Gear rental · Gilbert, Arizona
Camera and food-content rentals in Gilbert
Gilbert is forty-five minutes east and it eats well on camera. The Heritage District around the 1927 water tower puts more than thirty restaurants within a short walk, Agritopia and Barnone are full of makers, brewers and winemakers, and the food, product and small-business content they generate is a rental category of its own.
~45 mindrive time
32 miroad miles
From the Heritage District via the Superstition Freeway (US-60) and I-10.
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Shooting in Gilbert
Kitchens, makers and a stage in the round.
Gilbert orders are the tabletop kit: a macro cine prime, soft lighting that flatters a plate, a slider for the slow push, and a body that shoots high frame rates for the pour. Hale Centre Theatre's productions and the Riparian Preserve's nature work add performance and wildlife kits to the mix.
Restaurant and food content in the Heritage District
The blocks around Water Tower Plaza book menu films, chef features and social content every week. The Vespid 90mm macro on a Dana Dolly or a slider, an LS 300X through a Light Dome SE as the soft key, a small RGB accent, an FX3 at 120 frames per second for the pour and the sear, and a Zoom H6 for the sizzle.
Agritopia, Barnone and the makers
Coffee roasters, brewers, winemakers, machinists and a farm inside a neighborhood. Brand films for makers want the same soft, tactile lighting as food, a gimbal for the walk through the workshop, and a wireless lav on the owner. Small crews, quick setups, and gear that does not intimidate a subject who has never been filmed.
Hale Centre Theatre and the Riparian Preserve
Hale Centre's in-the-round stage books performance and promotional films that want fast glass and a quiet body in the dark. The Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch is the East Valley's wildlife and birding location, where a long lens and patience do the work and any commercial shoot needs a town permit.
Where productions work in Gilbert
From the water tower to Seville.
From a Heritage District kitchen to a Seville backyard, the van plans the drop, the parking and the load-in for the exact address before shoot day.
- Heritage District
- Agritopia
- Morrison Ranch
- Val Vista Lakes
- Power Ranch
- Seville
- Cooley Station
- Rivulon
Locations worth building a shot around
- The 1927 Gilbert Water Tower and Water Tower Plaza
- The Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
- Hale Centre Theatre
- Barnone at Agritopia
- Gilbert Regional Park
- Freestone Park and its vintage carousel
The kit Gilbert shoots pull
The Gilbert food and product kit
Sony FX3 for 120 frames per second, the DZOFilm Vespid 90mm macro and 50mm, a Dana Dolly for the slow push across the table, an Aputure LS 300X through a Light Dome SE as the key, a PavoTube II for the rim and the color accent, a Zoom H6 with the Sennheiser MKE 600 for the sizzle, a Savage seamless backdrop for the clean product shot, and a 5-inch monitor. A 4-foot folding table for the set, because restaurants never have a spare.
From these shelves
Same building: Influence Studios
Rent the gear. Book the stage. One roof.
The counter shares a nearly 10,000 sq ft building with Influence Studios: a 2,000 sq ft cyc wall, a 30 by 10 ft LED volume wall, a podcast suite and 16 standing sets across 9 studios, bookable by the hour from $49/hr. Studio time includes lighting and audio; cameras come from this shelf.
Good to know
Gilbert questions, answered.
The DZOFilm Vespid 90mm macro. It focuses close enough to fill the frame with a garnish and matches the rest of the Vespid set so the wide shots of the room cut with the details. Pair it with the FX3 at 120 frames per second for pours and the Dana Dolly for the slow move down the table.
Yes, and most Gilbert food content is made that way. One operator, a soft light on a stand, a tube light for color, a slider and a small monitor set up in a booth during the afternoon lull. Everything here runs on battery, so nothing gets unplugged in the kitchen.
Not without the town's sign-off. The Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch is a wildlife habitat, and the Town of Gilbert requires a permit for any commercial filming or photography there, so ask Parks and Recreation about a flight when you apply. Rent the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM and a solid tripod instead; the birds are the reason people shoot there, and a long lens gets close without flushing them.
Macro glass for Gilbert's kitchens, reserved tonight.
Live availability for your dates. Pick up at the Glendale counter or have it delivered to set.