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Why film crews call the lighting chief a gaffer
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The most important electrical mind on a film set sounds like a guy working on a pirate ship. The term 'gaffer' originated from the heavy metal gaff hooks that early studio crews used to physically wrangle massive overhead lighting cables, proving that early filmmaking was just slightly less dangerous maritime labor.
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