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The CS production kit: pitch-side essentials

RP Ravi Patel Lead Editor & Colorist Feb 2026 4 min read
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The gear that rides with us to every ground — and the one item nobody thinks to pack.

A production is only as good as the day it survives. Our kit list is deliberately small and brutally practical: two bodies, four lenses, a field recorder, and a Pelican case packed like a military ammo can. Everything else we rent locally, because carrying kit that never leaves the case is just paying to move weight.

The one thing everyone forgets

It is not a lens or a gimbal. It is a clipboard. Every ground we walk onto has its own rules — where the sun sits, where the sight screens block the light, where the cables can run without tripping officials. The clipboard gets the map drawn before the first frame is shot.

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The kit list is a suggestion. The scout the day before is the real production.

Pack light, scout early, and treat the ground itself as part of the crew.

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Ravi Patel

Lead Editor & Colorist · CS Production

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