Work
The proof is not the inventory, it is having been there
Above, the productions. Below, the slates: our own photographs taken on set, with the title, the director and the DoP written by hand by the first AD. You recognise the poster; the slate proves we were there that day.
Productions
Eighteen titles that went out of this warehouse
Features and series crewed with CFS Grip equipment and personnel. Hover over any of them to see what we supplied on that shoot.
Slates
2024
Javier Salmones AEC
Bowfinger International Pictures · Eslo Pasara · Beta Fiction Spain
J. Sebastián Vásquez AEC
Hermes Marco AEC
Michael Timney
Crew
The kit does not move itself
A grip department is people before it is machines. These are the positions we cover with our own crew, listed under the name that appears on an international call sheet.
Key Grip
Jefe de máquinasRuns the grip department on set. Works out how each move is achieved with the DoP, specifies the rigging and is accountable for the safety of everything that goes up. Single point of contact for production and the camera department.
Best Boy Grip
Segundo de máquinasThe key grip’s right hand. Manages crew, kit and rigging times, and stays a set-up ahead so the camera never waits.
Dolly Grip
Maquinista de dollyOperates the dolly. A precision craft: the move has to start and stop on the exact frame, repeat identically take after take, and go unnoticed. Lays and levels the track, working in direct coordination with the focus puller.
Crane Grip
Maquinista de grúaRigs, counterweights and operates the crane. Calculates the load, checks the base is properly seated and coordinates the arm move with the head operator. Every crane we supply comes with a grip: we do not send one out on its own.
Rigging Grip
Maquinista de rigging en alturaRope-access work: façade mounts, suspended structures, camera positions with no access. With rope-access certification in-house, we take this on ourselves instead of subcontracting a height-work company that has never been on a set.
Marine Grip
Maquinista con titulación náuticaWater work: rigging a crane on the vessel, tracking on water and clearing it with the harbour authority. The same person who rigs the arm skippers the boat, which removes the usual gap between the shoot and an outside boat crew.
Precision Driver
Conductor de camera carPrecision driving with the arm rigged and the camera outside the vehicle envelope. Sets the run with the camera department and the action coordinator, working alongside the grip operating the arm from inside the car.
Grip
Auxiliar de máquinasThe muscle and the hands of the department. Lays track, sets flags and diffusion, moves kit and keeps the set running. It is where the craft is learned, and where our key grips come from.
The two certifications marked — rope access and nautical — are not common in the sector. They are what let us say yes to a façade rig or a water sequence without bringing an outside company into the safety plan.
Credits
Productions crewed with CFS Grip equipment and personnel
Features
Series