Standby Chippy Painter
Dave Liquorice
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:30:00 +0100, Alistair Knox wrote:
>> I was watching 'The Broker's Man' last night and noticed in the end
>> credits a 'Standby Chippy Painter'.
>>
>> What on earth does he do, and would he do the odd newsagent's or
>> off-licence if the Chippy didn't need painting?
Standby = On set with production in case he is required.
Chippy = Carpenter
Painter = Painter
So it appears that the person on set to do any painting or wordwork required
during the production phase got a credit. Normally the set is constructed
and painted by a separate construction crew, which the production team never
see.
> I guess another relevant question is why on earth a 'Standby Chippy
> Painter' deserves a credit anyway......
In todays market place almost everybody employed is an individual freelance.
If a painter decorator came along to do your house he'd probably put a board
up outside with his name on it. Is there a difference?
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Jon Rouse
I was watching 'The Broker's Man' last night and noticed in the end credits a
'Standby Chippy Painter'.
What on earth does he do, and would he do the odd newsagent's or off-licence
if the Chippy didn't need painting?
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Alistair Knox
In article <33D5CA...@postoffice.co.ukx>, Jon Rouse
<rou...@postoffice.co.uk> writes
>I was watching 'The Broker's Man' last night and noticed in the end credits a
>'Standby Chippy Painter'.
>
>What on earth does he do, and would he do the odd newsagent's or off-licence
>if the Chippy didn't need painting?
I guess another relevant question is why on earth a 'Standby Chippy
Painter' deserves a credit anyway......
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Alistair Knox
Jerome O'Donohoe
I felt a huge disturbance in the force when On Wed, 23 Jul 1997
16:30:00 +0100, Alistair Knox <ajk...@macrovision.co.uk> wrote:
>>if the Chippy didn't need painting?
>
>I guess another relevant question is why on earth a 'Standby Chippy
>Painter' deserves a credit anyway......
>--
the look of the set, or even just needs a standby
chippy/painter...there's a name. It's a way of getting work when not
everyone reads CVs these days...in a way the chippy/painter
(carpenter/painter) is just as deserving as the director of
photography, maybe more so as he isn't paid as much.
Jerome
A lowly dubbing editor who probably doesn't get as much as a
chippy/painter.
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Anyone with the 'standby' in their title simply 'stands by' the set.
Another job you will see in the credits from time to time will be
standby props for example. This is the person who stays on the set with
the camera crew setting and striking (removing) the props needed in any
scene. A different props role would be 'dressing' props - a member of
the design crew working ahead of the unit 'dressing' the set for a scene
to be shot in the future.
A stand by chippy/painter therefore is simply another member of the
design crew who is on set all the time dealing with any immediate
scenery construction (or more likely destruction) requirements.
Does that help?
Adrian Pegg
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