Basic Grip Gear

Your gaffer has tasked you with packing up a grip package for your current film noir shoot. Create a comprehensive list of all of the gear that you would need for your grip package. Be detailed! use the jargon and terminology that you have learned so far. You should easily have over 10-20 items.

1. grip box
2. fresnel light fixture (3)
3. sift box
4. power strip
5. light dimmer (3)
6. A clamp
7. C47
8. black wrap
9. cables
1. stingers
10. gobo head (4)
11. C-Stand (4)
12. Mafer clamp (2)
13. Flashlight
14. Reflectors

RJFS Grip Equipment

In a detailed paragraph answer the following:

1. What are 3 key things that Dominic goes over in this video?
2. What is important to keep in mind when building a large frame?
3. What is one new thing that you've learned from this video?

Platypus is mostly used for bounce boards that are attached to a C-stand. They are relatively easy to to handle, as is the Cardellini. This has two different types including the center jaw type and the end jaw. These can attach to various things ranging from poles to stands. A gobo head, also known as a grip head, can be used to secure different grip equipments onto it. A big frame requires  four corners and ears in order to create the desired size frame. I learned that there are multiple variations of a similar function for different sizes of pins or lighting fixtures. In the end, all of these variations are necessary in order to create all of the desired lighting fixtures safely.

Thursday, January 24th

In a detailed paragraph answer the following:

1. What is the role of the grip department? What are their responsibilities?
2. What is the Key Grips role in that department? What are their responsibilities?
3. What are two new things that you've learned from this video?

The grip department collaborates with the Cinematographer and the Gaffer in order to sculpt the light into the desired look. Overall, they are responsible of overlooking the general safety and welfare of the cast and crew. The Key Grip is the department head who participates in the preparation while collaborating with the Cinematographer and the Gaffer. Here, the scrip is broken down, location is scouted, and special equipment is prepared. There are multiple reflectors that help reflect the light in many different ways. When it is too bright, negative fill can be used to creates shadows within the frame.

Using Flags

In a detailed paragraph answer the following:

1. What is the purpose of flags? How can they be used to shape light?
2. What are cookies? How do they affect the image?
3. How can you combine these instruments to shape your light?

Flags kill unwanted spill that created unintended shadows in unwanted places. This may help bring about contrast into the scene as a negative fill. Cookies can help create a pattern with the light to add texture into the scene. This is add subtle detail in a bland scene. By combining these instruments, unwanted spilled light can be tamed to create the desired look. 

Current Project Status

What is the current status of your current project? What are the challenges you are facing during production? Why is it over due? What are 3 immediate actions you can put into effect to finish principal photography and begin post production?

I have finished shooting all the scenes that need to be shot on the stage and all of the equipment have been put away. The only scene left is the one outside where David gets fatally shot. On Tuesday, I will be considering how to light the scene so that I can start shooing on Wednesday. Some challenges in the shooting include actor availability and insufficient experience in lighting. It could be considered "over due" the production started later than expected because it took unexpectedly long to change the wall setup and the create the set. Starting from the 11th, however, I would consider the shooting schedule to be one time. Both cast and crew have been on task and the project would mostly likely finish shooting by Thursday. Some tasks I have left until post production includes establishing the lighting setup outside, rehearsing the scene, and creating a call sheet for the two days left to shoot.

Gels

1. What are CTB gels? What are they used for?
2. What are CTO gels? What are they used for?
3. What are party gels? What are they mainly used for?
4. What are diffusion gels? What are they mainly used for?
5. What are C47's? What are they used for?

CTB gels: blue gels used to convert tungsten to daylight (AKA Color Temperature Blue)

CTO gels: orange gels used to convert daylight to tungsten (AKA Color Temperature Orange)

Party gels: gels with strong primary colors; rarely used

Diffusion gels: gels that cut the amount of light and spread the light source to create softer shadows

C47: wooden clothespins often used to clip sheets of gel onto barn doors

Simple Cinematic Lighting

Answer the following questions a long paragraph:
1. What are the key differences between the four of these lighting setups?
2. What techniques have you learned from this video that you can begin using in your upcoming films?

The sci-fi look has a distinct hair light that separates the subject form the background while keeping the majority of the background in a mysterious darkness. A colored light works nicely in this situation because it creates a world that is out of this world. This set up has texture given in the reflection so that is adds to the tone of the set. The Noir set featured a hard light that gave a hard contour on the face. The key light was cerated by bouncing a light, filling in the shadows created by the harsh hair light. The romance set up was created by soft, diffused light that has minimum harsh shadows. This video taught me the importance of considering the situation when lighting the set. The lights can be used outside or inside the set as a working light.