Looking for new apprentices in the Film/TV lighting business for a lighting and grip rental house. This would be structured as an unpaid apprenticeship with paid work prospects while you are training, and eventual promotion to shop technician. This position requires heavy lifting, creative thinking, people skills, and (eventually) some hard but exciting and engaging work.
We are Fastlights, a lighting and grip rental house that services New England television/film/commercial work. This position is for our Western Massachusetts office in a historic church. Feel free to give us a google. We have a large fleet of trucks of all sizes, keep an inventory of state-of-the-art lighting and video equipment, and help our clients achieve a high production value. We have some large projects and ideas in the works including making our business greener, establishing ourselves as a turn-key production company, and further expanding our business geographically. In the summers (when there isn't a pandemic going on) we love to have cookouts with the crew and tend to our permaculture garden.
The training period would be 40-80 hours while you learn our process, the ins and outs of the gear, lighting techniques, set protocols, basic truck maintenance, and general shop etiquette. After you are fully trained to a basic understanding, you will be pulling and loading lighting packages in trucks, shelving gear, and working as a crew member on set. Opportunities on set begin as a Production Assistant (PA) and then move up to a lighting technician (Grip or Electrician) and then upwards from there. There is truly always room to grow and more to learn.
While you are training, and beyond, there is always general labor, like driving a vehicle to do pickups or drop offs, shop cleanup, and other odd jobs. This position will reward those who come in early and often with drive and motivation to learn and work.
