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Things nobody tells you about being a grip:1. You get to ask for a bump (for a dolly).2. You never have to go to the gym...
10/13/2026

Things nobody tells you about being a grip:

1. You get to ask for a bump (for a dolly).
2. You never have to go to the gym
3. You’ll build a core group of friends
4. You’ll build a set of skills that aren’t transferable outside of the film industry
5. You’ll find yourself in places you never would’ve thought you would see. (From beautiful to unpleasant)
6. There’s more politics that you think. (Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open)
7. If you work on a tv show you won’t be in the credits (most of the time) Same if you’re a day player

10/10/2026

Roller coaster rigging is the fun part of grip work. You’re mounting cameras to something that moves at more than 60 miles an hour, pulls G-forces, and twists around high in the air.

Every mount has to hold through the whole ride, which means hard points wherever you can find them and redundancy on everything else.

Every coaster rig is a puzzle. Once you solve it, the shots look epic.

Film industry math just never adds up.Sometimes a 10-hour day becomes 12.5.A quick company move takes 1.5 hours at rush ...
09/28/2026

Film industry math just never adds up.

Sometimes a 10-hour day becomes 12.5.
A quick company move takes 1.5 hours at rush hour.
You’ll get paid in a week, maybe a month.

You can control your gear, your workflow, your on set setup. But invoices, labor tracking, and knowing what you actually made shouldn’t be chaos.

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09/24/2026

The J.L. Fisher dolly is one of the most common pieces of equipment you’ll see on set.
It’s a 600-pound beast with a lot of levers, and if you want to work as a dolly grip, you need to know how to operate it.

The main brake has a black ball on the end. Lift it to release, drop it to lock in position. The boom is the flat wooden handle and you turn it counterclockwise to raise it, clockwise to lower it. There’s a lock mechanism next to it that you need to engage before the boom will move.

You can set marks for your boom positions with a grease pencil. Draw a line for your start point, another for your end mark, and you’ll hit your marks every time.

The Fisher has three steering modes: Rear is the standard where only the back wheels turn, Round lets all the wheels turn 360 degrees, and Crab lets you move side to side. You switch between them using the gear stick, but your wheels need to be aligned and facing forward to shift.

The air tank gauge is on the back of the dolly. Keep an eye on it. If you run out of power, you can hand pump it using one of the push posts.

For the full breakdown on operating the Fisher and more dolly grip tips, head to legacygrip.com.

09/23/2026

Rigging a roller coaster is nothing like rigging a car. The forces are different, the environment is different, and the consequences of something coming loose at speed on a track 60 feet in the air are different.

Hard mounts come first on every build. Suction cups only get used when the coaster surface calls for it, and even then a ratchet strap goes over every single one. Non-negotiable. At Legoland, three rigs went up on fiberglass panels built for suction, and every one still got ratcheted down for redundancy.

Every time the ride cycles through a test run, every clamp and connection gets checked again before it goes out with passengers. Park staff rides it and signs off first, every time.

Head to the blog to read the full breakdown on lockout protocols, the coaster kit, and why vibration isolators aren’t the answer here. Link in bio.

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