Camera Operator and Crew Service

Top camera operator and crew available for hire

See where we have worked nationally throughout the UK

Rossiter & Co can provide you with an experienced camera crew for:

  • Corporate & industrial
  • Events, social & news
  • Film & television production

Rates

Camera Operator & Full Kit – £350 per day ex travel

15 ft crane option – £150.00 per day

Please contact us to make an enquiry

Credits

              

The CrewMatt Routledge

The crew is ably led by Matt Routledge – a highly experienced camera operator with 10 years of non-stop camerawork experience.

Core Kit

Canon 7D FULL HD (1080p) Camera
> Looks like high definition televisioon, and totally digital – no tape!

Full HD Underwater Camera
> Up to 6 metres depth underwater

Glidetrack
> Silky smooth glide tracking shots – like the movies!

15ft Camera Crane
> When you need an epic shot – then “crane it”! 

Pico Portable Dolly
> offers moving shots in tiny spaces – circular or straight line

Steadicam Merlin
> Capture running and walking super steady fluid moving shots

Varizoom Steadicam
> For fast pitchin up down and side to side shots, eg, conversations & demos

Teleprompt – with or without operator
> Makes talking to camera as easy as pie!. Now amateurs can look like pros

Audio

Sennheiser Wireless Mics x2
> Walk and talk – wire free

Sony ECM-44B Wired Mic
> Tailor made for interviews

Rode Boom mic
> For recording conversations and dialogues

Zoom H4N Sound Recorder
> High end, crystal clear digi-sound recorder

Rode Deadcat Windshield
> The best spec shield to kill unwanted wind noise

Rode Boom grip
> Insulate the boom mic from accidental wobbly handling noise

DXA-SLR DSLR audio
 > Record sound direct to camera

Lighting

2 x floods / studio lights
> 2kw Arri lights for large dark spaces, like factories and warehouses, and sets

Red Head Lights x 3
> The everyday use 800watt spotlamp

Dedolight kit x 3 (with Projector Lamp)
> For intimate carefully sculpted scenes, eg, interviews and recordings with an intimate feel

Bespoke LED lights for inside moving vehicles
> ideal for close shots at night, eg, in a car  

Full Kit List

Rode Boompole
> 10 feet fully extended to reach over 95% of scenes

Manfrotto Monopod 561B
> No room to use a tripod? Use a monopod – complete with fluid head!

15mm Rail Rod System
> Need to mount extra kit on the camera? Use a rail rod.

Follow Focus
> Focus-pulling lets you tilt or zoom the camera and always stay in focus.

Matte Box
> Eliminates sunlight scatter and flare when working outdoors

Manfrotto 525 Tripod
> The workhorse tripid, with ultimate stabilisation, inc brakes for controlling fast pans

EX pro RF153 Reflector
> Makes subject lighting more accurate – in gold, silver or white

Lilliput 7” Monitor+Shade
> Hand-held lightweight monitor for both client and director

LED Hotshoe light CN-160
> Puts a light on top of the camera for really low-lit conditions

Sandbags x 3
> for making lighting stands and tripods rock-steady

Gels and Scrim
> to control the intensity and colour of your lights – for the perfect look

Green screen
> Portable, go anywhere.

White screen
> Gives a great look for simple talking head web videos

The Price: You get all of the above – plus our lighting camera ace, Matt Routledge – for £350 per day.

Matt is resourceful, easy to work with and 100% diligent.

Whether you hire Matt as Camera Operator, DOP, or to lead the Shoot Crew, he’ll deliver.

Please contact us to make an enquiry

 

10 reasons to pick Rossiter & Co for your next shoot

> Proactively fitting in with you and the ideas of your director

> A high level of skills, especially for action shots, or fast changing situations

> Good range of high quality kit to meet most situations. True 1080 HD as standard.

> Wide experience of many different types of shoot – which means we can offer visual solutions for problem shots

> Cheerfulness doesn’t necessarily make a better shot, but it certainly makes for an easier day

> Lots of additional kit for filmic shots. For example, telescopic crane, glidecam, hand held steadicam, body-mounted motion stabiliser, plus a wide range of small to large lighting.

> Portable lightweight equipment is almost always employed, so we travel easy and can assemble on location quickly. We don’t like to keep you waiting for us setting up.

> Absolute reliability. You tell us where and when, and we’re there ready to work.

> We film for editors to cut, providing enough angles & views for a successful edit.

> We offer a single operator or a full crew with director, cameraman, sound recordist, assistants, photographer, location manager,  - as you determine.

Whether you need a single days work or a full crew – let us know. 

 

Corporate video production, web video production, multimedia presentation, flash animation, interactive dvd, streaming