Where to buy the consumables a shoot actually runs on: tape, gels and diffusion, scenic fabric, rope and wire, surface protection and set organization.
Each listing carries its own checked date, shown on the card. Inventory, hours and pickup policies change. Contact the supplier before traveling. Looking to rent lighting, grip or camera instead? See the equipment rental directory.
Kearny
Dedicated motion-picture expendables in Kearny. The published catalog runs from tape, gels and diffusion to electric, camera supplies, fabrics, rope and wire, paper and foam, packing and surface protection. Pickup and Northeast delivery are described on the company’s own site. Confirm current stock before traveling.
How to buy: Order ahead, pickup and regional delivery
doubledownexpendables.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Branchburg
Central New Jersey source for lighting and production expendables. The company’s production-supplies section publishes pay-as-used expendables and a correction gels and diffusion range alongside its grip, lighting and camera-support rental business. Call for current stock and pickup arrangements.
How to buy: Call for stock and pickup
lighthouselights.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Jersey City
Studio-adjacent expendables and production support in Jersey City. Published categories include foamcore and tapes, cleaning supplies, lumber and plywood, fabric, rope, wire and paint. Parlay also rents equipment, so confirm whether a given item is sold, rented, or supplied as part of a studio order.
How to buy: Studio-adjacent; confirm sold vs rented
parlaystudios.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Jersey City
Cinelease publishes a broad production-expendables catalog and operates a Jersey City lighting-and-grip branch. What its own pages do not settle is whether every expendables category is held at that branch for direct pickup. Ask the branch to confirm local stock, timing, and whether an item can be bought separately from an equipment package.
How to buy: Branch order; confirm local stock
cinelease.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Moonachie
Lighting and event-production supplier whose sales side lists expendables such as gel, gaffer tape and fog fluid. Worth knowing: the branch is named “New York” but is physically in Moonachie, New Jersey, so it is easy to miss when searching. Call the New Jersey location for item availability before pickup.
How to buy: Sales quote; call the NJ branch
4wall.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Secaucus
Scenic, fabric and production-expendables source carrying gaffer, spike and double-sided tape, masking and scenic fabrics, sandbags, scenic paint, rope, hardware and floor materials. The Secaucus site is an active warehouse and manufacturing facility, not a retail store, so place the order before arriving to collect. Its own directions sheet gives customer pick-up hours of 8:00am–5:00pm at a call-for and pickup desk, and warns that mapping apps route you to a gated section of Secaucus.
How to buy: Order before pickup — not a retail store
rosebrand.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
South Hackensack
Specialty fabric and scenic source for masking, blackout, scrim, muslin, projection, keying and stretch materials, plus related hardware and custom sewing. Contact the South Hackensack office about stock, cut lengths and collection; the New Jersey operation also serves event work, so be specific about what the production needs.
How to buy: Contact for stock, cut lengths and pickup
dazian.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Fairfield
New Jersey’s largest camera and video superstore, 50,000 sq ft on Route 46. New and used cameras, lenses, lighting, audio and accessories, plus a photo lab with film developing, rentals, trade-ins and in-store repairs. The practical option when a shoot needs a card, a battery or a filter today.
How to buy: Walk-in retail
The company also runs a Philadelphia store at 28 South 2nd Street. That one is in Pennsylvania, not New Jersey.
uniquephoto.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Westwood
Independent camera store in Westwood carrying memory cards, batteries and chargers, filters, tripods and studio lighting, plus film stock, film cameras and darkroom chemistry and paper. Also does film processing, sensor cleaning, repairs and rentals.
How to buy: Walk-in retail
bergencountycamera.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Brick
Family-run camera store on Route 88 in Brick, describing itself as carrying the largest selection of new and used photographic equipment and supplies in central and southern New Jersey. Stocks film, film cameras, memory cards, batteries, filters and lighting, with film developing on site.
How to buy: Walk-in retail
thephotocenter.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Red Bank
Red Bank shop built around film. Its own site says it keeps the popular films in stock across Kodak and Ilford, plus expired film, Polaroid, Instax and whatever experimental stocks it can get. Related to The Photo Center in Brick, also listed on this page: Camera Culture points there for a larger modern-gear selection, with next-day pickup in Red Bank. The closest thing to an emergency film-stock counter near the Shore.
How to buy: Walk-in retail; next-day transfer from Brick
Camera Culture and The Photo Center are related operations. Camera Culture’s own site routes its shop and photo lab to thephotocenter.com and says items can be ordered from the Brick store for next-day pickup in Red Bank.
cameraculturenj.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Springfield
Springfield camera store with the categories a shoot runs short of: memory cards in SD, CF Express, microSD and XQD, card readers and cases, batteries and chargers, cleaning and care, filters, and film supplies, tapes and film rolls. Also carries studio lighting, stands, modifiers and drones, and repairs all major brands with free walk-in estimates.
How to buy: Walk-in retail; free walk-in repair estimates
mackretail.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Westfield
Family-run motion-picture house of nearly fifty years that sells, rents and repairs, with a real camera-department expendables section: camera tape, cleaning supplies, editing supplies, eyepiece chamois and reels and cans. Its published Film and Tape section covers Super 8, Double 8 and 16mm/Super 16 film; 35mm appears under lenses, not film stock, so ask before you count on it. The company describes itself as specializing in vintage and rare cameras and lenses.
How to buy: Walk-in, online and repair service
One of very few places in the state carrying motion-picture film stock across gauges alongside camera repair and overhaul. The published inquiry number is a 212 area code even though the shop is in Westfield.
duallcamera.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Sayreville
Stage and concert lighting and rigging out of Sayreville, built around touring work: lighting design, rental packages, fly rigs and rigging equipment, with a published used-gear sale list. Central Jersey coverage for lighting that most of the North Jersey houses do not reach as quickly.
How to buy: Quote; used-gear sales listed separately
Primarily a rental and design house with used-gear sales. No general expendables counter is confirmed — do not go there expecting gel and tape.
squeeklights.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Fairview
Theatrical drapery, fabric and rigging house. Its theatrical-supplies section covers fabric, pipe and drape, hampers and storage, sandbags and projection screens; drapery covers masking curtains, drops and cycloramas, with a digital printing service that has its own TV and film page. Also does stage rigging, curtain track, truss and rigging inspections.
How to buy: Quote — walk-in not confirmed
Quote-based; no walk-in counter is confirmed. Rigging, truss and hoists are safety-critical work — see the note below this list. The company also lists Missouri and Illinois offices; only Fairview is New Jersey.
iweiss.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Garfield
Expendables come with an equipment package, not over a counter. The company’s FAQ sets out two billing models: pay-per-use, billed at the end of the job for whatever was cut or opened, and upfront purchase, billed at checkout and yours to keep. Useful if you are already taking lighting and grip from them; not the answer for a one-off roll of tape. Its FAQ gives the equipment warehouse as Garfield, New Jersey; the main line is a New York number.
How to buy: With an equipment package — not a walk-in shop
Address conflict, published rather than resolved. Eastern Effects’ own FAQ states the equipment rental warehouse is at 150 S Main Street, Garfield, NJ 07026, at the intersection of Saddle River Avenue, Main Avenue and Main Street. Our own equipment-rental directory, checked August 10 2026, records the same street number as Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075. We have not established which is current, so confirm the pickup address when you book.
easterneffects.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Wall Township
Theatrical makeup and practical-effects supplier with a New Jersey warehouse on Route 34. Its own locations page lists this site as pickup only, open Monday to Friday, so orders are placed online and collected. The only hair, makeup and effects option on this page anywhere near the Shore.
How to buy: Order online, then collect — pickup only
Wall Township is a pickup warehouse, not a shop — order first and wait for the ready notice. The company’s walk-in flagship store is at 19 W 21st Street in Manhattan, which is New York, not New Jersey.
abracadabranyc.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Carlstadt
New Jersey manufacturer of lighting accessories a film electrician actually reaches for: Blacktak light-mask foil, QolorFLEX LED tape and dimmers, top hats, barndoors, donuts, drop-in irises, egg-crate louvers, glass and sandwich holders, safer sidearms, boom bases and truss protectors, plus Multiverse wireless DMX and the DMXcat test tool.
How to buy: Sales team or dealer — walk-in not confirmed
A manufacturer that sells through its sales team and a dealer locator. Direct walk-in purchasing at Carlstadt is not confirmed anywhere on the site, so treat it as a source to order from rather than a counter to visit.
citytheatrical.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
East Rutherford
Professional production-audio house working across theatre, broadcast, permanent installation and production services, with an equipment sales side, an online store, custom fabrication and a technical services and repair department. The sound-department option in North Jersey when something needs buying, fixing or building rather than hiring.
How to buy: Sales, rental and repair; contact first
A professional audio house, not a general expendables shop. Contact them about what a production actually needs rather than expecting counter stock.
masquesound.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Moorestown
The one verified South Jersey option here. Starlite sells lighting consoles, LEDs, ellipsoidals, PARs, followspots, dimming, data and power cable, audio, video, staging, truss, rigging and motors, plus special-effects machines including fog, snow and confetti. ShowSupply.com is its online retail division. Sales run through a quote; this is not a walk-in expendables counter.
How to buy: Quote for sales; ShowSupply for online retail
Equipment and staging rather than film consumables: no gel, tape or grip expendables counter is confirmed. For those, the North Jersey houses above remain the closer match, with delivery or a drive.
starlite.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Ewing
North American base for theatrical and film textiles, with a published 10,000 sq ft sewing workshop in Ewing. Its catalog covers wide-width muslin and canvas, scrim and leno, masking fabrics (duvetyne and commando cloth), velour, blackout, metallics and stretch, plus a dedicated TV, Film & Video section for masking, keying and diffusion fabrics and a gaffer’s tape and production supplies line. Also does flooring, projection surfaces, custom sewing and digital printing on FR fabric. Confirm stock and cut lengths before traveling.
How to buy: Quote and order; stock warehouse
gerriets.us ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Theatrical catalog covering makeup and special-effects makeup, makeup disposables, breakaway bottles, fluids, gel and tape, scenic paint, flame retardants, sandbags, Setwear, fabric and drapery, wigs and facial hair, gobos and lamps, and atmosphere and stage effects. Useful for hair, makeup and effects departments, which little else on this page covers.
How to buy: Online, or by appointment — no walk-in retail
The company’s own New Jersey page states plainly: “Retail location is closed and is a sales office only,” with appointments accepted by phone. It publishes no New Jersey street address, so none is listed here. Order online or arrange an appointment; do not turn up expecting a counter.
norcostco.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Raritan
New Jersey case manufacturer whose catalog covers road cases, workboxes, workstations, trunks, wardrobes, rack and fly racks, pedalboard cases, empty Pelican cases and case hardware, plus custom case design. Built mainly for touring and live production, but the workbox, workstation and trunk lines are the same problem a traveling film department has.
How to buy: Online shop; custom work by quote
This is a manufacturer with an online shop, not a walk-in counter; walk-in purchasing is not confirmed. The company also lists a second facility at Rock Lititz in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Only the Raritan headquarters is in New Jersey.
circlethreedesigns.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Set-organization products designed for filmmakers: reusable clear organizer pouches in several sizes, padded organizers, hook-and-loop labels and reusable whiteboard tags. Online ordering, shipped from its warehouse in East Brunswick. This is an organization and crew-accessory source, not a general tape, gel or electrical expendables house, and it ships rather than selling over a counter.
How to buy: Online
Disclosure: New Jersey Film Locations founder Sam Moskowitz is a co-owner of Film Swag Store. It is identified as an affiliated New Jersey business and is listed in a separate set-organization category. Other suppliers are included using the same published research criteria.
filmswagstore.com ↗ Checked September 23, 2026
Maplewood
A film processing and scanning lab whose headquarters is in Maplewood, with a second location in Manhattan. The Maplewood lab is a walk-in: the company’s site lists 35mm, 120 and single-use cameras, and color C-41, black and white, E-6 and ECN-2 processing. Read the ECN-2 line carefully if you are shooting motion-picture stock: the company states that ECN-2 is developed by Kodak’s Atlanta lab rather than in house, and publishes an estimated turnaround of up to one month for both ECN-2 and E-6. C-41 and black and white are handled on site. Film stock and disposable cameras are sold through the company’s shop. Confirm current turnaround before you commit to a delivery date.
How to buy: Walk in, drop off, or mail in; film stock sold on site
Gelatin Labs ↗ Checked September 22, 2026
Short Hills
A long-running independent camera shop in the Short Hills section of Millburn, trading as Millburn Camera and ASAP Photo under the NJ Camera name. The company’s own site lists film developing and processing, slide scanning, shoebox and photo scanning, video and audio tape transfer, passport photos and used equipment, alongside film, cameras and accessories. The same company publishes a second shop, Livingston Camera, on 973-992-8383; the Short Hills address and hours below are the ones its site states, and the Livingston street address is not given there, so confirm it before traveling.
How to buy: Walk-in counter service
NJ Camera ↗ Checked September 22, 2026
New Brunswick
Independent camera shop in downtown New Brunswick with an in-house photofinishing lab handling color and black and white processing and printing, plus film, accessories, framing and passport photos. It keeps no website, so call ahead for current stock and turnaround rather than looking it up.
How to buy: Walk-in counter service
↗ Checked September 23, 2026
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A business appears here only after its New Jersey presence has been confirmed, either from the company’s own website or directly by BLL Films. Nothing is listed on the strength of a third-party directory. We publish no prices, no ratings and no “best” rankings, and we never state that a specific item is in stock today. Several further New Jersey suppliers are researched and awaiting confirmation; they will be added one at a time, each with its own checked date.
Rigging, hoists, truss, fall protection and overhead suspension are safety-critical. Use qualified personnel and get venue approval. Nothing here is rigging instruction.
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