The Grip Book: The Studio Grip's Essential Guide

It is a textbook. Got it for school. Seems to be full of good info I'll use in my career.

I like how this book is descriptive on the film equipment and it is useful book.

The item came undamaged and on time.

I bought this book trying to learn how to properly construct and tie a overhead (butterfly) to an overhead frame. Although this book had lots of interesting information on various grip specific tools and devices, it for the most part, tells what those items are, but not how to use them properly. If you are looking for step by step instructions on common grip tasks, you will not find those instructions here. If you want a synopsis of the studio world of grip gear this is a decent book. However, the closest section section of this book I found to instructions was the professional tips part. However, the professional tips are not well organized (almost random) brief statements of disjointed and out of context advice such as, "A stand pin extension pin can work in place of a short rod (normal pins)." and, "Always put a minimum of four (4) ropes on a 12 ft x 12 ft butterfly or larger frame. One rope on each corner to tie it off on each corner when its positioned overhead (horizontal) in place. Two ropes are used on the top corners when in the vertical position." I find the tip about the ropes on the frames interesting, but by no means did it tell me how to rig a frame start to finish, such as to what are the other ends of the ropes tied to? Stakes in the ground, weights? How does one tie the silk (or other material) to the frame, etc??

Very informative! As a girl grip this is teaching me all the ropes. I think it will be very essential to my profession as a grip.

Based on the author's experience, I'm sure that he has acquired an abundance of wisdom in his craft, and that he'd like to convey as much of it to others as he could. Unfortunately, he doesn't write well, and I felt that only 5% of what I got out of the book was of any value. While I'm still new to the craft, I felt that this book offered very little value in this area. I have learned more by working an hour on set than I could by reading this book over many days.Every author benefits from a competent editor. Sadly, it appears that this author's case, one was not readily available. The author's use of punctuation, language and syntax is inconsistent to say the least. Worse, a reader lacking prior experience in the areas where the author was using monochrome photographs to explain setups or tricks of the trade would feel stupider after seeing such photos, since very little (if any) context was provided.Much of the info is dated, as well. I haven't checked out the new edition, so these issues might've been already addressed.This could be a phenomenal book with the right editor. And I know that Mr. Uva could teach us newbies a lot. But based on the edition I read, it didn't.

There is an immense body of knowledge on how productions operate behind the scenes. I highly recommend it to anyone involved in the film and video industry!

LOVED IT! Is a great book, definitely helps you not look like a novice when you're actually on a set.Mike Uva is the BEST!

Great read to get into the world of gripping

MUST read for those on set involved in grip, rigging, camera or lighting..

Amazing book

Great Book for learning to be a Grip or anyone in the film industry.

yes I was a gift for someone else but they were very pleased with it!!