Lighting and Grip Trainee

What lighting and grip each do, who is in them, the difference between a British grip and an American one, and what you actually do all day at the bottom of either.

1. readLighting and grip: what they do and who is in them8 min
2. readA trainee's day: the truck, the floor, the de-rig8 min
3. checkCheck: the two crews and the day4 min

The lamps, stands, cable and grip kit by their real names, the phrases of the floor, the safety rules you arrive with, and an honest self-audit with a score.

1. readThe kit: lamps, power, control and grip7 min
2. readThe language of the floor and the safety you arrive with6 min
3. taskTask: your skills self-audit7 min

Where lighting and grip experience really comes from, the qualification routes that matter, the rules on pay, unpaid work, hours and safety, and three routes you find and start this month.

1. readWhere experience really comes from7 min
2. readThe rules: pay, unpaid work, hours and safety6 min
3. taskTask: find three routes this month7 min

The title that keeps the CV out of the bin, what a best boy or key grip reads first, the email that goes with it, and how to approach people without annoying them.

1. readThe Stage 1 lighting or grip CV, the email and the approach8 min
2. taskTask: draft your CV outline7 min
3. checkCheck: the CV and the approach5 min

The map: rental houses, manufacturers, the studios, the neighbouring departments, the branches and bodies, the qualification ladder, where the two careers lead, and what the people on the site did.

1. readThe map: companies, bodies, the path and where it leads8 min
2. resourcesThe lighting and grip trainee's library7 min
3. checkCheck: the map and the path5 min

The plan you take away, the five statements that tell you when you are ready for Stage 2, and what to do next on MFJF.

1. plannerYour Stage 1 plan10 min
2. readHow you know you are ready for Stage 26 min
3. checkCheck: ready for Stage 24 min