Gaffer / Lighting Director (LD) / Chief Lighting Technician
The person in charge of lighting, working with the DOP to make sure the lighting optimizes the look of the project in every scene.
Generator Operator
This person is an electrician whose focus is to make sure that the generator(s) on the project are gassed up and working safely and correctly.
Greensman
This is a specialized type of set dresser that deals with the artistic arrangement or landscape design of plant material. Sometimes real and sometimes artificial and usually a combination of both. Depending upon the number of greens work in a film, the green man may report to the art director or may report to the production designer.
Grip
A lighting and rigging technician. He or she works closely with the camera crew and DoP on set. Invaluable on bigger shoots.
Grips
Grips are the labor of the camera and lighting departments and truly the heavy lifters on the set. They carry cases, load and unload, put up the C-stands, build scaffolding, lay and page cables, carry and place sandbag weights. They assist as needed to accomplish the tasks at hand.
