Gaffer-Grip
Professional Film/Video Service, Inc. (PFV/S Inc.) provides professional lighting services and grip and lighting packages for film and video productions of any scope or size. PFV/S inc. will supply any needed equipment not already in their inventory at fair market regional cost.
Chris Walters, owner/operator brings over 20 years of gaffing and grip experience to your project and will help you achieve your creative vision while meeting budget requirements. I serve the Mid-Atlantic region of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Richmond, and Philadelphia.
What I Do
- Commercials
- Politicals
- Documentaries
- Dramatic Re-enactments
- Reality TV
- Corporate and Industrial Video Productions
- Multi-Camera Live Broadcast
- Indi-Feature Film
The PF/VS Inc. grip truck is a 14’ x 7’ wide shelved trailer loaded with a generous 2.5 ton grip package, backstage carts, nylon hampers, and a loading ramp pulled by a Chevy Suburban. The truck carries assorted HMIs, Kino Floes, and incandescent fixtures. Lighting is available a la carte or by pre-arranged package price. $285.00/day - $.85/mile
Grip Equipment
- 2) Shiny board reflectors
- 1) 8’ X 8’ Butterfly set including silver/gold checkerboard
- 2) 3 riser steel Combi stands
- 2) Lollipops
- 10) 40” C Stands w/Gobo Head & Arm
- 2) Baby C Stands w/Gobo Head & Arm
- 2) 4’ X 4’ open frames
- 1) 3’ X 3’ open frames
- 2)12’ speed rail
- 2) Big Ben clamps
- 2) Speed rail to baby stud clamps
- 3) 24" x 36" Flags
- 3) 24”x 18” Flags
- 2ea) 24" x 36" S/D nets, silk, 2ea) 18" x 24" S/D nets, silk
- 4) 4’ x 4’ Floppy Flags
- 20) sand Bags
- 2) Sets Apple Boxes
- 12) Wedges
- 2) Baby Nail-On Plates
- 1) Math poles
- 2) Maffer Clamps
- 2) Cartalini Clamps
- 2) Pelican Clamps
- 4) Drop Ceiling Clamps
- 2) 5/8" Stacking Stud
- 3) Sound Blankets
- 1) Baby "L" Arm
- 1) triple header
- 24) Spring Clamps
- 1) 6’ ladder
- 1) 2' Ladder
- 1) Magliner
- 1) First Aid Kit
- 1) Fire Extinguisher
- 1) Empty Hamper
- 1) 18v Dewalt Drill & Saw Kit
Expendable Supplies Including
- Tape - Gaffers, Camera, Paper
- Diffusions - 216, 250, Opal, Lee 129
- Gels - 1/4, 1/2, Full CTO and CTB
- ND3, ND6, ND9,
- Plus & Minus Greens
- 2- 4’X4’ Black/White Foam core
- 2- 4’X4’ Silver/White Bead Board
- 1-4’X4’ Celotex Reflector board
- 2-1” X 12” X 12’ dolly boards
- Show card
- Blackwrap
- Bailing wire
- Spool Black trick cord
- Sash Cord
- Electrical Tape
- Cube Taps
- Ground lifts
- Hand Squeezers
- Gel Clips
- Duvetyne
- Plastic tarps, Rubber Mat
- Trash bags
- 2 ea.- 211, 212, 213, BCA
- Practical Bulbs
Project Highlights
- "Step-Up" Summit Productions, Disney Feature Release
- "Tuck Everlasting" Disney Feature Release
- "The Wire" Final Season Promo, HBO
- "The Cole Conspiracy" Story House, The History Channel
- "Undercover History, The CIA" NGO
- "Countdown to Ground Zero" Story House, The History Channel
- "XXX the State of the Nation" S.O.T.U. Productions Feature Release
- "West Wing" West Wing Productions