Equipment Planning Services

Here is how this works in practice. Gear planning for Brazilian shoots runs through a Rio–São Paulo rental-house axis that covers the country's full production demand. Casablanca Studios, O2 Filmes, Gullane Filmes, Conspiração Filmes, and Estúdio MD (Mauricio de Sousa Productions) anchor the São Paulo supply. Cinedia, Globo Estúdios Jacarepaguá, Estúdios Rio, and Atlântida cover Rio. Regional rental houses in Salvador, Recife, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, and Manaus handle local pickups for shoots that don't justify a Rio truck.

Here is the breakdown. On the ground, Camera packages run ARRI Alexa Mini LF, Sony Venice 2, RED V-Raptor, and increasingly the Canon C500 II in commercial work. Lighting through ARRI SkyPanel, Litemat, and Aputure with HMI through Sirius and Joker. Cross-border shoots clear ATA carnet imports through Receita Federal and the Aduana customs authority. This covers we file the bill of lading thirty days ahead of arrival at Guarulhos or Galeão airports, surface ICMS and IPI exoneration for short-term admission, and route through ANATEL for wireless follow-focus, comtek, and radio-mic frequency authorisations that compete with Brazil's congested telecom range during carnival and major-event periods.

Here is the short of it. Brazil's tropical climate forces gear ruggedisation that shoots arriving from temperate jurisdictions miss. Amazon shoots hit 95% humidity year-round with November–March river-rise extreme conditions. This covers we issue silica-desiccant pelican-case protocols, route through Manaus weatherised rental partners for igapó flooded-forest work, and surface FUNAI Terras Indígenas required-permit windows for any Yanomami, Kayapó, or Xingu-area gear entry. Pantanal UNESCO 2000 wetlands swap between flooded November–April and dry July–September, the latter optimal for wildlife capture. We set up IBAMA and ICMBio conservation-unit gear protocols on each entry.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. On the ground, Drone work clears ANAC plus DECEA airspace authority concurrently. Cristo Redentor and Pão de Açúcar overflights need special-case routing, Iguaçu Falls needs both Brazilian and Argentine clearance for cross-border flight, and Brasília's no-fly axis around the Niemeyer civic core needs Force Aérea Brasileira planning. Carnival February (Marquês de Sapucaí + Salvador street blocos) compounds gear demand on the same Rio–São Paulo trucks. We lock kits twelve weeks ahead. Gear qualifying for ANCINE Lei do Audiovisual production-spend recovery ships with CNPJ-tagged invoicing from day one.