From the course: Learning Cinematography: 2 Working on Set
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Grip equipment
From the course: Learning Cinematography: 2 Working on Set
Grip equipment
- The key grip is the cinematographer's primary advisor for set safety. So, most of the equipment that the key grip uses is intended to enhance the safety on the set. We want to make sure that the C-stands don't fall, so we have sandbags on them. We want to make sure that no one gets hurt or cut by arms that might be jetting out, so we have tennis balls at the ends of those stands. Now, the other part of the grip responsibility, and that we have equipment for, is to control the light, to enhance the quality of the lighting. Remember, it's just as important where the light doesn't go as where it does. I had a key grip tell me one time, gaffers make light, grips make shadows. Okay, so one of the things we want to be careful about are boom shadows. The grips will also use equipment to make sure that we can control the light in such a way that we don't adverse the effect, the booms that are being used in narrative film making for a sound. Okay, so our next area is camera movement, and…
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