Why zoom when you can dolly? And why tilt when you can shoot from a jib? One portable solution to this is our inexpensive
Seven Jib by Media Logic. Weighing in at only 45 pounds, this jib has a six and a half foot arm, with a four and a half foot reach. Compact enough to fit in any standard size car, this easy-to-use jib also includes counterweights, and a mitchell tie down bolt; so it may be secured to any larger tripod with a mitchell plate. Other video camera support items that pair well with the Seven Jib include our
Ti Stix Titanium Heavy Duty Tripod with Mitchell top and spreader, as well as the O'connor 1030 Fluid Head with 100mm Bowl base (35 lb Capacity). Want to dolly with the jib? How about pairing with a Matthews Doorway Dolly…or don't have the budget for a dolly grip? Then you should check out our newly fabricated, self-operated Platform Dolly w/skatewheels (Outfitted for tripods).
Sometimes I wonder whether we reach everyone that COULD be our customer or not. If you're a still photographer and you've never rented from us i have to ask "WHY NOT"! We carry a full line of many of the things that you need every day and we have resources to get you many of the other things that we don't have. I guarantee that you'll love the service you get here and you'll like the price too! Check out what it would cost to have one of our talented pool of freelnace technicians bring a truck out to your next job. I'll bet it's a LOT less than you think and you'll be getting an expert with the gear along for the job as well. We can be your photo lighting rental source as well as we do film lighting rental and video lighting rental. Did I mention that we're the only place in town that has Black/White Foamcore IN STOCK, a full line of expendables (tape,gel,diffusion), production support items (heaters, tables, chairs, tents), and new equipment for sale as well? We're truly evolving into a one-stop-shop for everything you need! Come by and see us any time.
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The new Chimera Triolet (Tree-oh-lay) (it's French) is one of the most flexible new lights to make its way into the inventory of the only Indianapolis Film and Video Lighting rental company you need. It can be used with a variety of bulbs with wattages from as low as a standard 25 watt incandescent practical up to the 1000 watt JTT mogul base. It can take 2 pin bulbs up to 750 watts inside its domed, diffused housing and it can take bayonet 2 pin bulbs as well. Not only does this light take an almost innumberable list of lamps, it can also fit a wide range of Video Pro Chimeras and the Chimera pancake and standard lanterns. With all of these options, it is quite possibly the most versatile light we own and it's only $30/day! You'll need to pick which Chimera "bag" you'll want to rent with it. Maybe you could use it with two different "bags" for two different setups? Maybe you could use it for a day interior and a night exterior? You decide how, we'll get you the stuff.
Go here to see pictures and demos of our new Triolet
http://www.chimeralighting.com/dspProduct.asp?productid=299
Yes, we have done it!! Film and Video lighting rental is now on Facebook. This will give us the opportunity to give you, our clients and friends quick updates to those who become a fan. Please log onto your Facebook page and Search Hammer Lighting & Grip, click "Become a Fan" and you are in!!
We will be able to give you the latest updates on new gear, as well as linking our blog to our page as well. You will also get the opportunity to see some of our work with the pictures and videos that I will be uploading.
As you know I am more of the Office Manager than a Gaffer, Key Grip, or Grip that knows more about the technical aspects of an HMI Light. I was hanging out with some friends and they had asked what I do. Now, for most people I tell them I'm in the Lighting and Film industry and I'm the one who takes phone call, run estimates, invoicing etc.... They had asked, what type of lights do you use normally? I mentioned the infamous HMI Lights. So the question became, "What does HMI really mean"?
I looked it up on
Wikipedia's website. So much information came up that I thought I would share a few pointers as to what HMI really means. There are so many facts about this light that even my boss was impressed!!!
So HOW do you really pronounce HMI?? I think I will leave that up to you! Its a hard word to say but now you may know more than you would ever know about the HMI Lights.
Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide, or HMI, is a mercury-halide gas discharge medium arc-length lamp with a multi-line emission spectrum. The "H" in HMI stands for hydrargyrum, Latin for mercury (Hg). An HMI lamp uses mercury vapour mixed with metal halides in a quartz-glass envelope, with two tungsten-coated electrodes of medium arc separation.
We have a varity of these HMI Lights right here at Hammer Lighting & Grip for your rental needs! Here is a picture of the Mole Richardson 1200 Par that we carry:
Mole Richardson 1200 Par HMI
One of the newest additions to the Hammer Lighting and Grip rental inventory is the
Chimera Triolet Convertible Omni-Directional Light (Model #9950). It's one of the most versatile lights we have! It can be used with any Video Pro Chimera or the Pancake Lantern, if you choose, with a quick release speed ring.
It comes with a 2-Pin adapter, a double contact bayonet adapter, a diffusion glass dome, and a medium household screw-in adapter. Point is, all of these accessories allow you to use this light with 1000w, 750w, 500w, 200w, or 150w bulbs!!
I've packed the light, all of the adapters, and 2 of each of these bulbs in one medium-sized Pelican case for your convenience. The only thing that's not included in this kit is a Chimera. You can pick that out when you call in your order to Alyssa at 317-547-4747!
Enjoy!
The meaning of
C-stand in the film production environment is used by the Grip department to accomplish various rigging and light modification task.
The name comes from the official term "
Century stand", which in turn comes from the earliest days of filmmaking, when the sun was the only major source of lighting;
reflectors were used to keep the light on actors. There are also other various ways to use the C-stand. Its primary purpose is to position various flags, color gels, bounce cards, and silks in front of light sources to block, direct, or modify the nature of the light. The production team also loves to use the stand to make wardrobe racks. We also like to use them for our
Kino Flo's and the
1200 Par HMI .
One of my task for the last few days was to change the "O" rings. Which are a part of the stand not many know about. Its a rubber piece that sits between each section of the stand. After awhile they start to fall apart, crack and just fall off. It can be unsafe if not replaced. Trust me, I got my finger smash a few times and it hurt! Replacing these is just one more thing we like to do for you, so everything goes smoothly on your shoot.
The lighting rental equipment here at Hammer Lighting and Grip is constantly changing. It is my job to make sure that we have every bit of information on the items coming in and out of our rental inventory at our fingertips at all times. I created what I enjoy calling the "Mega Master Inventory List" many, many months ago. However, I cannot seem to complete this project. We keep finding more rental gear to add to it. I never realized how much lighting and grip equipment you must have to run a rental house like this. Even just today I found a few pieces of grip equipment in our warehouse that was not on this list. There are so many things that have been custom made or ordered for certain productions that nobody even knows about! My goal is to provide our customers with all of the information on these pieces so they can take advantage of the specialty items that exist right here in Indianapolis!
Please call us at 317-547-GRIP if there is something in particular you are looking for or visit our website at
www.hammergrip.tv! Check back often because as I said before, it is constantly being updated!
Well, we have them! We have a variety of
Production supplies that you might not even think a Lighting and Grip company has. We have from 6ft to 8ft tables, to metal chairs for you catering needs. We have EZ-UP 10x10 and 10x20 tents for those Indiana rainy days or hot summers. How about radios? Well we have those too. There are Motorola GP300 VHF Radios for $15.00 each. This package comes with extra batteries, headsets, security headsets, speaker mics as requested. As well as the 6 radio charger to charge the extra batteries while you are shooting away. Come check out our website for more Production supplies options.
Recently at
Hammer Lighting and Grip we have had a great opportunity to rent our Grip Trucks, Camera Dollies, Lights and our Generators to a few Independent Films. Last year we got to work on the movie
www.mynameisjerry.com . It was all filmed in Muncie, In.
This year we are doing two, yes I said two
Independent Films at once!!! That means the month of April will be busy. We have BOTH our
3 Ton Truck and our
4Ton Truck out for a full month. We're supplying them with camera dollies and generators too. Now, this doesn't mean we are out of trucks, dollies, lights and generators. We have plenty of options to get you the truck package you will need. We don't want to you to forget about our
1 Ton and our
5 Ton Grip Trucks that are sitting waiting to be loaded up with lots of gear!!
Did you know that we stock all of the most commonly used lighting and grip expendables right here in Indianapolis?
We have a display room filled with all kinds of globes, gel, rope, and tape (like the 2" black gaffers tape pictured here). If you venture on into our warehouse you'll find different types of showcard and foamcore amongst our lighting and grip equipment.
Why hunt these items down and ship them from L.A. when we have it right here for you? Just stop by and pick it up before your next production! Or give us a call and we can have it on your doorstep in no time.
Well, It was a long cold winter here at Hammer Lighting & Grip! I'm staring out my office window at green grass, new leaves, and trash! It's time for some spring cleaning. That reminded me of something you might not have known about us. It's a small thing but I think it says big things about how we roll. I looked around a film or video set that we were lighting one day at all of the trash and it disgusted me. For some reason the lift gate on the grip truck collects all sorts of empty water bottles, gel scraps, tape, you name it! So, we found these handy little collabsible 20 gallon trash cans that neatly store on every truck. Viola! Clean. No more empty water bottles on the camera dollies! I always want us to be known as the "clean" lighitng rental house. I said it was a small thing. But I think it says big things about our phiosophy.
Well, we have a cage but its not for fighting. Its our return cage for late night shoots! Think of it as a night drop box at your local video store, but bigger and a CAGE!
We all know that in the Film business shoots will always go past the time allowed to return gear. We have this system that if you just give us a simple code we will make it easier for you to drop off or pick up your gear over night or in the wee morning hours. So if you know you won't make it between our weekday hours 8:00 to 5:00 please let us know and we will be happy to set up a simple code for you.
Hey Everyone!
I know its been a long time since I wrote any blogs. We have been so busy. One minute its Christmas and the next its the end of March! The weather is turning for the better. So we are excited to be able to open our doors and feel the spring air!!!
Our last two months have been so busy with work locally and out of state. We have done some pretty cool jobs. Like going to Mississippi to shoot World War reenactments, Music Video shoot and we will be doing some independent films soon.
I wanted to let everyone know that we all have been working really hard on getting our full warehouse inventoried and all our Lighting and Grip trucks lists up to date. We wanted to be able to make it easy for everyone to just go on our website, choose the package you want and call me with your order. I can't wait to hear what's coming up next in the film business right here in Indianapolis, Indiana!!!
This week the Groundhog has decided that we will get 6 more weeks of winter!!! Who really listens to the Groundhog anyway?
Not us at Hammer Lighting and Grip we have already been working hard on revamping our Lighting & Grip trucks and doing some spring cleaning. So come rent our Lighting Trucks, HMI, Dollies what ever you might need for that next commerical or Video shoot.
Wanna come check out our gear first? Call me in the office and I will set up an appointment we would love to show you around or 10,000 square foot warehouse.
Hammer Lighting & Grip is not only for film and video lighting........ We also carry a good amount of grip and lighting gear for all Photographers.
We have from items like apple boxes for all those high shots, Flag kits, even Reflectors. I also should tell you that we have these awesome Mole Richardson Wind Machines.
(http://www.hammergrip.tv/specialeffectspricing.htm) You can use them to get that dramatic shot for all of your professional pictures.
So, if you are local and looking to rent just apple boxes and some c-stands or you are from out of town and are just swinging thru Indianapolis we highly recommend checking out our 1ton Grip Package. It would be perfect for your shoots. Please feel free to call us to see what we can do for you!
This past July in Indiana the Media Production Expenditure Tax Credit was passed!!! Please check the link on our website to see what that could do for you on your next Film or Video project.
So, we're wrapping up the grip truck build on our newest, latest and greatest truck! Hammer Lighting and Grip now has the nicest grip truck that Indianapolis film and video lighting has ever known! Midwest lighting and grip equipment rental will never be the same! This thing is 221 square feet of lighting and grip fun. It's an amazing 1878 cubic feet of 33,000 pound cargo carrying enormity! It's box is 2 feet longer, 6 inches wider and a foot taller than our old 5 ton. Then you say, yes but how well will this fit at my next location? Well, because International used modern technology when designing it, this truck is only 4 inches taller than the old 5 ton grip truck. The box is 2 feet longer but the overall length increased by only a foot and the old truck was a cabover versus the new, more comfortable traditional cab with air-rde. it has a shorter turning radius and is now equipped with a trailer hitch to tow your next generator rental! Tow a trailer behind such a big truck you say? Yes, thanks to the color, widscreen backup camera! It's loaded with every piece of grip equipment you could imagine (our most complete package for only $100 per day more) This is the truck I'd rent if I were a producer. All of the extra interior room leaves more space for add-ons, a camera dolly, or camera dollies, if you'd like (did I mention that there's a lot of room?). I saved the best feature for last too. This truck is lighter to start with than the one that it replaced AND we bumped up the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating to 33,000# from 30,000# for a total gain of over 4,000# of massive grip and electric rental hauling capabilty! This is no wimpy truck! Stay tuned for more details!
When putting in your next lighting and grip rental order at Hammer don't forget about our Black Jack 400 HMI!
It's a 400 watt HMI fresnel that does so much more. The Black Jack is one of the most compact and lightest of its kind. It is the ideal tool to light an interior. This HMI has a selection of 2 lenses: Fresnel Spot or Fresnel Flood. Or it can be used without lenses turning it into a beam projector. Beam projectors can be used for projecting a direct beam with very sharp shadows for "streaming sunlight" effects or to accentuate atmospherc fog.
It has 4 holes on the front door to attach lightbanks or lanterns thus avoiding the need for a Speedring. The recommended lightbank for the Black Jack is a Video Pro XS or S.
NOW YOU KNOW!
GRIP GEAR IN A TRAILER? BRILLIANT! 
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