Thanks Andy Samberg

this guy was great in cloudy with a chance of meatballs

I got hired on an indi Feature with very little actual gaffer experience, this Video helped me Not looking like a total Idiot the first few days and now im getting Jobs for netflix and the likes, so thank you guys.

This video was extremely helpful. I remember my first job, looking like an idiot not knowing the terms. I learned so many more today. Please make more of these!

Thanks for not only showing each of the grip tools, but also demonstrating how to use them. Great job!

Dom is great, good to see him again!

Thank you so much! It really helps when you guys breakdown the industry terminology.🙌🏿

Thanks a lot, gentle man. Every thing is very much nice and to the subject , every description with demo is just amazing. It shows your experience and confidence.

Always been just a shooter not concentrating on the equipment construction aspect. This was great for learning those basics. Thanks!

Loved the 'The Third Man' theme throughout! Always one of my favorite movies. Great video!

Super helpful. I will watch any and every video you make on this topic.

I've gripped for a couple of shorts now... Best job ever, usually everyone is super cool

Those kind of videos are truly useful. Thanks for it.

Just what I needed! Thank you guys! Keep up the great job

Dudes. One of the best videos on RJFS. Real world practical advice.

Priceless. please do more and more and moore!!! Thank you. you guys rock!

Awesome breakdown! I live in europe and especially the LA, Chicage and NY put a smile on my face. Love riggers!

Watched it when it came out. And watched it today to kind of review the hardwares. Really loved it and thank you for the video. I think it'll be cool if you could make the second part!

That was really great. Would love to see more videos like this.

Thanks for making this video! I start a job tomorrow at a grip rental company tomorrow so this was a good refresher.

Awesome guys, just awesome! Thanks so much.

Thank you so much Dominic and RocketJump, this video was a HUGE HELP! I am on my first feature tomorrow and really needed to cram some information. This was so valuable! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Perfect. Loving these nitty gritty filmmaking equipment videos, guys. Thanks! Any chance you could do similar videos for the DIT process, or for what a first or second AC's job might look like setting up cameras, etc?

this is some really great content, i'm looking forward to more of these soon!

From across the pond...loved this

Hey, just wanted to come through and say I remember when you guys released your launch video and my reaction was, "Are they going to be able to keep up this kind of content?" And y'all absolutely have, I love your laid back style of teaching, always good to have a way to learn all these basics that you never want to ask about on set. Thanks a ton

Hey Dom. enjoying your videos. It's nice seeing videos on things other than cameras and lights. :)

really loved this video...informative af and entertainingly so!!

wow!! What a great informative Video! You put a loads of work here for this video! Thanks alot!!!!!!!!

Building a little studio in my garage and buying a lot of this equipment on ebay so this was very information. Many thanks!

Great video, Thnx a lot for sharing your knowledge

Awesome video!!! Thank you for posting!!!

Great video. Thank you. Got hired as a grip with no expierence. Great start.

Great video, thanks for taking what I'm sure was no small amount of time to make it!

Fantastic video.

It was a various and sincere explanation. thanks!

This is great. Thank you for doing this.

I love these. I love Dom.

Brilliant video

So the term Beaver Board is considered offensive but a Butt-Plug is fine?

Another name for the Platypus clamp is the "Quacker clamp" Matthews brand Cardellinis are known as "Matthellinis" Another great video Dom!

Loved it, thanks for making this video!

Super informative video, thanks!

Love these videos

gracias amigo al fin puedo ver todo lo que se necesita en un solo video!!

Good stuff brother! Thank you.

Great video!!!

That was awesome, thank you!

That was terrific. Thanks!

This was really helpful! Thanks!

When I first saw this I was so intimidated by all this equipment, but after working with it firsthand on a set it just feels natural now and it clicks.

Cool vid... Thanks for sharing!

Great job.. Thank you for the tutorial..

cool presentation... cheers

Thanks for explaining cribbing and why you use it.

So valuable, thank you!

superb video very helpful for me

I love this. Thanks, dude. Maybe do a gaffing one in the future??

I really enjoyed this.

Handy dandy information, Thanks!

Learned a lot. Thanks!

I dont know how I only just saw this but an awesome video! learnt heaps

You the man Andy!

Thank you great information.

Great tips thank you for getting me up to speed

Luv what your doing. Showing the kids out there, There's much more to filmmaking then pushing record on their little camera.

Thanks. A lot of clarity.

More of these would be great!

this is pretty interesting, thanks guys!

Cardellini sounds like a type of pasta.

Thanks, a good insight into some useful grip kit. Good to understand some of the 'slang' so one doesn't look like a complete nube.

This video is such a great overview/refreshener! Love it. Thank you! Quick questions. 1. What are the main reasons as to why pipe clamps more commonly used for riggging lights? Is it that they can carry bigger/heavier loads? So cardellinis more for small lights? 2. How is the lollipop most commonly used? Unlike the gobo-head it has 2 options to place a baby pin. Is one commonly used for a flag and the other for a fixture. Forgive the stupid questions please :)

Really helpful thanks

Nice. Wouldn't be an old ex grip if I didn't add a comment. Safety cable. In my day the butt plug was called a Frisco Pin. Ain't gonna hear that anymore. First job I did (1982) as a grip (I was a film school student) hired by a novice producer for peanuts and just so happy to be working on a real film shoot even though I had probably shot a hundred thousand feet of film on my own. the Key Grip asked me to to get a full apple box and I went to the grip truck and looked for anything to indicate apple box. When I returned and told him I didn't know what it was, he did not talk to me the rest of the shoot. Not one word. Might seem harsh, but I took a notebook and wrote down the name of every single item on that truck with the explanation of what it was for, so that could never happen again, and to my knowledge it never did. I would go on to order Mole Richardson, Matthews, and American Grip catalogues to make sure there was nothing I had missed. The importance of knowing the tools of the trade and how to use them has been invaluable over the years. After watching all this guy's videos, go to the biggest rental house and ask if you can go through their list of equipment. That will give you an idea about how much the items are to rent and which brands best handle rental house abuse. And be safe, grips are often asked to do sketchy things to get a shot or solve a problem temporarily. I've seen several shortcuts end in disaster.

I will probably never get to use any of this equipment but it's super interesting to see what equipment grips actually use.

great video. so may clamps. they are all handy.

great video! thanks

I was really looking forward to learning what apple boxes are actually used for when you first showed them.

Great video

This is so great!!

Thanks, this was great!

Thanks for this!

thank you! great overview! mooooooooore please!

I learned a ton, cheers!

Well Done! Thank you!

Appreciated this!

great video

Thanks. This video is reellay good and helpfull

I learned so much

Good stuff, I learned what a Cheesboro is, I've gripped but never built a grid. It makes me sad that I'm old enough to have called for a Beaver Board, on a Gary Coleman and for my dolly grip to give us a Mickey Rooney. Old terms that are going out. I've never heard of LA, Chicago and New York on Apples, that was cool to learn too.

Like a lot this kind of videos :D always learning something

Thanks good job

excellent video! I learned a lot! Now i can light my kitchen for my channel ...thanks!

So helpful

thanks for this video

Got a good knowledge.

Dom and Kevin are my favorite

I want more of these videos please! :D

by the way that is an R clip, the split pin is the one you spread out with pliars, like for your wheel bearing nuts, or other crutial parts, say in jet or propellor aircraft engines, so the nuts don't slip off, it is called an R clip, or hairpin clip, as this is what it looks like, a squished R.

Hey, thanks for this video! I know in my head what grip equipment I want, but I don't know what names to look up to buy them! This equipment is mainly for major film production... it would be great if you could also do a video displaying equipment that low-budget, independent filmmakers can use. Either way, thanks!!