Last updated on February 16th, 2022 at 12:24 pm
The following jobs are within the Lighting Department.
- Gaffer
- Best Boy
- Electrician
- Electricians – Casual
- Generator Operator
- Rigging Gaffer
- Pre-light/Rigging Crew
In Australian A-Z Budget — Feature Films these roles are in section C.6 Lighting Crew.
The head of the Lighting Department is called the Gaffer who reports to the Director of Photography. The number 2 in the department is called the Best Boy regardless of gender.
Lighting Department is Below-The-Line. The-Line is said to differentiate the team responsible for the creative control of a motion picture from the technicians and crafts-people who make the film. More accurately Above-The-Line people are attached during the Development phase of a production while Below-The-Line people are hired once the financing is in place and Preproduction phase begins. Costume, Art and Makeup departments are creative, but they still fall Below-The-Line.
Lighting Department is considered Labour by unions such as MEAA so their minimum rates of pay are defined in the standard industrial agreements for each production sector.
- Story & Script
- Producers
- Directors
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- Assistant Directors & Script Supervision
- Camera Department
- Sound Department
- Lighting Department
- Grip Department
- Costume Department
- Make-up Department
- Hairdressing Department
- Art Department
- Action Vehicles Department
- Livestock Department
- Construction Department
- Special Effects & Armoury Department
- Visual Effects & Animation Department
- Occupational Health & Safety Department
- Tuition & Technical Advisers
- Post Production Crew
- Music
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