Gaffer

• abstract: A gaffer in the motion picture industry and on a television crew is an electrician, sometimes head of the electrical department, responsible for the electrification (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production's grips. The term Gaffer originally related to the moving of overhead equipment to control lighting levels using a [The term has been used for the chief electrician in films since 1936 according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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