Location Sound Packages

Here is how this works in practice. Our team configures and delivers complete location sound packages for productions across Belgrade and the wider region, drawing on a rental base that has grown steadily as Serbia's film-services industry has grown. A package bundles a multi-track recorder and mixer. The wireless channels your cast needs, boom microphones and poles, monitoring, sound bag or cart, plus cabling, batteries and the extras that hold a sound department together.

Here is the short of it. We scale each kit to the job, from a compact bag rig for an ENG or documentary unit to a fully loaded cart for a large-cast drama at PFI Studios near Simanovci. Every parts is bench-tested and verified for compatibility before delivery. We stage spares for the elements most likely to fail. We set up frequency planning across all wireless in the package and can pair the kit with skilled Serbian production sound mixers and boom operators who know local conditions. Where a high-channel-count shoot needs more wireless than Belgrade inventory holds, we supplement from suppliers across the wider region.

Here is the breakdown. Serbian location sound spans a wide range of environments. The acoustically controlled stages at PFI Studios contrast sharply with reverberant stone interiors at the UNESCO-listed Studenica monastery. The open exteriors of the Djerdap gorge, and the wind-exposed mountains of Tara, Zlatibor and Kopaonik. Central Belgrade locations including the old town, Skadarlija and the socialist-modernist blocks of New Belgrade carry traffic and crowd noise that a well-named package must handle. All RF range used by the wireless inside a location sound package is covered by RATEL.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services, and our frequency planning works within its allocations. Serbia's 25 to 30 per cent cash rebate through the Film in Serbia programme of the Serbia Film Commission makes hiring complete local sound packages and crew cost-good. Because Serbia is not an EU member, any sound gear brought in from abroad travels under an ATA carnet; renting a full package locally removes that customs burden.