Dollygrippery

Just a quick intermission between shows, barely enough time to catch my breath nor catch up on sleep. It’s crazy stupid work wise here! ...

Computer down. Typing on pad. I'll be checking in soon.

  I've said it for years. It's not the five point dance floor moves or the swooping Technocrane moves that are your undoing, it'...

I received an email    recently from some filmmakers asking to do a guest post. I get a few of these every so often and usually discard the...

  Hi all. I actually have a couple of weeks off before I start the next one. This comes after a marathon of about 22 weeks with only a coupl...

  Still here, guys. Working a Tuesday thru Saturday schedule on a twenty day shoot with a bunch of kids. On a farm. It's also over an ho...

 (I had to look up this word like, three times to spell it correctly, and I'm a spelling freak.)  Rhythm is a very important concept wh...

Very tired. Little time for myself. I love you all. Drink Up. Lay it straight. Lock the boom handle when you wrap it up. Put a safety on it....

  We in the camera movement community lost a good friend this week. Joe Cuzan, who was a tech for Cinemoves, was killed on Friday while work...

   I'm just finishing up the latest epic. nine weeks of dance floor and crane work and I'm worn out, and strangely elated. I love da...

  A long time reader sent in a request for a primer on wheels. When do you use pneumatics? When do you use hard wheels? The answers are fair...

   Yes, we're actually going back to a 19th century technology to shoot our latest epic. I had looked forward to it. After a couple of y...

  Not much to report this week. I've been working some long hours so I haven't had a chance to think up a topic and nothing has real...

  I opened up a can of worms with my comments about crossing the lens or standing in front of it. A commenter named Sarah asked, " When...

This one is a repost from 2008. It 's still relevant.   I've been getting a lot of comments and emails from young grips just ...

  Here's a hot button issue. A friend of mine asked me to weigh in on this one so here it is. As a dolly grip, I have always considered ...

   In a former post, I inserted a little tweak. A dig. A burr under the saddle. I used the name of a show that's been shooting for a rel...

  A friend of mine holds the opinion that nothing has contributed to the breakdown of discipline on set as the advent of HD. I tend to agree...