Filming Services

Outdoor Media, Film & TV Safety

Mountainz can provide a comprehensive range of professional safety services for filming in mountain and challenging outdoor locations

Advice & consultancy during planning
Risk & safety management in mountainous, polar & challenging outdoor environments
Written Standard Operating Procedures
Dynamic & written risk assessments including RAMS & Emergency Action Plans
Location scouting - With over 20 years experience of the UK's wild places and the worlds mountains, across all 7 continents, we have an extensive collection of photographs and reference material
Recces for planning and camera locations
Mobile, extreme enviroment & climbing cameramen (Canon XF105 & XF205, GoPro)
Mobile, extreme enviroment & climbing stills photography
Full safety cover in the outdoor environment including rescue & medical
Selection, training & provision of Safety Team
Mountain Cameramen
Jib operation & sound recordist
Drone pilots
On camera guiding in rock climbing, mountaineering & ice climbing
Logistical support
Provision of base vehicle for shoot coordination with seating, lighting, simple cooking facilities & kit storage
Experienced in working with helicopters and aircraft in support of projects
Provision of technical rope & safety equipment
Technical rope rigging for working at height on natural rock or man-made structures facilitating safe access for talent & film crew
Provision of radio communications
Transport & safety support using landrovers , quads, skidoos & powerboats
Relevant training for film personnel for safety, continuity and reality
Climbing doubles
Managing rope access for actors & film crews
Personal safety provision for talent
Porterage of equipment
Advanced first aid medical cover
Swift water rescue provision
Safety boats / kayakers
Canyon & ghyll access and safety

Environments
Canyons ~ Caves ~ Cliffs ~ Ghylls ~ High Altitude ~ Hills ~ Lakes ~ Mountains ~ Ridges ~ Rivers ~ Coastal ~ Sea Cliffs ~ Urban ~ White Water ~ Zawns

Locations
In the UK we are active across Scotland, the Lake District, North Wales, the Peak District & Yorkshire.
Worldwide we have operated in Nepal, India, Kyrgystan, China, Indonesia, Tanzania, Norway, Spain, Iceland, Greenland, Russia, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica,

Qualifications
All MountainZ personnel have appropriate professional mountain, rope access, caving, mountain rescue or water/swift water rescue based qualifications, full insurance and a relevant advanced first aid award.

Previous clients have included:
Adventure Peaks, Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, BBC, BBC NHU, Discovery Channel, DM2, Ember Films, Fieldcraft Studios, ITV, Lowe Alpine, Rab Equipment, Radio 3, Secret Compass, Shiver Productions, Sport Relief, The North Face, Threshold, Tangent Expeditions, True North Productions, World Extreme Medicine

Please contact us to discuss your requirements or have a look at our previous credits