Nearly every brand, social or music production needs some of the same five roles. Here is what each one does and the kit that grows with them. Brand names are examples, not requirements: buy what suits your work, and hire the rest.
Photographer
- Starter: a mirrorless body, a standard zoom and a fast 50mm prime, one speedlight, spare batteries and cards.
- Working: a second body, a 24-70 and 70-200 zoom pair, two studio strobes with softboxes, light stands, a tethering cable and laptop.
- Advanced: a high-resolution or medium-format body, specialist primes (macro, tilt-shift), a full strobe kit with battery generators, grip and modifiers.
Videographer
- Starter: a mirrorless camera that shoots log footage, a standard zoom, a wireless lavalier kit, a tripod with a fluid head.
- Working: a gimbal, an on-camera monitor, a shotgun mic and field recorder, two LED panels, ND filters.
- Advanced: a cinema camera, cine primes, follow focus and matte box, wireless video, a full LED lighting kit and power.
Video editor
- Starter: a capable laptop or desktop, an editing application, external SSDs, good headphones.
- Working: a calibrated monitor, fast RAID or NAS storage, a colour tool, a backup routine.
- Advanced: a grading monitor and control surface, shared storage for teams, a finishing and delivery workflow.
Location sound recordist
- Starter: a portable recorder, a shotgun mic on a boom pole, a wireless lavalier pair, closed-back headphones.
- Working: a multi-channel mixer-recorder, several wireless systems, a blimp and dead-cat, timecode.
- Advanced: a full wireless rack with frequency coordination, plant mics, IFB for the director, a sound cart.
Content creator (UGC)
- Starter: a recent phone, a clip-on mic, a small LED light, a tripod.
- Working: a compact camera or mirrorless, a ring or soft light, a teleprompter app, editing on phone or laptop.
- Advanced: a two-camera setup, a podcast mic, a small studio corner with backdrop.
On CIRI you can list each role with its specialties, list the kit you own for hire, and add the kit you'll bring to your services.
Sellers on CIRI
Videographers
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Cameras to hire
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CIRI Test Second Unit · Camera · Collection only
Microphones to hire
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CIRI Test Kiln Studio · Audio · Collection only
Put it together as one project.
Add the people, the space and the gear, send one inquiry, and pay each seller once.
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