What’s a Gaffer? - What people do in a film crew part 3

The last time we looked at the people who make the “look” of the film for you. This time, in the last part of this series, we will look at the people behind the camera making what you see and hear.

The Director of Photography is the chief of the camera and lighting crew of the film. The DoP makes decisions on lighting and framing of scenes in conjunction with the film’s director. Typically, the director tells the DoP how he wants the film to look, and the DoP then chooses the correct aperture, filter, and lighting to achieve the desired effect. Read more

What’s a Gaffer? - What people do in a film crew part 2

In my last article I described the various members of the Production Staff of a film project.  In Part Two we will go on to discover the other members of a film crew and find out what they do.  In this part we will look at the members of the project that make the “look” of the film. Read more

What’s a Gaffer? - What people do in a film crew part 1

Have you ever been reading the credits at the end of a film and wondered, “What in the world is a Gaffer?” Or a Best Boy? Or a Dolly Grip? Well, you wouldn’t be the first. Unless you are working in the film industry or closely connected to it, you really wouldn’t need to know these terms for your every day life. But… everyone watches movies, whether it is in the theatre or at home, with a tape or a DVD, or on the television. Read more

Rant in A minor - Advertising

“Advertising signs that con,you into thinking your the one,that can do what’s never been done,that can win what’s never been won meantime life outside goes on all around you” So said Bob Dylan in 1965.

What would he think of that today? or even what does he think of that today? more on that later. Read more