There are so many people on a film set, and each are vital. Today we'll talk about Assistant Directors, Gaffers, Grips, and the Camera department.
Video Transcript:
Hello! I am the artist known as DEROSNEC, and welcome to my bi-weekly vlog where I talk about making music, art, movies, and more.
There are so many key people involved in making a film, and this series really only scratches the surface! Here are a few other important people that you’ll see on a set (among other places):
The Assistant Director
The Assistant Director (or AD) is one of the most important gears in the film machine. This person is the producer and director’s right hand in breaking down scripts, scheduling shoots and cast, directing background characters, and managing the set crew. On set, they’re the loudest - you’ll hear them yelling at everyone to maintain order and make sure that everything is staying on schedule. They also make sure that everything is safe and secure.
This person has to have a good idea of how long each scene will need to be shot effectively, which means that an understanding of how the director works with actors is imperative, not to mention an understanding of the technical logistics of actually completing each scene - from setup, to breakdown.
The AD usually has a 2nd and even sometimes a 3rd, who will take are of tasks like keeping the background characters on track, and preparing the daily call sheet - which informs everyone on the crew as to who and what is needed when, and what scenes will be shot where on the upcoming day.
Gaffers and Grips
The Gaffer is the big cheese of the electrical team - this person, along with his/her right-hand-human, the Best Boy, is responsible for managing anything to do with lighting, be it equipment or labor. They’ll ensure that the lights are working safely and correctly, keep additional bulbs on hand, and rewire things when necessary.
Film lights traditionally can take quite a bit of power, so knowing ahead of time what your power needs are are essential to making sure that the set is not only not going to overload on you, but also prevent electrical fires!
The Grips offer a small hand to the Gaffer team, except they don’t actually touch anything electrical. They will however manipulate the lights with bounce cards, flags, and things of that nature. Their main responsibility is to support to the camera department. They will maintain, build, and sometimes operate things like cranes, dollies, and mounts on which the camera will be placed.
The Camera Team
These guys are at the whim of the DOP. This team usually includes a camera operator, which is exactly what it sounds like, as well as a focus puller and one or two assistant cameras (ACs). The focus puller’s job is to ensure that everything that the DOP wants to be in focus within the frame at a given time is indeed in focus - which sounds easy but trust me it’s trickier and more attention consuming than you’d think. The ACs will generally be on hand to help swap out lenses, make sure that the film reel, tape, or data card has enough space to actually shoot the shot, and generally just makes sure that the camera itself is ready to go when the director calls action!
In the world of digital filmmaking, there is also a role called DIT - or Data Imaging Technician. This person is responsible for taking all the footage that was shot that day and making sure that it’s ready for post production. This means checking for corruptions, creating backups, and even doing a little bit of color correction with the DOP present so that his or her vision is accurately brought over to the editing room.
Did you know about all of these roles before this video? Which ones didn’t you know about? Tell me what you learned in the comments!
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I hadn't stopped by for a lesson in film making lately so my apologies for that. I did learn the behind the scenes people in this post and great to see you still creating good informative posts about your industry you work in.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year if I don't get back around before then.
All good, there are so many posts to keep up with and really not enough time in the day! Thanks for stopping by and happy new year to yourself as well!
Merry Christmas, enjoy the vote!
Merry Christmas to you too!
Great little Christmas card, @berniesanders. Very pretty.
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I have to admit I do not know a lot about the process, so I find these post so interesting to learn about the various aspects of the industry
Glad you're enjoying the series!
I truly am, :) its an area I knew so little about
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Always such a gorgeous analysis and video article about movie making <3 I love these so much, @derosnec :)
I love your comments more! :D
A very good and well laid out post! As a charity that also does skills training for the unemployed, we assisted "Big Fish" Film Studios by supplying refurbished computers for the tuition of their young movie making interns. The interns also made a free video for our non profit! Blessings!
Thanks for checking it out! That's great, I love to hear stories about young people pursuing the arts - and film in particular :D Especially for good causes
I have some friends who like movies and in particular movie making techniques!
I will suggest your post to them!
Here @klevera is one of them, but unfortunelly I do not think that he has been active during last weeks.
However thank you to share with us this content.
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Thanks so much for stopping by and yes please feel free to share with whomever you feel would get something out of watching my vlogs! :D
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