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Entertainment Industry Equipment Rentals
Herc Entertainment Services focuses on lending equipment to film, television and live event productions. This specialty division carries a wide variety of entertainment equipment for rent, including everything from forklifts and carts to aerial equipment and climate products. Whether you’re looking to ensure the comfort of your lead actors or need a hand getting some height for the perfect shot, our catalog of rentals can help.
For more information about trustworthy and name-brand entertainment industry equipment rentals, contact a Herc Rentals equipment expert.
Specialized Equipment for Entertainment Industry Applications
Where might you use entertainment equipment rentals? Truthfully, the applications are nearly endless.
- Film equipment rental: Capturing an action star mid-leap or getting a bird’s-eye view of a car chase requires extra height. Aerial equipment can give you a much-needed lift, sending your cameraperson soaring or helping stunt people get a better idea of the stunt field. Rent transportation to shuffle crew members from the hotel to location, or grab a floor scraper for last-minute changes to your set. Moving from site to site almost guarantees challenges, but on-demand equipment rentals deliver the solutions you need so you can finish your film on time and on budget.
- TV equipment rental: Television shoots come with their own list of requirements, including equipment you need to keep the episodes coming. Even the most comprehensive studio setups run into the occasional hurdle. Use climate control to recreate chilly conditions during a summer filming schedule, or rent extra lights to execute your vision without purchasing equipment you’ll only need once.
- Live event equipment rental: One-off events, like a film premier, awards ceremony or festival, take a lot of power — both manpower and the mechanical kind. Rent portable generators and climate control units to power stages and green room tents. Landscaping equipment can help you resurface a site and make way for vendors and camping.
Types of Entertainment Industry Equipment
There is a wide variety of lifts, lighting rigs and other on-site essentials that fall under the umbrella of entertainment equipment. Our rentals are almost as diverse as your list of filming locales, ensuring you can find the rental you need to keep the day — and the project — on track.
Herc Entertainment Services provides production equipment rentals, and we have the know-how and experience to assist in creating specific in-studio environments. Both on your home turf and in the field, these rentals might be just what you need to make a masterpiece.
- Aerial equipment: Scissor lifts and articulating booms are just two of the aerial platform rentals you can use to change perspectives, install equipment or complete routine maintenance. Stack speakers at a summer festival or get some height to double-check lighting rigs and background scenery before the director yells, "Action!"
- Lighting: Portable light towers and other lighting equipment can extend day shoots into night, chase away shadows in an industrial setting or allow crews to set up for the next day’s shoot even after the sun sets. In remote locales, solar-powered towers eschew the need for electrical hookups and align with sustainable practices.
- Material handling: Film production equipment can be quite heavy. Save labor and underscore safety by renting forklifts, pallet jacks and telehandlers that simplify equipment transport around the studio or a remote location. Rent for a short period of time to handle quick tasks, like a few days' worth of setup and breakdown. Or consider a long-term contract so you can transport equipment, clear landscaping and shuffle debris as needed.
- Job site solutions: Equipment from this category will help you tick all your organizational boxes. Arrow and message boards direct onlookers around your site when filming is in progress. Meanwhile, storage containers keep equipment safe from the elements when not in use, and surveillance gear can integrate with your existing safety plan.
- Trucks and trailers: Get from point A to point B — cast, crew and equipment included — with cargo and passenger vans, trucks and trailers from Herc Rentals. Features like tow kits, extended flatbeds and comfy interiors with reclining seats empower your team to be as efficient and accommodating as possible.
To fully explore everything available from Herc Rentals, search our wide range of equipment and industry-specific solutions.
Services We Offer
In addition to equipment rentals, Herc Rentals offers an array of important services that can increase on-site safety and help you overcome hiccups in record time.
- Equipment and safety training: Herc Rentals offers both direct equipment training and train the trainer courses, so your team is up to date on proper procedures and ready to follow equipment guidelines to the letter. A combination of theoretical learning and hands-on practical evaluation helps cover all the bases — and you’ll even get a wallet card certificate when you complete the course. Ask about group and organization-wide training to bring your team up to snuff before opening day arrives.
- Delivery and pickup services: No labor to spare? No problem. Ask about our delivery service, which includes live tracking with alerts and notifications to keep you in the loop when equipment is en route. Pickup services work the same way, and estimated pickup times let you know when you’ll need to have rigs packed up and ready for return.
- On-site maintenance: Equipment on the fritz? Make a service call and our maintenance experts will do their best to get you back up and running. Our easy-to-use service interface includes the ability to upload photos, videos and audio. This way, you’re not just telling us the problem; you’re also giving us multisensory insight into what’s going on so we can manage your service call with the utmost efficacy and efficiency.
- Cinelease Studios: Through Herc Entertainment Services and Cinelease Studios, we provide expertise and the most trustworthy brands, giving production companies and other entities throughout the entertainment industry everything they need to shine.
Partner With Herc Plus
Herc Plus takes your partnership to the next level, providing consistent access to our comprehensive, customer service-driven rental program. Features like customized ordering, priority fleeting and a single point of contact help take the mystery and stress out of equipment rental and let you redirect your time and energy to other items on your overflowing to-do list.
Herc Plus perks like fleet management support and a user-friendly online portal take convenience and productivity even further. Get advice on how you can better optimize your rentals and pay bills, arrange rentals and track equipment with a few quick clicks.
Interested in more ways to ensure your rental process is smooth sailing from start to finish? Explore Herc Plus and see how a partnership with our elite support team can improve every aspect of the equipment rental process.
Count on Herc Rentals
No matter how big or small your film or TV project is, there will come a day when you need an extra lift or cart to help bring your vision to life. Herc’s catalog of entertainment equipment offers solutions for taped productions and live events, paired with stellar services and a well-earned reputation that gives you confidence in your choice.
To learn more about Herc Rentals, our equipment, available services and other business solutions, reach out to our team today.