What are "lighting" pros called?
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DVX100Shooter
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Re: What are "lighting" pros called?
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J_Barnes
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Re: What are "lighting" pros called?
In the US...the Gaffer is the chief of a film lighting crew and works under the direction of the Cinematographer.
A Lighting Director is also the chief of the lighting crew, but only on a television shoot (and typically only studio productions). When a production has a Lighting Director, the camera department works under the Lighting Director's direction.
In Theater, a Lighting Director designs the lighting for the set, as well as all of the lighting cues. Often times, the Lighting Director's job ends once the show is in production, with a cheaper Light Board Operator performing the cue changes during production.
To make things even more confusing, often times in Europe, the will call a cinematographer a "Lighting Cameraman".
In the US...the Gaffer is the chief of a film lighting crew and works under the direction of the Cinematographer.
A Lighting Director is also the chief of the lighting crew, but only on a television shoot (and typically only studio productions). When a production has a Lighting Director, the camera department works under the Lighting Director's direction.
In Theater, a Lighting Director designs the lighting for the set, as well as all of the lighting cues. Often times, the Lighting Director's job ends once the show is in production, with a cheaper Light Board Operator performing the cue changes during production.
To make things even more confusing, often times in Europe, the will call a cinematographer a "Lighting Cameraman".
Phil
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Re: What are "lighting" pros called?
[quote author=J_Barnes link=board=lighting;num=1095720416;start=0#5 date=09/21/04 at 08:33:29]In the US...the Gaffer is the chief of a film lighting crew and works under the direction of the Cinematographer.
A Lighting Director is also the chief of the lighting crew, but only on a television shoot (and typically only studio productions). When a production has a Lighting Director, the camera department works under the Lighting Director's direction.
In Theater, a Lighting Director designs the lighting for the set, as well as all of the lighting cues. Often times, the Lighting Director's job ends once the show is in production, with a cheaper Light Board Operator performing the cue changes during production.
To make things even more confusing, often times in Europe, the will call a cinematographer a "Lighting Cameraman".
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[quote author=J_Barnes link=board=lighting;num=1095720416;start=0#5 date=09/21/04 at 08:33:29]In the US...the Gaffer is the chief of a film lighting crew and works under the direction of the Cinematographer.
A Lighting Director is also the chief of the lighting crew, but only on a television shoot (and typically only studio productions). When a production has a Lighting Director, the camera department works under the Lighting Director's direction.
In Theater, a Lighting Director designs the lighting for the set, as well as all of the lighting cues. Often times, the Lighting Director's job ends once the show is in production, with a cheaper Light Board Operator performing the cue changes during production.
To make things even more confusing, often times in Europe, the will call a cinematographer a "Lighting Cameraman".
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Royal with Cheese...gotcha...And what do you call a Big Mac?
Thanks for the info.
Re: What are "lighting" pros called?
Hehe. Well, *supposedly*, the original gaffers were fishermen who used gaffs (kind of like a spear for getting fish on deck) to manipulate sailcloth above a set--the first "butterfly" used for diffusing direct sunlight. And there are any number of stories on the origin of MOS. The most popular being that it stands for "mit out sound", coined by German crew. Frankly, I think most of these stories are apocryphal.
Hehe. Well, *supposedly*, the original gaffers were fishermen who used gaffs (kind of like a spear for getting fish on deck) to manipulate sailcloth above a set--the first "butterfly" used for diffusing direct sunlight. And there are any number of stories on the origin of MOS. The most popular being that it stands for "mit out sound", coined by German crew. Frankly, I think most of these stories are apocryphal.
taubkin
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Re: What are "lighting" pros called?
[quote author=Barry_S link=board=lighting;num=1095720416;start=0#11 date=09/24/04 at 14:15:04]Hehe. Well, *supposedly*, the original gaffers were fishermen who used gaffs (kind of like a spear for getting fish on deck) to manipulate sailcloth above a set--the first "butterfly" used for diffusing direct sunlight. And there are any number of stories on the origin of MOS. The most popular being that it stands for "mit out sound", coined by German crew. Frankly, I think most of these stories are apocryphal.[/quote]
Really? Wow... I would have never guessed...
[quote author=Barry_S link=board=lighting;num=1095720416;start=0#11 date=09/24/04 at 14:15:04]Hehe. Well, *supposedly*, the original gaffers were fishermen who used gaffs (kind of like a spear for getting fish on deck) to manipulate sailcloth above a set--the first "butterfly" used for diffusing direct sunlight. And there are any number of stories on the origin of MOS. The most popular being that it stands for "mit out sound", coined by German crew. Frankly, I think most of these stories are apocryphal.[/quote]
Really? Wow... I would have never guessed...
J_Barnes
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Re: What are "lighting" pros called?
[quote author=Barry_S link=board=lighting;num=1095720416;start=0#11 date=09/24/04 at 14:15:04]Hehe. Well, *supposedly*, the original gaffers were fishermen who used gaffs (kind of like a spear for getting fish on deck) to manipulate sailcloth above a set--the first "butterfly" used for diffusing direct sunlight. And there are any number of stories on the origin of MOS. The most popular being that it stands for "mit out sound", coined by German crew. Frankly, I think most of these stories are apocryphal.[/quote]
I've heard a lot of different versions of the Gaffer story, most of them citing the "Gaffing Hook" or saying that gaffers were so named because they were hired from pools of out of work fishermen. The sailcloth/gaffer's hook combination seems to be the most truthful, but I'd like to know what an equivilant position might have been called in theater.
The worst explaination I've heard for MOS was that it stands for Mode Out Sound.
There were a number of german directors back in those times, but at the dawn of talkies, there wasn't a proponderance of german directors around anymore. While it might be true that the MOS comes from their broken english, it seems a little less likely when you consider how many american directors were working at the beginning of sound pictures.
Who knows really.
[quote author=Barry_S link=board=lighting;num=1095720416;start=0#11 date=09/24/04 at 14:15:04]Hehe. Well, *supposedly*, the original gaffers were fishermen who used gaffs (kind of like a spear for getting fish on deck) to manipulate sailcloth above a set--the first "butterfly" used for diffusing direct sunlight. And there are any number of stories on the origin of MOS. The most popular being that it stands for "mit out sound", coined by German crew. Frankly, I think most of these stories are apocryphal.[/quote]
I've heard a lot of different versions of the Gaffer story, most of them citing the "Gaffing Hook" or saying that gaffers were so named because they were hired from pools of out of work fishermen. The sailcloth/gaffer's hook combination seems to be the most truthful, but I'd like to know what an equivilant position might have been called in theater.
The worst explaination I've heard for MOS was that it stands for Mode Out Sound.
There were a number of german directors back in those times, but at the dawn of talkies, there wasn't a proponderance of german directors around anymore. While it might be true that the MOS comes from their broken english, it seems a little less likely when you consider how many american directors were working at the beginning of sound pictures.
Who knows really.