Equipment List

Here's most of my equipment.

CAMERA
(1) Panasonic DVX100 camera c/w cenury lens gear
(1) Manfrotto 503 head
(1) Manfrotto 3190/350MV full legs
(1) Manfrotto 3185/350SHMV baby legs

LIGHTING & GRIP

OPEN FACE
(3) 600 watt Red-heads
(1) 250 watt Lowel Pro-Light c/w DC cable operation

PUNCH LIGHTS
(1) Source 4 Par c/w lens set

PRACTICALS / PHOTO
(6) Photoflood practicals

DIMMERS AND CONTROL
(2) 1K Hand dimmer

SPECIALTY LIGHTING
(1) 24" Chinaball
(1) 14" Chinaball

LIGHTING HARDWARE AND ACCESSORIeS
(2) Baby baseplate
(3) Baby pins
(4) Baby pin w/ 3/8" female threaded base
(4) Baby pin w/ 3/8" male threaded base
(1) 6" Collar
(1) Baby to 17mm adapter
(2) Cardellini
(2) Maffer c/w baby pin
(2) Double grip heads
(1) Putty knife (baby)
(1) Hollywood Magic Arm
(1) Baby grip helper

CABLE AND DISTRO
(2) 50' AC extension (14/3)
(6) 25' AC extension (14/3)
(5) 3-wire cubetaps
(8) Ground lifters

REFLECTORS
(3) 20x24 reflector set (silver, gold, mirror)
(1) 20x24 mirror board

STANDS LIGHTING AND GRIP
(5) Manfrotto kit stands
(2) Light weight small kits stand
(4) 40" C-stand (sliding leg)
(4) 40" Grip arm
(1) 20" Grip arm
(5) Grip head

FRAMES AND MATERIALS
(2) 6x6 Location frames
(1) 6x6 Silk
(1) 6x6 Grifflector (silver/white)
(2) 4x4 Floppies
(1) 3x3 Aluminum gel frame
(3) 18x24 Solids
(2) 18x24 Singles
(2) 18x24 Doubles
(1) 18x24 Cello cookie
(1) 18x24 Wood cookie
(1) 18x24 Empty solid frame
(1) Custom window pattern kit

GRIP HARDWARE
(9) 25lb Sandbag
(4) Full apple boxes
(4) Half apples boxes
(4) Quarter apples boxes
(1) Box of wedges
(1) Hand cart (2/4 wheel)
(7) Pony clamp - Sml
(12) Pony clamp - Med
(2) Pony clamp - Lrg
(2) C-clamp 3" (Reg)
(2) Furniture clamp 12"
(2) Furniture clamp 18"
(2) Furniture clamp 30"
(1) Furniture clamp adapter
(2) C-boom clamp
(1) 1 6" Pump cup (swivel baby)
(2) 6x7.5" Cheeseplate
(1) Sound blanket
(12) Safety cable

DOLLY
(1) Hi-Hat skateboard dolly

LADDERS
(1) FG 8' Step-Ladder
 
wow, quite the collection! I am still learning my way around alot of the grip terminology. What's a Floppy?
 
A floppy is a 4'x4' solid flag, that has an additional 4'x4' ft , black cover material velcro'ed to it. Once it is one a stand, it can be detached, and made into a 4'x8' ft
flag. Some are velcro'ed to the top of the 4x4, and some are attached to the bottom. You can create an inverted L-shape, so you can have black fabric above you and to the side. These are quite often used outdoors to cover your "video village" and your producers. Two floppys, make a nice video "tent". They are also great for hiding light stands, and crew members, and creating negative fill.
 
Awsome, thanks for the good definition! I was helping out on a film this weekend as a PA/grip and saw a few of those around, just didn't know what they were called. I am trying to build my vocabulary for this stuff so that when the gaffer's like "Hey, get me a floppy" I don't look like a total dumbass. Thanks! I should do a google search for a griptionary. Also still working on getting a handle on the whole set ettiquette thing. Coming from my own non budget productions with friends straight onto a professional well put together production is hard, because I wanted to ask so many questions but didn't want to piss anyone off (which I did at one point, so I had to bite my tongue alot after that). Getting used to this crazy chain of command is hard....
 
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Go to the Matthews website. I can't remember it exactely..perhaps www.mse.com
but I could be wrong. They have a "Griptionary" of common terms of frequenty used tools and grip gear...Also you should get Uva's Basic grip book..By Michael UVA. from Focal Press- Go to Amazon, or order it from a local bookstore. I believe he may also have a more advanced book, and I have another one of his books called Uva's Guide to Cranes,Dollies and remote heads. I use many different types of remote heads when I work on gigs, and this book came in handy when we needed to know exact specs on a certain crane for shipping and setup.
Here's a grip word for ya..."Brancholoris" and a baby pin or baby nail on , is also called a "Directors Chair"...lol
 
Hey Mister Bcheong....aka Mister grip Truck...How many C-47's ya got ?
LOL That's the true measure of a gaffer !
 
I think it would be nice to state what you do as well, just to get a better idea of what equipment is best for certain disciplines.
 
DVX100a

3 homedepot lights.

lots of Gaffers tape..... i mean Lots of gaffers tape.....
 
I think a few of you are confusing grip gear with electrics gear. A gaffer doesnt generally ask for a "flop", that would be your key grip. Gaffer=Electricity, lights, etc. Grips=Hardware, rigging, diffusing and cutting light.

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Some of us wear many hats. As a gaffer, I'm in control of lights, and what they do, and why they are there. I may and usually do, ask my grips to set this up for me. But I make the call...Sometimes I do it myself...
 
filmat11 said:
Hey Mister Bcheong....aka Mister grip Truck...How many C-47's ya got ?
LOL That's the true measure of a gaffer !
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62 the last time i counted. I haven't taken inventory for a while! :-p
 
Here's a good one i heard from a grip buddy of mine.

"Grip to Ground adapter" AKA Applebox...
 
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