Book description
While the technology of filmmaking has changed dramatically over the last 20 years, the basics of effective studio gripping are the same-a thorough knowledge of equipment, safety, and tools remains the foundation for success. A heavily illustrated reference and learning tool, Uva's Basic Grip Book provides grounding in basic grip equipment, techniques, and safety issues. It distills the most beginner-friendly information offered in Uva's original Grip Book into a handy reference and guide prepared especially for the beginning professional.Updated with the latest studio grip equipment, the book also offers a complete list of personal grip tools that every grip should have, more than 100 tricks of the trade, and a review test designed to affirm new knowledge. Uva's Basic Grip Book also offers safety tips for gripping, detailed descriptions of positions within the grip department, and advice designed to help land that first job and get established in this very competitive industry. A fully updated and expanded glossary completes the book.
Uva's Basic Grip Book covers beginners' most frequently asked questions and helps them to acquire basic skills. It also looks at the different positions within the grip department and offers helpful advice in getting that first job.
Like its predecessor, Uva's Basic Grip Book is filled throughout with Tricks of the Trade, as well as tips on common practice and safety. An improved and expanded glossary completes the book.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributing Companies
- Letter from the Author
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Big Break
-
Grip Equipment Guide
-
Basic Equipment
- Apple Boxes
- Baby Plate
- Bar Clamp Adapter Pin
- Basso Block
- Bazooka
- Bead Board Holder
- Big Ben Clamp
- Branch Holder
- Branch Holder—Tree
- Cable Crossovers
- C-Clamp
- Camera Wedge
- Cardellini Clamp
- Chain Vise Grips
- Clipboard
- Condor Bracket
- Cribbing
- Crowder Hanger
- Cucoloris
- Cup Blocks
- Doorway Dolly
- Dots and Fingers
- Drop Ceiling Scissor Clamp/Cable Holder
- Drop Down, 45-Degree Angle
- Empty Frames
- Flag Box/Scrim Box
- Flags and Cutters
- Flexarms
- Furniture Clamp
- Furniture Pad
- Gaffer Grip
- Grid Clamp
- Grifflon
- Grip Clip
- Grip/Electrical Stage Box
- Grip Helper
- Grounding Rod/Spike
- Hand Truck
- Ladder
- Lamppost System (by Back Stage Equipment)
- Mafer Clamp
- Matt Pipe Adapter Baby
- Matt Poles—Polecats
- Meat Ax
- Miniboom
- Muscle Truck (by Back Stage)
- No-Nail Hanger
- Offset Arms
- Parallels
- Pipe Clamp Baby
- Pipe Clamp Junior
- Pipe/Tube/Sled Dolly
- Pony Pipe Clamp
- Poultry Bracket (Matthews)
- Putty Knife
- Reflector
- Reflector Slip-ons (Scrims)
- Sandbags
- Scrims—Grip
- Scrims—Butterfly Kits
- Scrims—Flex
- Side Arms
- Stair Blocks
- Stand Adapter Pin
- Stands
- Stand Extensions
- Studio Overhead Grip Arm
- Taco Carts
- T-Bone
- Telescoping Hanger—Stirrup
- Trapeze
- Trombone
- Tube Stretcher
- Tubing Hanger
- Turtle
- Umbrella
- Wall Sled
- Wall Spreader
- Wall Bracket (Set)
- Wall Plate—Junior
- Wedges
- Western Dolly
-
Expendables
- Automatic Tape Gun (ATG) Tape
- Baby Powder
- Bead Board
- Black Wrap
- Bobinett
- Butcher Paper
- Clothespins—C-47s
- Drywall Screws
- Dulling Spray
- Duvatyne
- Foamcore
- Grip Chain
- Laminated Glass
- Layout Board
- Lexan
- Penny Nails, #8 and #16
- Plywood
- Pushpins
- Sash Cord #8
- Show Card
- Silicone Spray
- Spray Glue
- Spray Oil
- Staples
- Stove Pipe Wire
- Streaks and Tips
- Tapes
- Visqueen
- Knots
- Basic Tool Descriptions
- Personal Tools
- Call Sheet
- Filters and Gels
- Basic Grip Truck Package
- Grip Review Test
- Quick Reference Conversion Charts
- Mike Uva’s Suggested Books
-
Basic Equipment
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Uva's Basic Grip Book
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2013
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136043055
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