Production Encyclopedia 1952 (1952)

FOREIGN COMPANrES 1013 Ou^'door studio space (min. charge) L.it. 3,000 ($ 4.50) Tests, retakes, inserts, etc., shall be paid extra and pro-rata to the occupied space. Projection rooms: Projection rooms must be reserved in advance. Per hour L.it. 2,500 ($..4.00) After 7 p.m L.it. 4,000 ($ 6.00) Cutting rooms: 5 hour shift L.it. 5,000 ($ 7.50) After 7 p.m. (per hour) L.it. 800 ($ 1.25) (The personnel shall be hired directly by the producer) . Lights: Mole Richardson: From L.it. 8,000 (12.00) to L.it. 1,800 (3.00) per day, according to type. Camera equipment: 1 — Debrie (300 m.) (sound or silent) (complete with lenses, tripods, etc.) L.it. 10,000 ($16.00) 2 — Novado or Debrie ( 1 20 m. ) (silent) (complete with all equipment) L.it. 4,000 ($ 6.00) 3 — Dolly with friction head, etc L.it. 1,000 ($ 1.50) 4 — Large dolly, complete L.it. 1,500 ($2.25) 5 — Large crane L.it. 12,000 ($19.00) 6— Playback L.it. 6,000 ($ 9.50) 7 — Process shooting, etc L.it. 15,000 ($22.50) (All above prices do not include the personnel. However, when 1 and 2 are in use, there is a studio assistant cameraman, to be paid in addition to the camera rentals.) Sound equipment: Western Electric 700 L.it. 45,000 ($70.00) R.C.A. PM 38 B L.it. 25,000 ($98.00) R.C.A. PM 40 L.it. 20,000 ($30.00) Music room : 5 hour shift L.it. 45,000 ($70.00) Mixing room : 5 hour shift L.it. 45,000 ($70.00) Dubbing room: 5 hour shift L.it. 35,000 ($54.00) Average cost of dubbing for an American picture in Italian, all included) L.it. 2,000,000 ($3,000) Prices above do not include gasoline, driver, etc. Royalties to be paid extra. Personnel to be hired by producer, but approved by studio. N.B.: During winter time there shall be an additional charge pro-rata for heat and fuel. There shall be also telephone charges, with calls limited only to the production personnel. Rental cost of equipment to be used in location shall be increased 10% or 15% according to the equipment in use. All lamps and other material broken during production shall be replaced or paid within five days. All above prices are subject to changes. On bills over L.it. 1,000,000 ($1,500) a proportional reduction is arranged. SICANIA (Rental studios) Managed by: Organizzazione Filmistica Siciliana. Via Bentivegna 68, Palermo, Italy. Stage 1 (72 x 80) Stage 2 (40 X 64) Stage 3 (48 x72) TITANUS FILM (FARNESINA) (Rental studios) Via della Farnesina 15, Rome, Italy. Tel.: 393-454 Chairman Cr. Uff. Gustavo Lombardo President Aw. Alfonso Corsi General Manager Dott. Goffredo Lombardo STUDIO COSTS (PER DAY): Stage 1 (80x180) L.it. 14,400 ($29.00) Stage 2 (80x240) L.it. 19,200 ($38.30) Stage 3 (76x196) L.it. 16,000 ($32.00) Stage 5 (76x180) L.it. 14,400 ($29.00) Stage 6 (80x180) (price to be set.) Stage 6 has been finished recenty, to be used mainly for miniature sets, process shots, etc. Other technical improvements are contemplated by Titanus, already equipped with several American importations. Terms and conditions for general services are practically the same in every studio, being regulated by an identical letter-contract, and with prices varying very little in the various studios. Associations ANICA (Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografich^ ed Affini) Via XX Settembre 5, Rome, Italy. Tel.: 481-364 Laboratories ROME BOSCHI FELICE (Carlo Boschi) Via Saluzzo 10-lOa Tel.: 74727; 75053 FOTOTECNICA (Comm. Gilberto Rossini) Via La Spezia 82 Tel.: 74770 S. A. C. I. (Virginia Genesi-Cufaro) Via Marruvio 2-4 Tel.: 70724; 760-077 S. p. E. S. (Ettore Cataucci) Viale Campo Boario 50 Tel.: 588-718 TECNOSTAMPA (Vincenzo Genesi & Sons) Via Albalonga 38 Tel.: 70895; 760-492 MILAN FILM SERVICE Via Solferino 23 Tel.: 61576; 61578 TURIN POSITIVA STABILIMENTI Via Luisa del Carretto 44 Tel.: 82815 VENICE FILMEUROPA (Vk/ith office in Rome) Via Sicilia 50, Roma Tel.: 487-723 MEXICO Mexico requrres import permits for pictures, usually valid for one year. Since the request is submitted first to the Ministry of National Economy, then to four other agencies, there is usually some delay in allowance. There is no import quota for U. S. films and no restrictions on transfer of foreign exchange to pay for imports. Also there is no official objection to dubbing of films in Spanish although in general superimposed titles are preferred. There are numerous taxes imposed on imported films, such as censorship charges for each 300mm of films of 100 pesos, approximately 15 percent admission tax; 5 percent of gross receipts for income tax, 3 percent for mercantile tax. Social security taxes are on a sliding scale and distributing companies usually pay employees' as well as the company's Social Security payments.