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Gaffer. 1580s, "elderly rustic," apparently a contraction of godfather (cf. gammer); originally "old man," it was applied from 1841 to foremen and supervisors, which sense carried over 20c. to "electrician in charge of lighting on a film set." |
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Gaffer. 1580s, "elderly rustic," apparently a contraction of godfather (cf. gammer); originally "old man," it was applied from 1841 to foremen and supervisors, which sense carried over 20c. to "electrician in charge of lighting on a film set." |
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The gaffer is responsible for managing lighting, including associated resources such as labour, lighting instruments and electrical equipment under the direction of the ] (DP, DOP or Cinematographer) or, in television, the lighting director (LD). |
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The gaffer is responsible for managing lighting, including associated resources such as labour, lighting instruments and electrical equipment under the direction of the director of photography |
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The DP/LD is responsible for the overall lighting design, but delegates the implementation of the design to the gaffer and the ]. The key grip is the head ], in charge of the labour and non-electrical equipment used to support and modify the lighting. Grip equipment includes stands, ] and ]. The gaffer will usually have an assistant called a ] and, depending on the size of the job, crew members who are called "set lighting technicians" or "]", although not all of them are trained as ]s in the usual sense of the term. |
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Although ] is used within the film/TV Industry as a strong cloth-backed adhesive tape, many other types of tape are also used, such as paper tape, ] (A.K.A. snot tape), ], J-LAR, and cloth tape. Gaffer tape is typically utilized by set lighting technicians under the supervision of, and not directly by, a gaffer. |
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A gaffer is the chief lighting technician on a set and is the head of the electrical department
