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• Gaffer

  A Gaffer leads the electrical lighting crew and turns the Cinematographer’s lighting intent into a safe, practical setup. They plan fixtures, power, control, placement, and crew assignments; troubleshoot changing conditions; and coordinate closely with the Key Grip, who handles grip, rigging, shaping, and camera-support work.

• Gaffer tape

  A cloth-backed, hand-tearable tape used for temporary, residue-conscious fastening and labeling on set.

• Gain before feedback

  The usable amplification available before a microphone-loudspeaker loop becomes audibly unstable.

• Gak

  Set slang for miscellaneous, non-specific dressing, equipment, props, or material; its exact meaning is context dependent.

• Gang Boss

  A Gang Boss leads an assigned crew within a larger rigging, grip, electric, construction, or set-operation plan. They receive priorities from department leadership, divide work among crew members, coordinate tools and access, monitor progress and safety, and report completed work, conflicts, or resource needs back to the foreperson or department head.

• Gap finance

  A loan secured primarily against estimated value in unsold distribution territories or rights.

• Garbage matte

  A coarse mask excluding unwanted image regions before a more precise key or composite.

• Geared camera head

  A camera support head whose handwheels drive precise pan and tilt gearing.

• Gel cut list

  A worksheet specifying quantities and sizes of color media needed for a lighting installation.

• Gel frame

  A metal frame that holds color, diffusion, or heat-resistant media in a fixture accessory slot.

• Gel roll

  A roll of lighting filter material cut into sheets for fixtures, windows, or frames.

• General Construction Foreperson

  A General Construction Foreperson coordinates multiple construction crews, forepersons, trades, work areas, and build sequences under the Construction Coordinator. They translate the master schedule into daily priorities, balance labor and materials, resolve access and dependency conflicts, monitor quality and safe work practices, and report progress, delays, changes, and readiness across a large shop, stage, or location build.

• Generator bonding

  The grounding and neutral-bond arrangement applied to a portable generating system.

• Generator load bank

  Equipment applying a controlled electrical load to test or stabilize generator performance.

• Generator safety

  Controls for fuel, exhaust, grounding, ventilation, distribution, noise, and qualified operation of generators.

• Genlock

  A timing reference that synchronizes video devices so frames remain aligned across a system.

• Genny Operator

  A Genny Operator operates and monitors production generators and associated power distribution. They position equipment, perform checks, manage fuel and loads, watch temperature and faults, coordinate cable and grounding practices, and respond to changing electrical demand under the lighting department’s plan.

• Genre

  A recognized storytelling category associated with audience expectations, conventions, tone, and market positioning.

• GFCI

  A ground-fault circuit interrupter that disconnects power when it detects an imbalance indicating leakage.

• Gimbal Operator

  A Gimbal Operator controls a motorized stabilized camera rig for handheld, vehicle, crane, remote-head, or transition shots. They balance and tune the system, choose control modes, rehearse movement, coordinate focus and monitoring, and operate framing directly or with a separate remote operator.

• Glass handling

  Safe transport, installation, marking, removal, and disposal practices for real or simulated sheet glass.

• Global shutter

  An image-sensor readout in which the frame’s photosites represent substantially the same exposure interval.

• Go cue

  The stage-management command that authorizes immediate execution of a previously identified cue.

• Gobo

  A pattern, flag, or cutter placed in a light path to shape, block, or texture illumination.

• Gobo arm

  A grip arm with a pin and grip head used to position flags, nets, and small accessories.

• Going again

  A call indicating another take will occur without a major setup change.

• Golden time

  Informal union-production slang for a high overtime rate reached after an exceptionally long continuous workday.

• Graduated filter

  A filter transitioning from clear to treated density or color across the frame.

• Grain management

  The controlled analysis, reduction, matching, and reintroduction of film grain or image noise.

• Grand drape

  The principal front curtain used to separate a stage from its audience.

• Grand master

  A console control that proportionally limits selected overall lighting output.

• Graphic Designer

  A film Graphic Designer creates visual material seen within the story world: signs, packaging, newspapers, screens, logos, labels, maps, menus, posters, documents, and branded environments. They research period and character, secure approvals or clearances, prepare print or screen-ready files, and maintain continuity across sets and props.

• Graphics clearance log

  A tracker for the rights and approvals of signs, artwork, packaging, screens, documents, and branded graphics.

• Gray-ball reference

  A neutral matte sphere photographed to show diffuse environmental lighting for visual-effects matching.

• Green room

  A backstage lounge or waiting room provided for performers, speakers, or guests.

• Green spike

  A disproportionate green spectral component associated with some discharge or fluorescent sources.

• Greens plan

  A plan for selecting, placing, maintaining, and removing living or artificial vegetation.

• Greensperson

  A Greensperson sources, prepares, installs, maintains, moves, waters, protects, and removes living or artificial plants, trees, turf, soil, rocks, and landscape dressing used on sets and locations. They match the Production Designer and Set Decorator’s visual plan while accounting for season, continuity, plant health, irrigation, weather, insects, load, access, and restoration.

• Grid clamp

  A rated clamp used to attach compatible entertainment equipment to studio-grid pipe or members.

• Grip

  A Grip builds and operates the physical systems that shape light and support camera movement. Under the Key Grip, grips place flags and diffusion, build stands and mounts, lay dolly track, rig equipment, protect locations, and solve mechanical problems so lighting and camera setups can be executed safely.

• Grip boom arm

  A counterbalanced or extended arm used to position a light or accessory away from its stand.

• Grip head

  A rotating clamping head with plates and holes used to hold arms, pins, frames, or flags.

• Groom Artist

  A Groom Artist creates and maintains computer-generated hair, fur, feathers, fibers, grass, or similar strand-based detail for characters, creatures, costumes, and environments. They define shape, density, direction, clumping, breakup, materials, and simulation controls while matching design and reference and keeping the groom performant for animation, effects, lighting, and rendering.

• Gross receipts

  Revenue received from exploiting a screen project before deductions defined by the governing agreements.

• Ground fault

  An unintended electrical path to ground that can create shock, fire, or equipment hazards.

• Ground rod

  A driven electrode forming one component of an approved grounding-electrode system.

• Ground-stacked-pa

  A loudspeaker system supported from the floor or ground rather than flown.

• Ground-support system

  A freestanding structure supporting entertainment truss or equipment from the ground.

• Group ADR

  Recorded group voices created for crowds, public spaces, background dialogue, or specific off-screen action.

• Group clip

  A synchronized editorial object combining multiple camera or audio sources for multicamera cutting.

• Group of pictures

  An ordered structure of independently and predictively coded frames in an interframe stream.

• Group shot

  A framing organized around several performers or subjects acting as a visual unit.

• Guardian coordination

  Production planning with a minor performer’s parent, guardian, or legally required responsible adult.

• Guardrail system

  A barrier system erected along an exposed side to prevent falls to a lower level.

• Guardrail system

  A physical edge-protection system designed to prevent people from falling from an elevated surface.

• H.264

  A widely deployed interframe video-compression standard also known as AVC.

• H.265

  A video-compression standard also known as HEVC, designed for greater efficiency than H.264.

• Hair and make-up breakdown

  A scene-by-scene plan for character hair, cosmetic, prosthetic, injury, aging, and continuity requirements.

• Hair Department Head

  A Hair Department Head designs or leads the hair plan for a production and manages stylists, wigs, pieces, cuts, color, continuity, products, hygiene, schedules, budgets, and cast coverage. They align character hair with period, story, costume, makeup, camera, stunts, and performer requirements.

• Hair in the gate

  A fiber, emulsion fragment, or debris visible at the camera aperture after film photography.

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