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== An electrician in charge of lighting on a movie or television set. A gaffer could mean a boss in the UK, or a movie industry, or a type of adhesive tape, or it could be a slang term for something else entirely.
It can also be used to refer to one's father or grandfather. Chief lighting technician
A gaffer in the motion picture industry and on a television crew is an electrician, sometimes head of the electrical department, repsonsible for the execution and sometimes the design of the lighting plan for a productions's grips.
A gaffer is a person who does odd jobs around the set such as using gaffer tape, carrying cable, setting up equipment and getting coffee.
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What is a gapher?
* old-timer: an elderly man * an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set * foreman: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" Also, it is spelled 'gaffer'
What is the largest movie set ever built?
The sinking set of the movie Titanic (1997) was the biggest movie set ever built. The ship which was scale to size of the real Titanic was built on a tilting platform to sink the ship in a big tank.
Where was the movie gorillas in the mist set?
It was filmed in Brazil.
Where is the part on the lake of the movie Elektra set in?
Somewhere in Canada.
Who directed the 1996 movie 'Set It Off'?
The 1996 action-crime-thriller movie "Set It Off" starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, and Vivica A. Fox. The movie was directed by F. Gary Gary.
How do you become a electrician on a movie set?
The gaffer is the chief electrician on a movie set. S/He is responsible for lighting the set. His/her crew is made up of men and women who work as "electricians" also know as electrics. Sometimes they swing departments and are called Grip/Electrics. You have to have experience before you can get hired on in the electrical department of a movie. The way to do that is to contact a gaffer and ask if you can apprentice for free and learn how to be an electrician on a movie set. Professional credentials as an electrician will help you move into this industry as an electric.
On a movie set who does the best boy help?
A best boy is the first assistant (male or female) to either the key grip or the gaffer. That is, he or she helps get a set ready for filming by moving items into place or helping with the lighting setup. For a good explanation of grip, gaffer, and best boy, see Wikipedia's entry "Film crew" (link below is for "grip" etc.).
What is the chief electrician on a film set called?
Gaffer
What is a gaffers job?
A gaffer is in charge of setting up lights on a film set
Do gaffers create films with a camera?
No. Gaffers are the head electricians on a movie set. Best boys are the gaffer's best electricians, and grips handle and move everything from lights to camera dollies.
What is the difference between a grip and a gaffer?
A gaffer works exclusively with lightening set ups and delivering electricity to lights. A grip works more with the camera department (such as operating cranes and dollies)
How much does a gaffer earn?
I am told that movie gaffers earn $200,000 a year. Is this close to the average?
How do you use gaffer in a sentence?
The gaffer gave the children candy when they came to visit him. The gaffer had to replace the spotlight when it stopped working.
What is a gapher?
* old-timer: an elderly man * an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set * foreman: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" Also, it is spelled 'gaffer'
What is the opposite of gaffer?
Kiddies! or Young Buck, a gaffer is an old guy!
Who is an English gaffer in north London?
Harry Redknapp is the gaffer in North London
Samwise Gamgee refers to his father as what in The Lord of the Rings?
Sam Gamgee (and everyone else in Hobbiton, for that matter) refers to his father, Hamfast Gamgee, as "the Gaffer."
