Grip (occupation)
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In the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, grips are camera support and equipment technicians in the filmmaking and video production industries. They constitute their own department on a fil
Grips working on a skateboard dolly
An HMI head on a stand
Cameraman and dolly grip filming The Alamo (2004)
Statue of a boom operator on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong
Gaffer (occupation)
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In film and television crews, the gaffer or chief lighting technician is the head electrician, responsible for the execution of the lighting plan for a production. The gaffer's assistant is the best b
Grip (occupation)
…not touch the lights themselves. The placement of lighting instruments and electric power distribution is handled by the electricians who work under a gaffer. Grips handle all the non-electrical equipment that modifies the light. This work is done by setting stands that hold flags, nets, diffusing materials…
Gaffer Patrick Shellenberger in a production photograph on the set of Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart