The Grip Book, 3rd Edition

The Grip Book, 3rd Edition

by Michael Uva
Released November 2012
Publisher(s): Focal Press
ISBN: 9781136043130

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Book description


This friendly, practical, on-the-job manual details the equipment, processes, and tricks of the trade that you will need to know in order to be a successful grip. This new edition contains the latest information on the newest equipment available and has been updated to reflect changes in the industry. This valuable professional reference, known as "the bible" for grips, contains more information than ever on how to become a professional grip and have a successful career, and will be an indispensable learning tool and reference for all experience levels. The Companion DVD includes visual demonstrations of techniques and equipment as well as the popular "grip rap" theme song.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Half Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Contributing Companies and Manufacturers and Suppliers
    1. Contributing Companies
    2. Manufacturers and Suppliers
  8. Letter from the Author
  9. About the Author
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. A Bit of Encouragement
  12. Introduction
    1. What This Book Is About
      1. About the Equipment
      2. Tricks of the Trade—T.O.T.
    2. Getting Started
      1. A Little Grip History
    3. The Grip Department
      1. Key Grip
      2. Best Boy Grip
      3. Grips
    4. A Typical Day for a Grip
      1. Call Time
      2. Setting up a Shoot
    5. Call Sheet
      1. Front Side of Call Sheet
      2. Back Side of Call Sheet
      3. Warehouse Stages
      4. How It Goes on the Set
      5. What to Expect
      6. Pace on the Set
      7. What Key Grips Like
    6. Warning/Disclaimer
  13. The Big Break (Strictly for the Brand New Grip!)
    1. Set Etiquette
      1. Call Time
      2. New On the Set
      3. Offering Expert Advice
      4. Offering a Hand
      5. Can We Help?
      6. Don’t Be a Hero
      7. Titles
      8. Always Out of Line for Crews
      9. Wrap Time
    2. Being a Professional Crew Member
      1. An Eager Attitude
      2. How to Get Hired Again
      3. How Not to Get Hired Again
      4. Personality Problems
      5. Résumés
      6. Peer Evaluation
      7. The Answering Machine
      8. Company Vehicles
      9. Examples of Bad Bosses
      10. My, My, My
      11. Being a Good Communicator
      12. Teachers and Students
    3. Being Professional When You’re Boss
      1. The Morning of the Shoot
      2. Always In Line for Production
      3. Always Out of Line for Production
      4. Filling Out the Time Card
      5. Crew Issues to Address
      6. From Other Departments
    4. Location Etiquette—Getting Along with Locals
    5. Some Thoughts on Equipment
      1. Crews and Their Own Equipment
      2. The Professional Look
      3. Health on the Set
    6. Last Thoughts and Parting Advice
      1. “Juices”
      2. Success and the Ego
      3. Financial Responsibility
    7. Ron Dexter’s Suggested Book and Source List
      1. Sources
      2. Publishers
  14. Essential Equipment
    1. Apple Boxes
    2. Baby Plates
    3. Bar Clamp Adapter Pin
    4. Basso Block
    5. Bazooka
    6. Bead Board Holder
    7. Big Ben Clamp
    8. Branch Holder
      1. C-Clamp Branch Holder
      2. Tree Branch Holder
    9. Cable Crossovers
    10. C-Clamps
    11. Camera Wedge
    12. Cardellini Clamp
    13. Chain Vise Grips
    14. Clipboard
    15. Condor Bracket
    16. Cribbing
    17. Crowder Hanger
    18. Cucoloris
    19. Cup Blocks
    20. Dots and Fingers
    21. Drop Ceiling Scissor Clamp/Cable Holder
    22. Drop Down, 45-Degree Angle
    23. Empty Frames
    24. Flag Box/Scrim Box
    25. Flags and Cutters
      1. Cutters
    26. Flexarms
    27. Furniture Clamp
    28. Furniture Pad
    29. Gaffer Grip
    30. Grid Clamp
    31. Grifflon
    32. Grip Clip
    33. Grip/Electrical Stage Box
    34. Grip Helper
    35. Grounding Rod/Spike
    36. Hand Truck
    37. Ladder
    38. Lamppost System (by Backstage Equipment)
    39. Mafer Clamp
    40. Matt Pipe Adapter Baby
    41. Matt Poles—Polecats
    42. Meat Ax
    43. Miniboom
    44. Muscle Truck (by Backstage Equipment)
    45. No-Nail Hanger
    46. Offset Arms
    47. Parallels
    48. Pipe Clamp, Baby
    49. Pipe Clamp, Junior
    50. Pony Pipe Clamp
    51. Poultry Bracket (Matthews)
    52. Putty Knife
    53. Reflector
    54. Reflector Slip-Ons (Scrims)
    55. Sandbags
    56. Scrims—Grip
      1. Single Net
      2. Double Net
      3. Lavender Net
      4. Silk
    57. Scrims, Butterfly Kits
      1. Silks
    58. Scrims, Flex
    59. Side Arms
    60. Stair Blocks
    61. Stand Adapter Pin
    62. Stands
      1. C-Stand
      2. C-Stand Operation
      3. Low-Boy Stand
      4. Reflector (Combo/Light) Stand
      5. Overhead (High Roller) Stand
      6. Overhead Stand Usage
      7. Stand Extensions (Riser)
    63. Studio Overhead Grip Arm
    64. Taco Carts
    65. T-Bone
    66. Telescoping Hanger—Stirrup
    67. Trapeze
    68. Trombone
    69. Tube Stretcher
    70. Tubing Hanger
    71. Turtle
    72. Umbrella
    73. Wall Bracket (Set)
    74. Wall Plate—Junior
    75. Wall Sled
    76. Wall Spreader
    77. Wedges
  15. Expendables
    1. Automatic Tape Gun (ATG) Tape
    2. Baby Powder
    3. Bead Board
    4. Black Wrap
    5. Bobinett
    6. Butcher Paper
    7. Clothespins (C-47s)
    8. Drywall Screws
    9. Dulling Spray
    10. Duvatyne
    11. Foam Core
    12. Grip Chains
    13. Laminated Glass
    14. Layout Board
    15. Lexan
    16. Penny Nails (#8 and #16)
    17. Plywood
    18. Pushpin
    19. Sash Cord #8
    20. Show Card
    21. Silicone Spray
    22. Spray Glue
    23. Spray Oil
    24. Staples
    25. Stove Pipe Wire
    26. Streaks ‘n’ Tips®
    27. Tapes
      1. Camera Tape
      2. Double-Faced Tape
      3. Gaffer or Grip Tape
      4. Paper Tape
    28. Visqueen
  16. Knots
    1. Bowline Knot
    2. Clove Hitch Knot
    3. Half Hitch Knot
    4. Square Knot
  17. Basic Tool Descriptions
    1. Standard Screwdriver (Common or Blade Type)
    2. Phillips Screwdriver
    3. Reed and Prince Screwdriver
    4. Files
    5. Hacksaw
    6. Lineman Pliers
    7. Torpedo Level
    8. Crosscut Saw
    9. Circular Saw and Blades
    10. Drill Bits
    11. Mat Knife
    12. Tape Measure
    13. Reel Tape Measure
    14. Claw Hammer
    15. Personal Tools
      1. Personal Tool Belt
      2. Everyday Basic Tools for a Grip’s Personal Toolbox
      3. Power Tools
      4. Useful Items to Also Carry
      5. Recommended Personal Gear
      6. Clothing for Sets
      7. Clothing and Items for Location
      8. Personal Electronic Equipment (A Must)
  18. Filters and Gels
    1. Fluorescent Light Filters
    2. Arc Light Filters
    3. Tungsten Conversion Filters
    4. Neutral Density Filters
    5. Daylight Conversion Filters
  19. Techniques for Mounting the Camera
    1. Speed-Rail® Tubing and Fittings
    2. Power Grip or Super Grip (Mounting Technique)
    3. Camera Clamp
    4. Minislider SR-71 Dolly (Mounting Technique)
      1. SR-71 Dolly Features
    5. ShowRig Truss System
  20. Cables, Slings, and Hardware
    1. Miniature Cable
    2. Wire Rope
      1. Wires
      2. Strands
      3. Core
    3. Spreader Beams
    4. Sling Types
    5. Glossary of Cables and Slings
    6. Staging Systems
      1. Ferrellels
      2. Steeldeck
  21. Lifts
    1. Condors and Cherry Pickers
    2. Scissors Lifts
    3. Suppliers
    4. Additional Equipment
  22. Cranes, Jibs, Arms, Dollies, and Heads
    1. Cranes and Communication Systems
      1. Motorized Cranes
  23. Cranes Mounted on Wheeled Bases
  24. Lenny Arms
  25. Cablecam
    1. General Information
    2. Cablecam Motion Control System
  26. Dollies
    1. Doorway Dolly
    2. Western Dolly
    3. Tube Dolly
    4. Fisher #11 Crab Dolly
      1. Specifications
      2. Features
      3. Standard Accessories
      4. Optional Accessories
    5. Fisher #10 Crab Dolly
      1. Specifications
      2. Standard Accessories
      3. Optional Accessories
    6. Fisher #9 Crab Dolly
      1. Specifications
      2. Features
      3. Standard Accessories
      4. Optional Accessories
    7. Chapman Pedolly
    8. Chapman Peewee
    9. Chapman Super Peewee IV
    10. Chapman Hustler
    11. Chapman Hustler II
    12. Chapman Hustler III
    13. Chapman Hybrid
    14. Chapman Hybrid II
    15. Chapman Hybrid III
    16. Chapman Sidewinder
  27. Precision Cadillac Track
    1. Chapman Lencin
  28. Fluid and Remote Heads
    1. Flight Head
    2. Hot Head
    3. Kenworthy Snorkel Camera Systems (Remote)
    4. Libers III
    5. Oppenheimer Spin-Axis 360 Head (Remote)
    6. Pearson Fluid Head
    7. Power Pod
    8. Weaver/Steadman Fluid Head
    9. Weaver-Steadman’s “ds Remote™”
  29. General Tricks of the Trade
  30. Glossary
  31. Index

Product information

  • Title: The Grip Book, 3rd Edition
  • Author(s): Michael Uva
  • Release date: November 2012
  • Publisher(s): Focal Press
  • ISBN: 9781136043130