Ragtime Rentals

Hey Noland in San Fran.
You’re a YAY-​WHO! I have known and worked with RAGTIME RENTALS for years. Danny & Angela (Owners) go WAY BEYON most rental companies. They are the TOP GUNS of Hollywood. You better check your invoices. Better yet, SHOW some photos with RAGTIME RENTALS markings on it. Plus, why would you rent from a shop some 400 mile south of you? Does not make sense to most real movie makers. (San Fran — LA) Otherwise, keep your poison pen (Keyboard) to yourself! Basically, I call B.S. on your statement. Mike Uva — Author The Grip Book!

This review is for green screens only, I haven’t tried any of their other products.
Perhaps I should have known not to get green screens from somewhere with «Rag» in the title. The screens sent to me were very faded and in pretty terrible shape. I could see that the product was sub-​par, but I thought with the right lighting, I could get a clean composite out these screens. I was wrong.
When I went to composite my footage it needed extensive work, and still the composite was sloppy due to faded screens. I had to do a reshoot with another company’s green screens and it came out perfectly, but the reshoot ate up a large portion of my budget. At least as far as green screens go, stay away from ragtime.

Ragtime Rentals = «The Right Stuff»
I rented from Ragtime for a pickup shoot on my 35 mm short. We rented a bluescreen and some grip equipment. It’s been a while but I still remember their name. Good experiences stick with you. I remember how easy it was dealing with them and how accommodating they were with the rental term, giving us a couple of extra days for the equipment.
Now assigning movie titles to my reviews, I can easily say these folks supply «The Right Stuff.»