packaged nice and tight in Cinebags. The best video production rentals should be delivered in the best production bags. Get your very own bag here.
Green Screen - Perfect for Corporate Video Production #greenscreen #videoproduction
St Patrick's Day, almost over, but I thought it might be a good time to talk about green screen. The video equivalent of a blank slate oozing with imaginative possibilities. Appropriate? When most people think of green screens, they think of big budget movies where the actors are flying around, destroying things or doing unbelievable super acts in fantasy worlds. They're used for that but they are used far more often in corporate video production and corporate storytelling than most people realize. We do a good amount of corporate video production and there aren't too many weeks that go by where we aren't either shooting with a green screen or sending out an estimate for green screen production.
In Las Vegas, there are so many conventions coming through town and it's a great place for corporations to either show off products, grab customer testimonials or gather together executives to speak on camera. Instead of using a boring convention room with blah coloring and no dimension, a green screen offers so many more options, it's tough to pass up. We key out the green and boom, you're creativity runs wild but mostly simple wild, nothing crazy. We have a few on hand from a simple pop out 6x6 to a paper roll 10 foot wide to a full on 10x20 wraparound fabric. These can all be taken on location and built to whatever specs the client is looking for. It's an effective and creative solution.
Green screen is not out of anyone's budget. That's another misnomer that people tend to have. It's an additional cost for sure but the quality and flexibility of post production because of it is far more valuable than saving a few dollars. If for your next production you haven't thought about it, ask us about green screen and you'll be glad you have fun options to play with down the line. If all else fails, you can always put the CEO talking about EBITDA in the middle of a corn field.
Now, in honor of St. Patrick's Day I leave you with one of my favorite themed commercials, even though it's a couple years old.
Our new camera bags - The High Roller
We decided on purchasing the Cinebags High Roller for all of our C300 and PMW-300 Camera Packages. The Lens Smuggler has been a great accessory to transport our lenses and additional gear as a carry on. The quality is what you would expect from a high end manufacturer. The Zippers and stitching are built to withstand heavy use. I personally love that there is a little more depth to the main compartment over the previous version the Camera Daddy. Because of the added space we can now store the C300 camera with the top handle as well as the 24-70 lens on the camera. This allows for quicker setups and I think the less we can take the lens on and off the body the better. Oh almost forgot... These new bags have a telescoping handle and wheels. No more lugging a 30lb. Camera bag on my shoulder running from plane to plane. Also, while we are on the topic of traveling. I have to mention the lens smuggler allows us to bring a variety of lenses and stash them under the seat very comfortably. It is slightly thicker than the laptop case but not one airline worker has given it a second look. A highroller and the lens smuggler are a great combination. One carry on and one personal item. We are very glad to have these new bags and I expect them to be a valuable tool for us for the life of our cameras.