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Sun, Mar 27
|Sharpened Iron Studios
Grip Class
Get started in your career in the Film Industry!
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Time & Location
Mar 27, 2022, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Sharpened Iron Studios, 1314 S Polk Street, Amarillo, TX, 79109
About the event
The Grip Department is overseen by the Key Grip and are responsible for setting up, rigging, and striking equipment. A grips main goal is to “shape the light” on a production set. There are also many points of crossover within the grip department. Most commonly, grips can be associated with Gaffers as Grip-Electric and the Key as Riggers. There are also grips working with the camera crews building tracks, mounting multiple rigs on moving autos, and setting up crane shots. Grips play a vital role within any production.
Key Take Aways:
- Breakdown of grips roles and responsibilities
- Basic equipment & tools
- Walkie-talkie intro & etiquette
- Run through a day in the life of a grip
- Grip truck
- Best boy position and duties
- Build production set ups using grip equipment
- Learn the “shaping of light”
- Expendables
- Grip Gear
- Diffusion, gels & frames
- Bounce and diffuse light
- Equipment organization
- Reflecting light
- Overheads, knots, SAFETY
- Ladder safety
- Hang grip gear from a grid
- Laying dolly track
- Level track and maintenance
- Dolly and jib movements
- Rigging techniques
This event has a group. You’re welcome to join the group once you register for the event.
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