During the climactic showdown of Rowdy Herrington’s transcendent 1989 doorman dramedy Road House, local business magnate Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara) taunts Dalton (Patrick Swayze): ‘I see you’ve found my trophy room, Dalton. Natural cookies are created by placing objects found in nature, such as tree limbs, between a light source and an actor or subject. This work is done by setting stands that hold flags, nets, diffusing materials or other gobos that control the quality, intensity, or shape of the light. Yes, I know it's satire, but even dipping in and out of the book occasionally (it's an A-Z and reading it straight through is unnecessary), I only chuckled a few times and mostly rolled my eyes and wondered why we have a whole book of this as humor when it's just as easy to find it everywhere on the big screen and in movie reviews.

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If a fleet of jet-black CHOPPERS ain't cresting over a back-lit hill by the end of Act II, you've got to start asking yourself whether this is a movie or a fucking art installation. Apple box — Different sized (quarter, half, full, pancake) wooden boxes used for a variety of purposes.

Any damaged gear needs to be reported to the Key Grip, or to whomever the Key assigns to keep track of inventory. Bar Clamp (Furniture Clamp) – A clamp with two jaws attached to a bar that can be used to mount a small light fixture.

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I'm an intelligent, female reader and author and I fully appreciate that this is satire - meaning Ayoade is satirising mysogyny in film, not endorsing it.There's a great Campbell soup joke in there somewhere that I can't remember now, but reading it in small chunks would probably be better than trying to plow through it and might help fight off some of those repetitive jokes I was speaking of. Cucoloris (“cookie”) — A type of flag with shapes cut into it that creates the look of tree branches, window shades, etc. To Gordy, the greatest movies of all time are mostly testosterone soaked 80s/90s action flicks and thrillers, but with this being Ayoade and all there is still plenty of love for View From the Top. Finally, brilliant critical appraisals of such luminous cinematic masterworks as Road House and Time Cop allow us to see -- as if through mist -- just how movies work and how critics have been fooled into valuing such comparatively mediocre and lame effusions as Citizen Kane, The Seventh Seal or It's a Wonderful Life -- none of which, Gordy LaShare show us, match up to the high watermark of the great Seagal, Van Damme, Norris, Swayze and Statham achievements. The cool thing about being a Grip for film is that it’s the kind of job where you can easily learn everything as you go, and you’ll learn it very quickly.

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The Grip of Film’ is an A to Z of film, written in the voice of Gordy LaSure, who strongly reminded me of Bob the Zooniverse boss in The Mighty Boosh. Examples of simple rigs include the menace arm, which allows a light to be boomed over set using one stand, or goalposts that span over top of set using two stands. One of the reasons The Avengers is among the highest-grossing films of all time is that it’s filled with people who act for a living. But there is one thing that will definitely endear you to the crew, even on your first day: knowing how to properly wrap cable. It is rigid insulation made for the construction trade, but was adopted by the film trade because of its "true-white" color and "soft" bounce.

Ayoade pops in from time to time to give notes to Gordy and to re-enact scenes from Steven Segal movies (his tough-guy action star voice is SO good). You’re going to be on your feet about 90% of the day, so your work shoes need to be sturdy but lightweight. Essentially one joke played out over a few hundred pages, the book quickly outstays its welcome with insufficient humour to counteract the effort required to read it.

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This video will show you the proper technique, but you’ll still need to take the initiative and practice, practice, practice. Now living in LA and holding forth on movies to anyone who'll listen, Gordy has tried to put his many failed marriages behind him. Gobo – A commonly used acronym for "Go Between", "Go BlackOut" or "Goes Before Optics", it is a dark plate, screen or partial screen placed in front of a lighting source to shield a lens and control the shape of emitted light. Actually, the humour has dated somewhat due to the MeToo movement uncovering appalling abusive behaviour endemic in Hollywood. A disorganized grip truck not only leads to damaged equipment, but also short tempers and production time lost.Satirizes action movies, and American culture in general, by pretending to take them very seriously. One of the most common pieces of equipment on a film set, it can hold a variety of reflectors, lights, show cards or boom microphones. That’s why every Aaron Sorkin hero walks fast along corridors, while people with clipboards run to keep up with him. Grips also set "passive fill" which is a term for the reflected light that is "bounced" back onto a subject on the fill or non- key light side.