Also known as chief lighting technician, the gaffer plays a significant part in the film industry’s grip and electrical department. Serving as the head of the electrical division, a gaffer’s role ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Michelle Rohn / For The Times) To set the mood of a scene in a movie, TV show or video, filmmakers give the audience plenty of ...

Last week Ross Lowell died at the age of 92. He will be remembered for a wide variety of accomplishments in the movie and photography industry, including his Oscar-winning lighting design. He was also ...

“Gaffer”? “Key grip”? “Foley artist”? As the Academy Awards presentation approaches, let’s explore the origins of these strange job titles, which scroll by in movie credits. We’ll get help from ...

Gaffers on set have one of the most underrated jobs. They work with the cinematographer and director to help set the look and feel of the movie. And they have all sorts of tricks and tools inside ...

On this episode of "Reverse Film School, we break down what happens when a movie has no gaffer on set. and is only lit by the light coming from the windows. There's additional lighting equipment being ...

When Erik Messerschmidt stepped into the role of David Fincher’s cinematographer on “Mindhunter” — a series centered on an elite FBI serial crime unit that premieres on Netflix on Oct. 13 — he and the ...

To set the mood of a scene in a movie, TV show or video, filmmakers give the audience plenty of nonverbal clues — in the locale, the props, the soundtrack, even the camera angles. But one important ...