Five Crew Positions in the Electric Department Responsible for Rigging

Many people are unsure of what goes on behind the scenes of the film and movie industry.  All the effects, lighting, acting, and editing are taken care of by a team of skilled and experienced members that come together to produce the film.  This takes coordination and teamwork, especially when it comes to rigging equipment and setting up the shots.  When working with heavy duty equipment, scaffolding, and extensive set-ups, it requires skill and great communication.  These...

Five Lighting Techniques Used to Create Emotion in Film

A grip in the film industry focuses on capturing the vision of the Director using techniques that set the emotion in a scene with the lighting alone. Grip lighting techniques can achieve a real lighting effect, focus on actor or prop, creating hopeful or hopeless tones to set the mood, and so much more. Below you will learn about some grip lighting techniques they use in film to create emotion.  There are many techniques used by grips to set the emotion and scene of a film. Each techniqu...

What Every Grip Technician Should Keep in their Tool Belt

Grip lighting technicians are experts who work on film sets to help photography and lighting directors with lighting production setups. In general, for a scene to function effectively, they will create a specific mood or style. In addition, they collaborate with many other technicians to follow their instructions, change grip equipment, and construct scaffolding and track to produce the proper angles for the lights. This necessitates timely access to a variety of tools.  These are some o...

Four Jobs Available in the Electric Department for Films

Have you always loved to perform camera work or set up lighting shots for film creation?  Do you want to know what it takes to become a technician that works behind the scenes of films?  When you are looking for the right job to help with films, movies, and commercials, you should consider becoming a member of the lighting and electrical department.  These are some of the jobs that are available in the lighting and electric department in the film industry. Director o...

Five Types of Grip Equipment You Can Find in Grip Truck

Have you ever wondered where all the equipment comes from when making a movie or commercial?  We often see many trucks, vans, trailers, and buses roll into an area, film, and then pick up and leave.  But where does it all go?  And how do they know what they need?  When it comes to the lighting department in the film industry, many production companies will rent grip trucks that are full of lighting equipment for the technicians.  These are some of the most common type...

Four Lighting Techniques Used in to Create Emotion in Film

Excellent cinematography lighting is essential in any film because it creates mood, ambiance and provides the audience a feeling of meaning. In addition, lighting is an excellent method to illustrate the psychology of your film characters and produce or express emotion. True artists seek to trigger an emotional response from their audience.  Therefore, it is crucial for grip lighting technicians to understand the feeling evoked by each type of light to do a proper light setup for the sce...

Seven Tools Every Grip Technician Should Keep On Hand

Are you wondering what is necessary to take with you on your first day as a grip technician?  Do you need to supply the grip equipment for your film production job?  Working as a grip technician requires you to be ready to move quickly when any lighting adjustments are needed to create a specific effect.  By having access to many highly utilized grip tools and equipment, you can make these jobs occur much more efficiently.  These are a few of the tools that every grip tech...

Five Frequently Asked Questions about the Role of a Grip Technician in Film

Are you wondering what a grip technician does in the movie industry?  Do you find yourself wanting to work behind-the-scenes of film?  Grips are responsible for creating many of the lighting set-ups that help a director of photography achieve a certain look or aesthetic with each shot.  Grips are well-versed and trained to understand many properties of lighting and electric that needs to be used to create different moods and emotions.  These are some of the most frequently...

What to Know about Electrical Technicians that Work in Film

Are you interested in working in the electrical department in the film industry?  Have you always loved learning about how to create the right lighting techniques behind the scenes of film?  When you have a passion for film and you also have the skills and expertise of electricians, you may be perfect as a grip electric technician in the film industry.  Here are a few things that you may want to know about electrical technicians that work in film. You Determine How M...

Five Lighting Techniques They Use in Films

Having a strong narrative, well-cast actors, a capable production crew, and an outstanding set design are essential components to making a successful film.  Still, it also needs to look visually appealing to the audience.  This outcome generally requires technical expertise of grip electric technicians and other experts in cinematography, which entails using the best cinematic shots and film lighting techniques to convey the message perfectly in each scene.  Here are some of th...