Grip Services

Here is how this works in practice. We give grip kit and skilled key grips tied to the UAE's range of shooting environments. On stage at Dubai Studio City and twofour54, our inventory covers dollies, track, jib arms, camera cranes, scaffolding and rigging hardware for fully designed setups. On location, the UAE's terrain shapes the kit list: soft desert sand rules out conventional track, so our grips bring sand-rated dollies, beach mats, slider systems and stabilised support so moving shots stay achievable in the Liwa Desert and the Empty Quarter.

Here is the short of it. For city work around Dubai and Abu Dhabi, we supply menace arms, low-loader and car-mount rigging, and high-rise safety gear for rooftop and architectural shoots. Gear is sourced through set up UAE rental houses. The country's heavily global crews base means skilled key grips and grip teams are ready across the United Arab Emirates, supported by a growing pool of Emirati technicians and the region's fast logistics.

Grip work in the UAE is planned around climate and rules. The prime production season runs October to April. Summer heat of 45-50°C makes heavy rigging in person punishing and stresses hydraulics and hardware, so demanding exterior grip work is scheduled into cooler months while year-round controlled shoots use Dubai Studio City stages. Desert dust is abrasive. Our teams keep clean bearings and covered dolly tracks across a shoot. Filming permits are issued at the emirate level. These have through the Dubai Film and TV Commission.

Here is the breakdown. Plus the Abu Dhabi Film Commission via twofour54, whose production rebates of up to 35% on qualifying spend supports larger shoots. Major shoots such as 'Furious 7' in Abu Dhabi and the stunt work of 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol' on the Burj Khalifa show the scale of rigging UAE grip departments routinely handle. Our key grips set up safety, rigging engineering and crew so tricky shots stay efficient and compliant.