Vehicle Mounting

Here is how this works in practice. We provide vehicle camera mounting systems and the rigging crews to fit them for productions across South Africa. Vehicle mounts attach cinema cameras directly to cars, motorbikes, trains and other moving sites, capturing dynamic in-motion shots, hood mounts, door rigs, suction-cup setups and full body rigs. Our grip and rigging teams plan secure mounting points, vibration isolation and the safety case for each rig, working with the DP on the angle, stability and framing the shot needs. Vehicle mounting is core to South Africa's busy automotive commercial sector and to action and feature work. The country's rental houses carry the full inventory of arms, mounts and stabilised heads.

Here is the short of it. We set up vehicle-mounted cameras with camera cars, drones and helicopter units for complete coverage of a driving sequence, managing the separation between sites. Because South Africa's film-services industry is large and competitively priced, vehicle mounting rigs, riggers and stabilised heads can be resourced within the country across Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.

Here is the breakdown. South Africa's roads and terrain make it a favourite for vehicle-mounted camera work. The open straights of the semi-desert Karoo, the dramatic curves of Chapman's Peak Drive, the mountain passes of the Cape and the different surfaces of the Garden Route give in-motion sequences an top range of environments, and the country routinely doubles for roads worldwide. Driving is on the left.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. This productions and rigging teams plan around, and the dry, sunny Western Cape summer from November to February delivers the trusted strong light and clear skies that vehicle shoots depend on. Mains power runs at 230V/50Hz. ATA carnets are accepted for any expert mounting hardware brought into the country. The favourable rand exchange rate makes gear-heavy vehicle work highly cost-competitive, the DTIC rebates historically returns around 25 percent of qualifying local spend to foreign productions, and the regional film commissions in Cape Town, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal help any road-closure permits the sequence needs.