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| A long spike with a large head welded onto it so that it can be driven into the ground to safely tie off stands |
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| A wooden box used to make small actors tall, raise furniture to make tall actors short, a place for teamsters to sit, or a good place to pick up a splinter in a very delicate part of the body. There are also Half , Quarter , Eighth , not to mention the series of Mini available from Matthews. |
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| he Hollywood term for a 750-Watt or 1000 Watt lighting fixture. these fixtures are normally manufactured with a 5/8" female receiver in the Yoke or Bale. pins, Receivers and Plates of this type all refer to the 5/8" size. |
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| Also known as Baby Nail-On. A steel plate with a Baby (5/8") Pin welded to it and holes drilled in each corner for screwing or nailing to a set wall or studio floor. On the East Coast these are often referred to as 750 or Baby Pigeons. |
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| A stand designed with a 5/8" Pin at the top. Almost all lighting instruments under 2000 Watts in size are made to be mounted on a Baby Pin. Matthews manufactures a number of stands, both rolling and non-rolling such as the Baby Junior Stand in both double riser and triple riser. Century Stands, Matthews Kit Stands, and Beefy Baby Stands are all manufactured with a Baby Pin at the top. Matthews Combo Stands are now made with a Baby Pop Up Pin for greater flexibility |
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| Also known as Yoke. This "U" bracket is normally part of the lighting fixture or reflector and is used to tilt and pivot the instrument |
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| A clamp used to span larger objects to which a small light fixture may be attached with the help of the _______ Adapter. |
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| A stand without legs used on studio catwalks. The base of this device fits in the hole in the deck and the bracket attaches to the safety railing. |
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| A hanger designed to hang a light fixture off the top of a set wall. It performs the same job as a Baby Trombone without the benefit of being able to telescope. It is adjustable to the thickness of the wall and terminates in two 5/8" baby pins. |
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| Another Matthews Registered trademark referring to Baby Stand which is stronger than the average aluminum stand and is still incredibly lightweight. Excellent for location work and a favorite of Rental Houses because of its strength and ease of maintenance. |
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| A Cheeseboro Clamp with a Junior (1-1/8") Pin welded to it. Ideal for spanning pipe between two Hi-Hi Overhead Stands. |
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| Mole Richardson 10K light fixture with a 29" Fresnel. |
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| Italian made 2000-Watt open-faced light fixture |
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| A cotton net dyed black and used in the manufacture of Open Ends. Dots, Fingers and Butterflies and Overheads. White is now also available. |
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| A carbon arc lighting fixture. Bamong the heaviest lighting fixtures used in the industry. A light weight one (oxymoron) still weighs more than most. |
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| Also known as Anchor Spike. |
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| Cable cross over or ramps. |
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| Slang for Stand Adapter (429029). |
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| Also known as "Rags" these are the materials that are tied to the Butterfly Frame. For many years, only the basic materials were used such as scrims to reduce light, silk to diffuse light and Solid to eliminate light. More recently many new materials have been added to allow many degrees of diffusion (Grid Cloths, Black Silks, etc.) plus many new reflective materials are now available to make large reflectors for both sunlight and aritificial light such as Matthflectors, Grifflectors and Lame's. |
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| An aluminum frame made to hold "Rags" for controlling light, usually outdoors. These frames are made from either round or square tubing with capability of dismantling for transport. |
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| Known also as a Turtle Base C-Stand, this stand was developed by Matthews primarily for the Still Photographic and Video markets. The riser column removes from the base for easy transport. The latest version features the new Posi-V-Lock receiver. |
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| A spring loaded pin used to hold diffusion, cinfoil or gels on barn doors of peppers or other lights. |
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| Also known as C-Stand, Grip Stand or Gobo Stand. Probably the most popular multi-purpose stand ever developed. Its unique "nesting" leg design allows many of these to be used in very limited floor space. |
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| Scaffolding Clamp or Grid Clamp. There are many varieties: swivel, 90 degrees, with pins welded on, etc. |
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| A heavy duty light stand with a load capacity of 300 pounds. It raises and lowers its load by a specially designed motor drive system. Available in 110 Volt or 220 Volt. |
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| This shares it's name with a construction crane often used by movie crews to get large lights at high angles. Since the "bucket" on these cranes is relatively small, one of these allows lighting fixtures to be mounted without the use of stands. |
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| A double riser crank up stand, where both risers go up simultaneously. Designed to lift lighting fixtures up to 150 lbs. in weight. Also available in a Low Boy version. |
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| Used to create shadow patterns on backgrounds or subjects by breaking up a flat lit wall into interesting pools of light and shadow. Imitates sunlight filtering through trees. |
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| A wooden block, which has a cup, routed out so that the wheel of a light stand can sit in it. Used extensively in the days when light stand wheels did not have brakes to keep them from moving. |
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| bigger or odd shaped flags used to "cut" the light off certain areas of the set. Sizes larger than 30"x36" as well as the odd shaped ones such as 12"x42" or 18"x48". |
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| Wide Base Hi Hi Overhead Stand |
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| Set lingo for Stacking Pin used to connect parallel sections. They are also called Tits. |
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| Diffusion paper; there are many types of these with varying degrees of diffusion. |
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| Short for Wire Diffusion that actually won't diffuse light but does decrease light intensity. |
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| A square piece of plywood with a hole in the center, used to keep rolling stands without wheel locks in place. For critical lighting situations, these are often nailed to the studio floor. |
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| A round scrim, net or solid offered by Matthews in 3", 6", and 10" for controlling light in tight situations such as a table top. |
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| Two layers of bobbinet, used on overheads, butterflys, scrims...related term double scrim. Can be both white and black; black ones will give approximate light loss of 1.2 stops, and white ones will give approximate light loss of 1.0 stops. Both black and white will give you reduction of light intensity and white will introduce ambient bounce. |
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| The Baby version of this is made with a female 5/8" receiver at one end and a baby pin at the other. In between is a hinge which when added to the end of a light boom allows the light fixture to stay level regardless of the angle of the boom. The junior version does the same thing when attached to a Junior Boom. The 45 degree Angle version mounts on a Combo Stand and allows a reflector to be used at a low angle without the Yoke or Bale creating a shadow. |
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| Bead Board Clamp or in Matthews' case a Quacker Clamp. |
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| Cotton fabric used to make Flags, Cutters and a solid Butterfly and Overheads. On the West Coast it is considered the same as Commando Cloth is on the East Coast. |
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| This is the electrical cable end clamp that hangs onto a 3-phase box. A kind of threaded twist lock insulated alligator clamp. Also known as a 'tie-in cable set' or just 'tie-ins.' |
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| Checkerboard Grifflectors in gold and white. |
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| Gobo Arm or Grip Arm refer to a tube with a 2-1/2" Grip Head permanently attached. The Matthews has a Stainless Steel shaft with a 5/8" outside diameter which allows a standard baby light fixture to be mounted on it and used as a boom. Other manufacturers who do not adhere to our tight tolerances, do not always allow the mounting of light fixtures on their version of this. Matthews offers theirs in both 40" and 20" lengths. |
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| A small rectangular thin wire frame covered with Bobbinet, Silk or Duvetyne for lighting control in small areas on a set. Matthews manufactures two sizes 2"x12" and 4"x14". |
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| A rectangular frame with a mounting pin, made of 3/8" thin wall tubing onto which Duvetyne is sewn. when mounted on Century Stands these are used to create shadow areas on the set. |
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| A flexible mounting arm with four or five lockable ball joints for mounting Dots, Fingers or Flex Scrims. |
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| Flex Scrims are available in both open end and solid and used primarily with Flex Arms. Before the Superflex, standard flags and open ends were too heavy for the available Flex Arms. these are made with 2 mounting pins and are available in 10"x12" and 12"x20". |
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| Cutters made with an additional panel that is held in place with Velcro when not needed and released to double the size of the Cutter when needed. |
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| made out of a firm but flexible ABS plastic and used to shade a camera lens ________ Arm OR made of steel and used on a Flex Arm which is attached to a light fixture. |
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| Same as a Gaffer Grip; a clamp with an adjustable jaw equipped with 12 rubber gripping pads that protect the surface being clamped and provide greater clamping ability. |
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| A bright orange, soft rubber ball which slips onto protruding Extension Arms to prevent injury to eyes and other sensitive areas of the body. |
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| Also known as Grip Heads, this handy piece of equipment is used to mount on top of a stand and to attach Extension Arms, Flags, Cutters, etc... |
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| A flexible arm which can be bent into almost any position to hold a French Flag, Dot or Finger, Flex Scrim or Flex Clamp. |
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| We couldn't list these under either Gobo Head or Grip Head for fear that they may get confused with those of other manufacturers. These are absolutely the best holding grip head in the world. |
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| slang for Hi-Hi Roller or High Overhead Stand. |
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| A very low mounting adapter for camera heads. Usually mounted on a wooden board. |
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| Junior or 2K Riser or Junior Stand Extension. |
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| This term is used when referring to a 2000Watt or 2K light fixture. The standard one is made with a 1-1/8" Pin attached to the Yoke or Bale, and therefore gets mounted into a female receiver on the stand. It is the opposite of the Baby mounting system for safety purposes. Lighting fixtures larger than a 2K also have a _________ Pin. |
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| Silver or Gold laminated to a knot trico fabric. Used in sizes up to 20'x20' to reflect light. |
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| Single wire diffusion. A double is known as a tomato. |
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| Movie set slang for Double Matth Gag. For years the standard in small clamps used on the motion picture set. Now replaced by the improved Super Mafer. Its hexagonal receiver for attaching everything for 5/8" Baby Pins to Flex Arms has become legendary. The new Double Super Mafer allows the use of two attachments on one clamp. |
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| A term commonly associated with a low light stand. |
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| A 5/8" Baby Pin mounted on a Ball Head which can be mounted to the top of any Baby Stand. Will lock tight at any angle between 360 degrees in the pan and 90 degrees tilt. The new Extended ______ allows the mounting of a 2-1/2" Happy Head or Grip Head in addition to a Baby fixture. |
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| Originally designed for use on studio catwalks; it is now commonly used in television studio grids. The attached C-Clamp mounts on the grid or railing of the catwalk, and allows the mounting of a flag or cutter via its 2-1/2" Grip Head. For safety reasons, neither the arm nor any of the attachments are removeable. |
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In movie terms, this is just what the word describes. A menace. A possible danger; a threat.
Before MAX, this was a jury-rigged arm usually built on set and used to place a light or camera in an otherwise difficult position. This was not only very time consuming to build and very dangerous if not constructed or used properly.
Hence the Max Arm designed by Key Grip Richard Mall and built by Matthews is safe and time efficient, capable of lifting and placing a light or camera from a negative six feet to positive 17 ½ feet with a horizontal reach of 17 feet. |
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| Redesigned for greater strength and safety the new _______ is capable of reaching new heights. At its full extension of 27 feet, we strongly recommend the use of the new Guy Rope set that is now available and Anchor Pins if no other safe attachment is available. |
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| East Coast term for apple box. |
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| East Coast term for Baby Plate or Junior Wall Plate |
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| Short piece of electrical cable with connector plugging device at both ends. |
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| Adapter - Male Medium base screw socket to Two Pronged electrical outlet |
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| Made to hold Expendable Reflectors or bead board and foam core, this can be adjusted from 24" to 48". To further enhance its functionality, it has an ear for mounting in a grip head; a ground spike and a handle for hand holding. |
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| Polystyrene bounce cards. Can be made of foam core or a variety of other bounce materials. |
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| Need a Junior as a backlight, but can't use a light stand because it can't be hidden behind the telephone pole that is in the shot? Use the telephone pole as your light stand. Or use a street lamp or a tree trunk! This turns all of these into instant light stands. Made with a 1-1/8" Junior receiver at the end of the arm with a 5/8" pin directly below it, even a Cutter can be mounted from the same bracket. |
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| Checkboard Grifflectors in silver and white. |
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| another term for Duckbill |
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| Fabrics used on butterfly and overhead frames |
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| A leg extension allowing the leveling of a stand on uneven terrain. Also called a leveling leg or lazy leg |
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| Hollywood term for 5000 Watt or 5K lighting fixture. These fixtures utilize a Junior Pin (1-1/8"), as do the larger 10Ks and Brutes |
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| An electrical pig tail, which has one male connector at one end and two female receptables at the other. Also known as Y connector. |
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| A single layer of Bobbinet used in overheads, butterflys, scrims...related term single scrim. Can be both white and black; black single nets will give approximate light loss of 0.6 stops, and white single nets will give approximate light loss of 0.5 stops. Both black and white will give you reduction of light intensity and white will introduce ambient bounce. |
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| Made from 2x4 or 2x6 lumber stacked like stairs to raise furniture on a set. Also called Step Blocks. |
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| Hollywood term for a single extension cord or a heavy-duty single extension. |
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| A mounting device most commonly attached to Telescoping Hangers for the mounting of theatrical fixtures which have pipe clamps attached to their yokes. |
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| A 40" long 1-1/4" steel tube with a Junior (1-1/8") Pin welded midway. Often used for hanging theatrical lighting fixtures. |
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| A much larger version of the Junior Wall Plate. It has a Junior receiver welded to a large "T" which has holes for nailing to the floor. The safest way to mount large lighting fixtures at a very low angle. |
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| Double wire diffusion. A single is known as lettuce. |
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| These derive their name from the musical instrument, which also telescopes. Designed to hang on a set wall, the retaining arms adjust to their thickness for security. The arm has a 90-degree offset on it, and telescopes in two sections. A tennis ball slipped over the lowest vertical drop down prevents marring of the set wall. Available in a baby and junior versions. |
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| Primarily a C-Stand with a removable base. Also called a C+Stand. Image shown here is with Griphead and Arm. |
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| TV to Motion Picture adapter. Most Television lighting fixtures have a hope in their Yoke to attach a Pipe Clamp. Theres is no way to mount this light fixture to a stand. The TVMP adapter attaches where the Pipe Clamp did, and allows the fixture to be mounted on either a Baby or Junior Stand. |
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| Like a bumble bee...a rubberized trough used to protect cables from damage from wheeled traffic. Shaped like a speed bump, it contains a lid and dividers for organizing cables. |
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