Which type of tradesman is a 'gaffer', often seen in the production credits at the end of a film?
Gaffer (filmmaking) Gaffer (filmmaking) A gaffer in the motion picture industry and on a television crew is the head electrician, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. The term gaffer originally related to the moving of overhead equipment to control lighting levels using a gaff. The gaffer's assistant is the best boy. Sometimes the gaffer is credited as Chief Lighting Technician (CLT). The term has been used for the chief electrician in films since the 1930s. The Oxford English Dictionary has a citation from 1936; a 1929 book on motion picture production also uses
Gaffer tape board operators may use a strip of white gaffer tape along the bottom of a mixing board, to label the channels or submasters used for a particular show. Gaffer tape Gaffer tape (also known as gaffer's tape or gaff tape as well as camera tape and spike tape for narrow, coloured gaffer tape) is a heavy cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive and tensile properties. It is widely used in theatre, photography, film and television production, and industrial staging work. While sometimes confused with duct tape, gaffer tape differs in the composition of both the backing, which is made