Love the videos, Mr. Gosling

7years later and this is on point. Came looking for a refresher and found this gold. This was entertaining and well taught.

Dave, can't get enough of these videos. Keep up the stellar work!

@GripTips

7 жыл бұрын

DSLR Video Shooter thanks man, will do after I get off this shoot

@GripTips

7 жыл бұрын

+thanks homie, there will be more. I just gotta get through this shoot I'm on first. DSLR Video Shooter

@cinema-q

4 жыл бұрын

Same. Awesome channel 🤙🏾🤙🏾

Happy to have found this after combing through some confusing and conflicting articles. Excellent stuff. 👌🏾👌🏾

Thanks for making these videos. I'm glad I found you. I always thought the G & E stuff was industry secrets that had a secret society to keep competition away. Being a lone wolf in my backwoods town of Bemidji, MN and not working on sets with a proper crew I appreciate learning some of the industry language and tips. Wanting to being a DP I have to learn to shape light by myself. I like the dry humor. Thanks a lot and hope you keep making videos. Hope we can connect sometime.

In the UK we generally have Gaffers and Sparks in charge of both stands, rigging and electric. 'Grips' are in charge of rigging for camera movement- so dolly, jib etc.

@Rasmusleophoenix

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Baker Yeah the same here in Denmark. I wouldn’t trust a grip with one of my lights were I’m from😁

Love the videos. You mention Gaffer as an old theatre term, in truth the profession goes all the way back to whaling ships. When hemp and counter weight rigging systems became common in theatres they would employ sailors as they were experienced with rope and rigging. The sailors also re-purposed several tools from sailing for use in theatre. The "Gaff" is a tool used by whalers to bring the carcass of the whale close to the ship. I sometimes laugh to myself what a strange thread of history has brought me to the mid-bridge of a theatre poking at battens with a hooked painter's pole.

@GripTips

6 жыл бұрын

GroupSoliloquy hahaha yea, what’s been really great about starting this channel is all the history I sometimes learn when I go to research what I’m talking about. Thanks for the history man. I’m sure the viewers will love seeing this information. I know I did!

Thank you for the breakdown. Your video is packed full of info. I subscribbled.

Super helpful, man thanks. I'm sharing a bunch of your videos with people trying to get into film. You've created a magnificent learning resource.

@GripTips

3 жыл бұрын

much appreciated man. Love hearing that. Super rewarding. Glad I could help

Man that animation was genius. Excellent work.

Awesome! Loved it!

That was awesome, man!

great job with you channel im an aspiring dp/c and ill love seeing more of your episodes they are really helpful , thanks a lot for your time and effort

@GripTips

7 жыл бұрын

no prob ;)

great use of your sound track! Keep it up.

REALLY great video!

Very well presented Gratful;ly yours!

Beautiful.

loved it!

Woof is pretty much universal to every department.

@Rasmusleophoenix

5 жыл бұрын

_cameraboy Never ever heard of that before now.

Great Video!

This is awesome

Such great video's

love it

Great video! Question: So if I'm the DP and I'm lighting the dinner scene on a giant movie set. I bring my gaffer and Key grip aside and I tell them "So we're looking for a warm tungsten, warmer than 3200k. Our key will be motivated by a chandlier over the dinner table, the edge light on this side of the table will be coming from the kitchen, and the edge light from that side will be motivated from the window/moonlight." What comes next? They know my vision. I'm assuming they'd ask me something like "Do you want Mikel blue or white?" But after that, then what? How do the Gaffer and Key grip interact at that point?

AWSOME!

Awesome visuals fellas :)

@GripTips

2 жыл бұрын

fellas? its just me hahaha. thanks man

your intro music and graphics reminds me of Film Riot's, but I'm not complaining at all.

@redtaleproductions7356

7 жыл бұрын

Jayson Carey I thought the same thing

dope! 👌

“Woof” 86 that

As a location owner, I highly recommend these!

This was best video 😂🔥

What's usually the differences between a grip package and a lighting package in terms of stands? Like are the majority of the stands on a set supplied by the grip package or does the lighting package come with its own stands for all of its fixtures?

"WOOF" comes from old RCA radio and television engineers. It is an homage to "Nipper the Wonder Dog", the dog on the RCA Victor logo. The RCA/NBC building used to have a giant statue of the dog and the record player at the top of the building.

Amazing, industry level content in this channel. Congratulations!

In German, a "Gaffer" roughly translates to "someone who watches", but in a naughty way. Like watching women undress through binoculars. And growing up, I always read "Gaffer" in movie credits and was really confused.

@LostProphet195

5 жыл бұрын

lol. that's pretty funny. But in all seriousness, the movie industry practically has it's own language. There's a book called Movie Speak by Tony Bill (he worked on the movie Flyboys.) It helps explain the phrases and terms used in the industry. Also, it's not that expensive.

@lightrecordsentertainment9720

4 жыл бұрын

In Deutschland Gaffer ist ein Oberbeleuchter

Woof haha lol 😂 thanks for the Advice 😋 Buddy 👌

Great channel but consider a playlist with the episodes in order

Must know the name of the song in the background during the "football play" on the set you described. LOL. Everytime I hear it nobody around me knows the name. Feel like the world is playing a big joke on me. Help...PLEASE! lol Great video by the way! You've gained a new subscriber.

@520bert420

5 жыл бұрын

Carmen habanera is the name

On large productions grips don't touch electric, but most of those people aren't looking for advice here, they're gone through union training or have years of experience. On indie production it is Very common for grips to touch electric and vice versa.

Wow. . You saved my life by this tiny informative video! Is there a similar channel runs by a gaffer for people who want to learn more about lighting? Thank you so much :)

@GripTips

4 жыл бұрын

Oum look up some of my friends. “Meet the Gaffer” with Luke Seerveld, “Burnies Apple box” with Craig Burnie Burns, www.gripsupport.com, and Matthews studio equipments channel with Martin

thank u

Thz zbrooo

Best Boy should be called "Light Chief" IMO. Buzz...your best girl...woof. Nice insight into the COC.

@thanelovers

6 жыл бұрын

Well that would be quite confusing because another name for a Gaffer is a Chief Lighting Tech.

Hey thanks for the explanation. :) Was just wondering if you know about this subject in the "British System"? (I'm in Australia). I've been a stills photographer for a bunch of years, and am moving in to motion. But in the stills world, we operate the camera, as well as position, AND modify the lights. So I was just wondering where someone like me would best fit in on a motion shoot. I feel like I could be handy in any department (but there's definitely gaps in my knowledge in the film world - mostly to do with the electric side of things, and also just procedures and best practice).

subbed bro

@GripTips

4 жыл бұрын

TastefulMusic thanks bro

@tastefulmusic6920

4 жыл бұрын

@@GripTips კახაბერი im this and i add u on facebook amazing man !

Whats a stipple?? Love the vids! Watching through all of them right now!

@GripTips

7 жыл бұрын

its a lens that you throw in front of a light that spreads the light rays (for lack of a better term) in a wide spread. almost like the knob on the back of a tungsten light. spot to flood. stipple is basically a flood.

Gaffer in German is similar in meaning to peeping tom or creep. Pronunciation: “Guffah”

SUSBCRIBED!!!!!!

In England(UK) a Gaffer is a boss of a company (slang ) Also a coach/manager of a soccer team

Hahahaha, "no, it is not a guy with a bunch of tape" xD, i seriously thought that at the beggining, xD

@GripTips

7 жыл бұрын

Fernando Quant RS hahaha so did I

Cool channel! So when the lighting technicians put the light in its place, do they also place the stand? Lets say its a combo stand with the 1200.

@GripTips

6 жыл бұрын

Jeroen Zwart in a perfect word yes but sometimes it doesn’t always happen that way.

@JeroenZwart

6 жыл бұрын

Aha thanks. Just curious, how would that work? Will the lighting crew bring their own stands in their truck? Or do the grips bring them? Or is it just 1 whole equipment package that grips/electricians use? Here in The Netherlands we do everything as an electrician. Power, fixtures, stands, rigging, sand, condor work, etc. And we bring our own truck(s) and generators. The grippers mostly do dolly/crane stuff and bring that with them in their truck.

@GripTips

6 жыл бұрын

Jeroen Zwart in my experience, it varies from set to set. In LA it’s very divided as to who brings what on what and does what. Grips have their truck, electricians have theirs. This is more of a Union way/ bigger budget kind of way. But everything else will vary per production. Which means less budget for labor and consolidating for budget. I’m very use to that style but would love to be on more of the bigger budget stuff just so that I’m not killing myself doing everything and the safety of the crew is better because their isn’t a haul ass for cheap feel. At the same time?... the day goes by quicker ☺️

@JeroenZwart

6 жыл бұрын

Good insights, thanks for the info and good luck with the channel!

This is like film riot for grips. Are you guys affiliated in anyway? I love this channel and you’re making me want to be a grip instead of a DoP

@GripTips

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I appreciate that. We’re not affiliated but they definitely inspired me but I think our humor is similar, I think I get my delivery inspo from Ryan.

@skatepark02

3 жыл бұрын

@@GripTips i thought it was an extension to the channel at first, it’s perfect! Keep the videos coming I love it!

@GripTips

3 жыл бұрын

@@skatepark02 workin at it when I can

fun fact: in german gaffer is the expression for someone who looks at something or someone constantly in a very inappropriate situation :)

@GripTips

7 жыл бұрын

Linus Reuer ha!

I'm just going to go with Gripper and Key Gaff. I like that better, I think.

I doubt I'll get an answer to this but, Would the key grip be in charge of safety set alongside the first AD. Also let's say a camera operator is walking backwards handheld with the key grip be responsible for the safety of that operator through guidance and an extra set of eyes And of course everyone is in charge of safety.

@GripTips

11 ай бұрын

Yes and yes. For example, I was working on a show where we were using pneumatic canons on set and we were trying to protect our dolly grips from being blasted with lexan. The key can also be part responsible for spotting an operator as well as we are not just lighting, but we also are camera support. We literally protect them from wind. Like when a steadicam is shooting outside we use a double net to protect the operator for wind, while another grip watches the operators back. Also fun fact, most people think the AC does these things, but when an operator is using a camera on their shoulders, Dolly grips are who hold the camera between takes. If the operator drops the camera off their shoulder due to miscommunication of handing the camera off, it falls on the dolly grip. Hope this helps

@philderp3326

11 ай бұрын

@GripTips This helps out tremendously. I'm on smaller indie film sets, so I haven't gotten to that caliber of something similar to what you're speaking of. But things like making sure the camera operator is safe for steadicam, handheld, etc., I understood to be a part of being the key grip. But from your explanation, it seems more of yes, it's the key grip's responsibility, but it extends over to other grips in the event that the key grip is also participating in some sort of camera support. I also didn't know that grips were an extension of support for the camera team, and the tip you provided with using a double to knock off wind from the operator is great, thanks. I didn't realize that grips would take the camera from the operator between breaks, especially since, at least within the sets that I've been on, the 1st AC would keep from their chairs to the camera. Thanks

@GripTips

11 ай бұрын

@@philderp3326 sure thing, if you have any other questions or wanna chat, hit me up on Facebook and I’ll answer ☺️

Can I have some more sir.

the rock song that startedthe video

@GripTips

6 жыл бұрын

Phenyo Motalaute my buddies disbanded band. “Making moves” - Andreyka

Wrong in the first statement. Gaffer and Key Grip.

Grip Tips. Rib Tips.

I have never seen a grip handle a scrim. That's strictly a juicer's job.

hey I'm your tape guy I got white tape pink tape black tape.... I'm your tape guy.... with a bunch of tape

Shoulda been called "I Dream of G&E".

@GripTips

4 жыл бұрын

Eugene Ivashchenko ......damn it

woof?

@alex0589

2 жыл бұрын

woof.

Nobody watches new movies or shows anymore so there''s that. Pretty soon the director will have to grip and gaff while directing. That's what I do when my wife and I make "movies". 😅

@AdamBogan

5 ай бұрын

Disney, Amazon, Pixar, everyone is laying off people right now. Not to be negative, but its a fact jack.

"we're not sexist here"... but, the director, the dp, the gaffer and the key grip are all men. No shade just pointing out unconscious biases. love x

"We're not sexist"

Why you look like Ryan Gosling?

@GripTips

4 жыл бұрын

J. Montrice somebody has to

how do movies even get made... barely

Christian Bale needs to watch this video.

You say you aren’t sexist, yet every other role you mention contains a male pronoun. The little pink bow on Best Girl doesn’t really support your claim either. I only point this out because I teach on a Film Degree with a pretty even split of male and female (with a few non-binary students thrown in) Watching videos claimed “not-sexist” and seeing all roles male-ified - this would most likely alienate a female cinematographer student. Shame though, because your descriptions and illustrations are apt and clear. Just food for thought.