Cinematography-Theory-And-Practice

Figure 15.16. When shooting out inthe sun, the grips will provide a courtesyflag to protect the camera andoperator. On the left is the soundrecordist.GripsThe grip crew is headed by the key grip. His assistant is the best boygrip or second grip. Then there is the third grip and whatever additionalgrips are needed. As with electricians, a three-person crew is theminimum for all except the smallest jobs.The key grip may push the dolly, or there may also be a dolly gripwhose sole responsibility is to lay dolly track (with help from othergrips) and push the dolly. It sounds simple, but a good dolly grip isa real artist: timing the move exactly, hitting the marks, and keepingeverything smooth. Experienced dolly grips are also excellent atconsistency in the timing and speed of dolly moves; they can do itthe same way take after take.The grips have a wide range of duties:evergoes on them: nets, flags, frames, etc. This includes anyform of lighting control or shadow making that is not attachedto the light itself such as nets, flags, and silks.clamps of all types that might be used to attach lights or almostanything else anywhere the DP needs them. bagging (securing lights and other equipmentwith sandbags). Once a light is set, the grips bring as manysandbags as are necessary to secure and stabilize it. They mayalso have to tie it off or secure it in another way in windy orunstable conditions.cinematography300