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Accommodation and Leisure
South Africa's hotels and guest houses are world class. Jane Warren Productions can negotiate special rates at most leading hotels.
The following hotels have proved popular - but we can recommend many others, including boutique hotels and guest houses.
The Mount Nelson, Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town
Radisson Hotel, Waterfront, Cape Town
Romney Park Luxury Suites & Wellness Centre, Green Point, Cape Town
The Cape Milner, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
The Westcliff Hotel, Parktown North, Johannesburg
The Royal Hotel, Durban, Natal
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Client Chaperones
We recommend hiring a client chaperone/driver to take care of foreign crew and/or agency clients when filming in South Africa.
Our chaperones understand the industry and can take care of your leisure time arrangements too. They can make dinner reservations at all the trendy restaurants, arrange a game of golf, a cable car ride up Table Mountain, a scenic drive through the Winelands, a visit to Cape Point to see the baboons and penguins or a shopping trip to Cape Town's well stocked Waterfront. They can also help with such mundane things as obtaining the correct electrical plug for your computer.
English is the most widely spoken language in South Africa but chaperones are available who speak a variety of languages.
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Art Department
South African Art Directors have contributed to many international award winning commercials. They work with sophisticated set construction teams, props and wardrobe specialists, SFX wizards, dedicated pack specialists and greens men.
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Casting
South Africa is known as The Rainbow Nation. Our population is made up of people from African, European, Indian, Asian and multi-ethnic backgrounds, so there is a huge diversity of looks available for the camera - whether as trained actors, models, character actors or extras.
Working with Lowe Lintas, South East Asia, Jane Warren successfully serviced commercials which featured twelve delightful Korean, Chinese and Japanese babies, all cast in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
We have cast Eskimos, Hispanics, Nordic blondes, chic Parisians, Californian surfers, Indian wrestlers, Eastern Europeans, dreadlocked Rastafarians, punk rockers and the boy and girl next door.
South African casting directors are experienced in commercials and features. Auditions are usually recorded, edited, packaged with accompanying stills and freighted to our clients. Additional stills can also be emailed to you - and if time is tight, casting tapes can also be telestreamed.
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Crew
On going exposure to top international directors and DPs, on commercials and features, has resulted in South Africa having a large pool of highly trained, experienced and professional film technicians.
While saving a fortune in production, flight and accommodation costs - international directors enjoy working with our friendly, service orientated, highly experienced local crew.
Jane Warren knows the importance of hiring the best available crew and working as a team with creative collaboration.
For more information on crew see our Budgets and Quoting Section.
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Equipment
Equipment suppliers in South Africa provide a full range of state of the art equipment for commercial and feature film shoots. Major equipment houses are based in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban and their comprehensive range of gear includes:
Arriflex, Panavision and HD cameras
Motion control
Time Lapse
A range of lens systems including Cooke S4, Zeiss Ultra Primes and Swing and Tilt Electric Box, Digital Hi Speed and Vari Speed
Steadicam
Chapman Dollies, Super Pee Wee, Power Pod with full remote lenses
Mini Mote with C.A.T. system, Giraffe Cranes (they were invented in SA) the Super Techno Crane, Tyler, Continental and Film Air Aerial mounts.
International DPs have access to all the latest equipment and if a specific item is unavailable we can generally have it flown in at short notice from overseas suppliers. On several occasions, specialist gripping companies have custom built innovative rigs to clients' specifications.
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Stock and Processing
Reputable local suppliers stock all the current lines of Kodak 16mm and 35mm colour negative - with the exception of Reversal and B/W emulsions. Special requests can be arranged. Should you bring your own stock into the country, we will arrange to have it dip tested prior to shooting.
Kodak approved film laboratories in Cape Town and Johannesburg process 35mm and 16mm stock and have been awarded Kodak Image Care status.
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Stunts
Our local industry has many highly trained and professional gurus in the "wow" department - both in front of and behind the camera. We have specialist stuntmen who perform any number of "crazy stunts" with dedicated precision and preparation - and animal wranglers who deal with the whole spectrum from elephants to ants.
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Insurance
Several reputable and well-established insurance companies in South Africa specialise in cover for film, television and commercial productions.
Jane Warren Productions insures for public liability, third party property damage and personal accident to South African crew and cast, as demanded by South African law.
Arrangements can be made to cover Film Negative and Weather Insurance on our clients behalf, if requested.
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Post Production
South Africa's post production facilities are on a par with the best in the world, offering a full range of facilities from film processing and printing to full audio and video post production.
A variety of Off and On Line capabilities are available and facilities include Ursa Diamond and Gold Telecine, Spirit, Discrete Logic Flame v7 and v5, Combustion, Quantel Edit Box, Avid Off and On Line and NT express. Telecine transfers are available on NTSC or PAL formats.
South Africa has a robust local commercials industry employing skilled and experienced editors and post production technicians, many of whom have worked in post production facilities overseas. We also service long form (features) in South Africa, and provide all the necessary daily editing requirements.
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Studios
Several studio facilities are available in Cape Town from large sound stages to smaller pack shot studios. Let us know if you require more details regarding size specifications and costs.
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For More Useful Information about filming in South Africa
Click on Useful Information to find out more about visas and work permits, importation of your product and/or wardrobe and special props, transport, health, hire of local cell phones ..... and lots lots more.
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