Talk:Dolly grip

Opening up my heart
I honestly think that jib / crane ops occupy a seperate world entirely, since their specialization requires familiarity with an entirely different set of equipment. It's like saying that since both grip and lighting departments have stands, they're the same thing. Sure, some dollies have hydraulic arms, but that's not going to put them in the same world as a guy behind a technocrane, right?

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Crane ops are definately a distinct specialization, but they are definately grips. When I dayplay a crane, I will put my dolly grip on the base when the crane is on track. Dolly grips and crane ops are brothers, where electricians are cousins, you follow? That said, I think crane ops should have thier own stub in Wikipedia. Even brothers need thier own rooms...

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UH I THINK THIS PAGE NEEDS AN EDIT (See Reference about a "Game" in the article...)

--- Actually, on feature films (Ive done over 60) and television shows, the A Dolly Grip is also the crane operator. Sometimes he will elect to turn it over to his B camera dolly grip just to get a break. When a Technocrane shows up, union rules define it as a grip operator job, normally the dolly grip although the crane tech (a camera local member strangely enough) may be asked to operate the "pickle" (the in and out switch). I do know Dolly Grips who operate the arm and the pickle at the same time (not easy)[] ( 17:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Effect of computer control on these jobs?
I'm not involved in the film industry, but this all sounds like a job that is or has become an endangered species, like many other jobs that used to require large amounts of manual labor and physical choreography. All aspects of the dolly/camera/focus motion control should be readily managable and repeatable with computers and servo controls, with the dolly grip just setting up the camera track and maintaining the hardware. Another job replaced by robotic systems? DMahalko (talk) 19:54, 28 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, a lot of shots are constantly being adjusted or changed. An actor misses his mark, adjust for it. Most shots are by definition free form and can change at any time while the camera's rolling, so no, I don't see a computer taqking the place of experienced judgement any time soon.
 * Darryl —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.247.220.61 (talk) 04:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)