Grip Services

Here is how this works in practice. We give grip kit and crew as a single set up package - a key grip top a team of grips, with the dollies, jib arms, cranes, track, and rigging hardware to realise any camera move. The grip department is the practical backbone of camera support: smooth dolly moves, level track over uneven castle floors, secure overhead rigging, and the flags, nets, and frames that shape light alongside the gaffer.

Here is the short of it. Romania's deep, three-decade crew base means Bucharest fields key grips who have rigged large studio builds and demanding location shoots, so the team that turns up already works as a unit. We source grip packages through Bucharest rental houses carrying today's dolly and crane systems, build the rigging and track plan in pre-production with the DP and gaffer, and manage the logistics of moving heavy grip kit between stage and remote locations. On set, the grip team owns camera support and safety rigging so the camera crew can concentrate on the shot.

Here is the breakdown. Romania's locations make a capable grip department key. Transylvania's castles - Bran, the Gothic-Renaissance Corvin at Hunedoara. The royal Peleș at Sinaia - have uneven historic floors that need careful track levelling and low-impact rigging. The Carpathians and the dramatic Transfăgărășan road call for crane and dolly work on steep, rugged ground. The medieval streets of Sibiu, Brașov, and UNESCO-listed Sighișoara reward precise track-laid moves. Studio grip work runs at MediaPro Studios in Buftea, one of Eastern Europe's largest complexes, and at Castel Film Studios, both with the floor space and overhead structure for permanent rigs.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. As an EU member inside the Schengen Area, Romania lets grip and rigging gear move in from across the bloc with no ATA carnet, and the mature local kit base means most shoots equip their grip department within Romania. Eligible spend counts towards the CNC cash rebates of up to 45 percent.