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Grip & Rigging
Stands, clamps, arms, dollies and track — the department that holds everything else in the air.
22 products · 5 groups · 10 makers
Stands & boom
- Matthews Mini Mombo combo stand — Junior receiver on wheels, for a 600 or a 2K
- Matthews Hollywood C-stand, triple riser — Three risers and a turtle base — the tall stand a set runs on
- Matthews Full set of apple boxes — A seat, a riser, a mark and a shelf
- Avenger C-stand 20" kit — The short one, for low side light and anything on a table
- Avenger Turtle base — Lays a stand flat on the floor for a genuinely low angle
- Matthews Full apple box — A seat, a riser, a mark and a shelf — in that order, all day
- Matthews 15 lb shot bag — What stops a C-stand going over, and there are never enough
Clamps & arms
- Avenger Baby boom arm — Gets a lamp out over a set without a stand in the shot
- Avenger 40" C-stand with grip arm — The stand everything else hangs off
- Manfrotto Variable Friction Magic Arm with Super Clamp — Puts a light where there is nowhere to put one
- Cardellini 2" end-jaw clamp — The clamp every grip owns four of, and the one they look for
- Matthews Mafer clamp — Grips a scaffold, a door frame or a chair and gives you a spigot
- Manfrotto Super Clamp with pin — The original, and still the one that will not let go
Movement
- Dana Dolly Portable dolly kit — Speed-rail dolly that moves without needing a dolly grip
- edelkrone SliderPLUS PRO — Travels at half its own length and slides the full length
- Rhino Slider EVO Carbon 24" — A slider light enough to actually carry, and motorised later
Shaping & flags
- Westcott Scrim Jim Cine 6x6 kit — Diffusion, bounce and negative in one frame
- Matthews 18x24 scrim set — Single and double net — a stop and a half without moving the lamp
- Matthews 24x36 floppy flag — The black rectangle that makes a window look like a window
- Avenger 4" grip head — Holds a flag at any angle — the thing on top of every C-stand
- Neewer 5-in-1 reflector, 42" — The cheapest light on any set
Sandbags & spreaders
- Impact 25 lb sandbag — What stops a light landing on an actor
The other shelves
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