Grip and Electric Slang Terms On Set

[Darcy S]

I'm doing some research on slang terminology that people, around the world, use in the Grip and Electric department(s) and I wondered if anyone would want to write in and tell me any terms they use on set.

For example - on the East Coast we call a bead-board holder a duckbill; West Coasters call it a quacker. Another example is clothes pins - also called bullets, or c-47's.

It'd be a huge help even if you only have a few.

Cheers!

 

[Stephen Strangways]

You could try taking a look at:
http://www.amazon.com/Strike-Baby-Kill-Blonde-Insiders/dp/1400097592

 

[John Marchant]

Love the David Duchovny quote on amazon - “Now you can sound like you know what you’re talking about—even when you don’t. In other words, you’re ready to work in the movies.”

 

[Jay Gannon]

You could try taking a look at:
http://www.amazon.com/Strike-Baby-Kill-Blonde-Insiders/dp/1400097592

I picked up a copy of that in Paris thats signed by a Grip as a present to his DP as a wrap present, I'll have to try and decipher the signature one day on it and find out who it was.

 

[David Didato]

The Griptionary!

http://www.msegrip.com/mse.php?show=griptionary