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Gaffer Patrick Shellenberger in a production photograph on the set of Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart. In film and television crews, the gaffer or chief lighting technician is the head electrician, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. The gaffer's assistant is the best boy electric.
During shooting, the best boy may also cover for the key grip or gaffer when he or she is on a break or otherwise away from the set. On films with very small crews, the electricals (lighting) department often consists of only a gaffer, a best boy, and a few electricians. The grip department may include only a key grip, a best boy, and a few grips.
Key grip working on set. A key grip is a senior role on movie sets, [1] involved with a wide variety of behind-the-scenes tasks. The key grip supervises grip crews who support camera and lighting technicians; assesses what equipment is necessary for each shooting location; coordinates the transportation of this equipment and its set up; and arranges the general movement and positioning of the ...
Gaffer tape (also known as gaffer's tape, gaff tape or gaffa tape [1] as well as spike tape for narrow, colored gaffer tape) is a heavy cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive and tensile properties. It is widely used in theatre, photography, film, radio and television production, and industrial staging work.
Gaffer (boss), a British colloquial term for "boss", "foreman" or "old man" Gaffer (filmmaking), the head of the electrical/lighting department; Gaffer District (Corning, New York), a historic district of downtown Corning; Gaffer tape, or Gaffa tape, a type of adhesive tape; Gaffer, a person who blows glass; Gaffer (sailor), of a gaff rig boat
The crediting of executive producers in the film industry has risen over time. In the mid-to-late 1990s, there were an average of just under two executive producers per film. In 2000, the number jumped to 2.5 (more than the number of standard "film producers"). In 2013, there were an average of 4.4 executive producers per film. [5]
The first assistant cameraman (1st AC), also known as a focus puller, is responsible for maintenance of the camera, such as clearing dirt from the film gate and adjusting the follow focus. A second assistant cameraman (2nd AC), also known as a clapper loader , might be employed to load film, slate scenes , or maintain the camera report (a log ...
The film opened in limited release on September 21, 2007, in five theaters and grossed $147,812 in its opening weekend, an average of $29,256 per theater. [25] The film has a total gross of less than $4 million. Warner Home Video released the film on DVD on February 5, 2008 [26] in the US, and on March 31 in the UK. So far, about 566,537 DVD ...