What’s a Gaffer and Who’s the Best Boy?

Posted on August 7, 2010 at 3:59 pm

Do you read the end credits when you watch movies? Ever wanted to know what the gaffer and best boy do? Mental Floss has a great diagram of a movie set with definitions of all of the different jobs.

One Reply to “What’s a Gaffer and Who’s the Best Boy?”

ashlee jade wheeler says:

October 18, 2010 at 4:55 am

hey im in coleg sir gar and have been given the challenge of being a gaffa for our film production, i was wondering if anyone may be able to explain this to me as its very important, email me on ashleejade2010@hotmail.co.uk. thanks very much its greatly appreciated x

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