Kit Rental

What this is about

Many freelancers own the tools of their trade: a camera body, a sound bag, a lighting kit, a laptop with a grading suite. That equipment was bought, insured and maintained privately, so it is charged separately from the fee for the person. Keeping the two lines apart helps both sides — the production sees what it actually rents, and the owner can price wear and replacement honestly. It also raises an insurance question worth answering before the gear arrives on set: whether privately owned items fall under the production policy or under the owner's own cover.

A term only helps when everyone on set means the same thing by it — so what follows is how it is used, not a dictionary definition.

What runs differently here

In planning terms, that means:

• Fee and equipment belong on separate lines so both sides can see what is being rented
• Ask which items a kit actually contains — kit rental is not a standardised package
• Privately owned gear needs a clear insurance answer before it arrives on set

With TillyGen

TillyGen separates crew and equipment lines in the calculation, so a kit rental never disappears inside a day rate.

Change one constraint and the consequences travel through the whole plan: affected shots are flagged, the call sheet is regenerated, and nobody keeps working from yesterday's version.