- Before production, oversee checkout and make sure everything is loaded on the truck properly. You’re responsible for its safekeeping.
- Pickup truck from the Film School during production. The Key Grip is the driver. Make sure you get to set before call time, because nothing can happen until the truck arrives.
- Unload all equipment from the aisle and get the dolly ready.
- Attend the New Deal. Find out what is needed for the setup.
- If it doesn’t involve electricity or the camera then you’re in charge of it. C-Stands, flags, sandbags, apple boxes, dolly, dolly track, etc.
- Hang by the truck to get equipment as needed. Or craft services.
- Wrap equipment when it’s finished.
- Pack up the truck.
- Drive back to the Film School.
lol….. poor definition of a Key Grip but I guess its “film School” attend the “new Deal”? …lol.. most people dont know what that is, EVEN in the “Biz” The original new deal was a NEW scene called out by the First AD, and the “cards” delt were the shots you di for that DEAL. Once you shot all the shots you need for that scene you heard the Call “New Deal” lately people have misused the term for every “next shot” when they were usally called by the shot set up, IE, “over” two shot” crane shot” thus giving a general discription of what we were moving onto…
Yeah, it’s not going to make it into Webster’s anytime soon.
New deal varies a lot from set to set, but doing it every shot is too much.
If you want to see some shot from the life of a Hollywood Key grip taken over 25 years check this http://www.historicalhobbies.com/grip/grip.htm I have been putting up pics from by box in the garage….lol
a seriously poor definition of a key grip
key grip is the driver???? dont tell that to a teamster, LOL!
you didn’t even mention anything about safety on set. The Key is in charge of everyone being safe aka: making sure the crazy rig you just built isn’t going to drop a 30 pound light on your actor’s head.