Author: Matt Stouppe
For people who are experienced in the film industry, they will mostly get their work through word of mouth. Over years of networking and getting out on set, everyone knows to hire them because they know they will do a good job, but what if no one knows who you are or what you’re capable […]
As a rental house we see tons of equipment requests every single day, as you can imagine this had made us strive to figure out how to do it better when ordering equipment for ourselves. Here are a few things we’ve found to be very helpful in ordering equipment. Create a Template The number one […]
Here at Bolt Lighting rental, we want to make sure that renting will take place in the safest manner possible. Over the shelter in place time we have taken many strides in developing a way to make sure that our shop, employees, and most of all you as a client will be safe. To reach […]
Last we left you guys we had just finished the design on the sprinter. It’s definitely been a while, but the truck is complete and has been working. Thought we would show you the second part of the process of building out this truck. Since we got the first truck, learning to weld has been […]
Have been working hard at building out a new grip truck here at Bolt Lighting Rental and we thought we could make this blog post to let you into the process a little bit and see how we go about designing our shelving in the vans and trucks. We recently purchased a 2500 Dodge Sprinter […]
Calculating overtime can be such a mysterious question for people in the film industry. With prepaid overtime and a lot of misinformation floating around, it’s difficult to figure out your hourly rate or know at what point you should be paid what. There are a myriad of different state laws out there, so we are […]
Have another blog post installment for everyone. We have DP Ryan Thomas and really fun commercial he shot using some S-60 skypanels and other RGB units from Bolt. Check it out! I have been wanting to shoot a colorful, yet moody commercial for some time and was really excited when Director Spencer Selover and I […]
Everyone who has been doing film for a while knows what it’s like to get on your first job big enough for them to have walkie talkies. It’s an exciting moment, but then you realize you’re supposed to have your own headset. You ask if they have a spare and they hand you the dreaded […]
We go in depth into all of the crew positions that you’ll find on a grip and electric crew. You’ll learn what everyone does and how to implement this knowledge for your next show.
Have another blog post installment for everyone. This time around we have DP Josh Pausanos and this pretty insane one take music video he put together using some of the RGB LED fixtures from our arsenal. Here’s his breakdown. I had the pleasure of working with director Hong Kim last year for a one take […]
A quick article about what you should carry on your tool belt. Written for both the lighting and grip department in mind.