What are Gaffers?
If you’ve ever read the end credits of a motion picture, you may have encountered such titles as best boys, swing gang leaders and gaffers. Believe it or not, these are real jobs performed by professionals. Many of these confusing job titles have gone out of vogue, but they hearken back to the very beginnings of film making. Such is the case with gaffers, professional electricians primarily responsible for lighting and electrifying a movie set. The term gaffers is often used interchangeably with chief lighting technicians these days, but the tradition of gaffers goes back to the earliest film studios.
