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WHAT DOES A GAFFER DO?

3/2/2016

29 Comments

 
Please research/find out what a TV Gaffer does and write a brief answer in the comments below.
29 Comments
Olivia
3/2/2016 00:29:45

A Gaffer is the electrician and lighting of the set. The Gaffer makes the lighting appear on set so the set is in it's right lighting.

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Kiara.B
3/2/2016 01:09:56

A Gaffer is the person that does the lighting for the set and like the spotlight on someone. Which they can also be called an electrician

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Xavier
3/2/2016 02:55:44

The gaffer is the person who controls all the lighting levels. If it was night and they were recording live, they would put the lighting level pretty high up. If it was day, the lighting wouldn't probably be needed.

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Aidan M
3/2/2016 03:55:12

The gaffer is the lead electrician and controls all the lighting in a video. They design the lighting plan for a video.

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Laura D
3/2/2016 23:54:04

Gaffers have an important role of making sure the film area has good lighting. They might also put a spotlight on the most important person on the set. They are also called the electricians of the crew.

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Alastair
4/2/2016 01:05:32

The Gaffer has a very important job, gaffer means chief electrician in a television production unit (i researched what it meant on google). The Gaffer specializes on the lighting level meaning that it shouldn't be to bright or to dark.

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Louis I
4/2/2016 03:25:16

A gaffer is in control of the over head items over the actor/actors such as the lights

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Shante
5/2/2016 20:25:03

A Gaffer is head electrician that uses a gaff to control the lighting.

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Nikita
6/2/2016 00:27:59

A TV Gaffer is in charge of all the lighting features of a video. They make sure that the particular colours and brightness of the lights are used at the correct time.

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Rita Y
6/2/2016 04:47:35

Graffer means chief. A Graffer has an important Job, and it is in control of the lighting

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Donya
6/2/2016 16:32:48

A Gaffer has a important job. What A Gaffer does is they control the lighting. Gaffer=Cheif

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Cherry
6/2/2016 23:02:56

A Gaffer is the head electrician, adjusting the lights, making sure they aren't to dark or too bright according to the set. The Gaffer has to be very accurate and precise, making sure that the lights aren't too bright or dark, or the sunlight isn't effecting the video system.

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Alex
6/2/2016 23:18:14

A gaffer is the electrician who can control lighting and sound effects so the scream in horror movies can be a high pitch little girl on a grown man

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Isabella Yacoub
7/2/2016 23:17:26

A gaffer is a person who takes care of the lighting and makes sure everything is perfect.

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Julian.J
7/2/2016 23:59:30

A Gaffer is responsible for controlling the light to make sure it is not to dark our to bright.

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James
8/2/2016 00:09:58

A gaffer is someone who is in charge of the lighting in a production. A gaffer can either use his own lighting design or supervise the work of others.

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Joshua L
9/2/2016 23:26:25

A gaffer is a person who is in charge of the light.

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Isabella Barbaro
11/2/2016 04:32:23

A gaffer is the head electrician of a film crew and is in charge of the lights for the show.

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Phillip
13/2/2016 02:56:46

A Gaffer means chief. They control the lighting , color and the brightness of the news channel.

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Joel
13/2/2016 17:01:55

The Gaffer is in charge of the lights. He or she use the the light depending on time whether is night or day.

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Luca
14/2/2016 23:47:00

a gaffer usually takes care of the positioning of the lighting and is also in charge of them

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David G
15/2/2016 03:39:22

A gaffer makes sure the lighting is all correct so you can see if it's night or in a dark place but if it's day the lighting is probably not needed.

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Brooke
15/2/2016 04:25:48

A gaffer takes care of all electrical use and design of the film production. The gaffer also make sure the film production design matches the theme of the report or film.

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Clara
16/2/2016 03:13:26

A gaffer has a very important roll. They have to be controlling the lighting in the room you are filming in.

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izabella
16/2/2016 05:02:21

a person that works on the television news program who makes sure the lighting is stop on

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Faith link
16/2/2016 05:40:58

A Gaffer is the main electrician/technician for a television or movie production. They are responsible in making sure the lighting is the correct shine and focus to help with the recording.

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francesco
16/2/2016 21:12:40

a gaffer is someone that plays around with the lights

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Julian R
16/2/2016 21:17:49

A gaffer is someone who edits the lighting and light distractions in the video.

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Marcus
16/2/2016 21:25:57

A gaffer is some one that fix's the lighting in the background of he video.

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