Types of Grips
- key grip or first company grip—the boss or head of the grip department
- best boy grip or second company grip—this is the key grip's right hand man or woman. He or she will act on behalf of the key grip in areas such as booking crew and equipment rental
- 3rd grip, company grip or gang grip—the majority of grips fit into this category. They work on set under the direction of the key
- construction grip—Constructs and dismantles the set. On the sound stage, construction grips are responsible for laying out, building, moving, and adjusting major set pieces (e.g. walls, ceiling flats) when something needs to be moved to get a camera or lights into position. Construction grips also build decks and platforms. This job is exclusively practiced in the New York area.
- dolly grip—operates the dollies and sometimes camera cranes. He or she is a first hire, like the key grip
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