Steven Vargo

Travel AC/DIT/Gaff position. responsible for gear, footage, and supporting the camera team in all needs. Also responsible for traveling with camera package through various customs checkpoints and airports. Run and gun series with typical ENG package and interview set ups.

The usual camera, lights and DIT show

Standard Ac duties: build and maintain camera and lights

Travel with cases, Rig cameras, light scenes, process and backup footage.

Running cable, rigging lights, moving heavy shit. Doing the best boy duties that the "best boy" couldn't.

Do everything, keep track of everything.

Set Lighting technician. Rig lights, rig lights, go up in lifts, aim lights.

Typical reality AC/DIT/Gaff catch all position. Prep cameras, deal lighting and rentals, manage media.

Light substantial museum space for interview.

Prep an interview or two.

Interview set up

Manage Electric team, Hire and source Electricians and Gear, Keep inventory and repair gear. Also was union steward, so that was fun.

Set up and coordinate set ups of various interview looks and shoots across a wide variety of settings.

Best boy /3rd electric. Typical combination of duties for a 3/3 show. Did more gripping than I would have liked.

Manage two cameras for a docu/shoot following athletes

Just typical backup/ upload of footage. shipping drives

Multicamera docu series with basic lighting and drone work.

Sony Venice two camera shoot in Detroit and Columbus.

White Castle Zanesville, Ohio food production shoot.

Two day commercial shoot with puppies. Outdoors so flew some rags and such.

Key Grip/Gaffer for narrative shoot. Shot 10 pages and 25+ set ups a day for 16 days. Small G&E package but lots of locations and challenging set ups.

Indie film, two weeks as interim gaffer for scouts and pre-light, originally 2x and 2x G&E so pulling double duty as 3rd and BBE. (chaos). eventually convinced production of the value of 3rds after two weeks of shooting. Managed/drove the 3 ton Grip/Electric truck, kept track of inventory, pre-rigged, managed logistics closely with PM.

4x fs7s, 12x gopros, 5x osmos, 2x drones, slider, 8 cast members and a whole lot of travel and insanity.

I support the 2 camera shoot, as well as manage the gear, media, and lights.

Large commercial with a 5 ton truck.

Gaffer/Key For a commercial shoot involving female bikers and motorcycle culture.

A 6 camera Shoot with two teams of 3 fs7s, 12 gopros, and drone/slider coverage. We have westscott light panels and do Green Screen interviews. I'm also media managing.

Manage the Electric department and light scenes. 5ton truck with weekly additional lights and crew.

Jack of trades AC position, little bit of lighting, little bit of camera, little bit of art. Just general crew support.

Work with the Gaffer and DP to achieve the look of the show. Manage and fix gear when problems arose and coordinate with the Grips.

Cancun Shoot right before Christmas. Basic Reality AC/gaff/DIT duties. Additional shoots in Charlotte, NC, and Atlanta.

Griptrician

Zoo Lights shoot

3ton package with Quazars, Skypanels and Litetiles.

AC/Gaffer/DIT. Small crew and package with lots to do.

Assist Gaffer and DP with various celebrity interviews.

All lighting duties

Rig a promo shoot in the Browns practice facility and shoot around Cleveland.

2 camera shoot following shanghai based talent and the NBA finals.

Prep shoot for Live broadcast. Assist Gaffer with Lighting two exteriors and an interior.

Set up lights, flags, nets, run power, load truck. The usual.

Maintain gear and Manage Truck as well as filling in for the Gaffer should he have to step away. Operating the 500amp tow-plant genie and the 7000 putt-putt, Running banded and securing cable runs up condors as well as Driving the 5-ton to and from set.

3rd electric, 5 ton package with generator for a 2 day shoot.

Light the scene other than the Christmas lights

Manage the department and work with the DP to achieve his vision.

Light an interview for Former Pittsburgh Steelers hall of fame members

Managed all the gear and inventory. Lit scenes and helped gaffer design lighting set ups.

Light and run power to set, maintain inventory and expendables, drive 5 ton truck.

Assist gaffer in all duties and drive/manage grip truck.

Rigged several interview setups within the hospital using menace arms and Kinos mostly.

Light bar and streets for dolly shots, ran cable and generators to power M18s, and Quazar tubes.

Assist producers, camera, sound and Locations with anything they needed.

Assist the DP and second shooter with all lighting and gripping for interview setups.

Rigging Grip, speed rail assembly, rigging points, flying flags and frames.

Small crew, which means swinging between grip and electric. Responsible for hiring additional hands, inventory, loading the truck, and assisting on set.

Small lights, intense gripping.

Company 3rd

Stadium shoot with Aj Green and a shit load of lights and disto.

On Set Gaffer/Grip

Company Grip

Set dresser/ Buyer

Manage Truck and Gear, as well as light set and assist Gaffer with all responsibilities.

Day Player Rigging Grip. Tented out houses and pre-rigged houses.

Light Interviews and outdoor activities.

Maintain gear, Light scenes, green screen and interviews.

Light interviews and scenes. Handle lenses and footage, maintain gear and troubleshoot camera and monitor interface.

Pick up/Test 1 ton package. Light house and Wedding venue. Keep inventory and troubleshoot burnouts.

Maintain the 5 ton truck and inventory, assist gaffer directly with all lighting.

Lighting for behind the scenes of Luke Bryan in Concert in Knoxville, TN.

Grip work for Steelers video

10 day short film/commercial spot shooting action stunts in an industrial wasteland. Car rigs, condors, large HMIs and cable runs. Fun stuff!

Swap lenses, Shoot on the 1dc, prep both cameras, log footage, prepare lights, manage gear.

Light interviews and talent for Run and Gun back stage concert video.

Lights, Sound, Camera... Assist in all departments for an on site uplink for E!.

Light an interview for the band Train.

General PA duties, driving vehicles and making runs, Setting up lunch, coffee, Loading camera and lights in and out, Driving B-roll crews, etc

Prep c300s, Log footage, assist with lighting, prepare drives for shipping

Basic PA stuff, but then they let me shoot on a Movi M5, That was legit.

Electric day player

Low budget rigging Gaffer, Determine and place lights and rigging. Run cable and place genie. Maintain truck and manage crew. Work with DP and Art to establish rigging placements. SAFTEY everything.

General Ac, Gaffer skills for reality tv.

Light, And operate second camera.

Set up lights, adjust camera settings, manage media

Acquire gear from rental house, Check it out, Light scenes, Break down and Set Up, Return gear.

Only set G&E person, but also in charge of maintaining the F5s, dumping date, and rigging gopros. I was also required to transport and inventory our substantial grip and electric package.

Light the scenes

Assist all teams with any duties

Grip duites

Call a ton of people, track PAs, find potential hires, coordinate lunch, assist every department with their needs. Trouble shoot life.

Haul media, batteries, Legs. Set up Gopro shots.

Coordinate contestants during auditions, then assist with interviews and reality shots/ New orleans B-roll during principal photography.

Run second camera, assist DP in set up and shoot.

commanded other PA's while setting up banners, audition rooms, and reality shots. I love that job!

Basic PA stuff. Crafty, Lunch, Load-in Load out

Dolly Grip/ Swing

Grip/ minor PA things.

Dolly Grip, Key Grip, Electric. A lot of hats for not a lot of pay and long hours on an Indie Film.

Gripped for pick up shots on the Indie film

Rig, Tear Down, Move. Repeat.

Assist the DP and other camera crew with whatever they needed for each given shot or scene. Running C300, GoPros and the 5d.

Assist the Production Manager And Field Production Manager with anything pertaining to the shoot.

Run The 5d Mark 2, and rig Go Pros

Assit the DP, Key Grip, and Producer. Also helped out other PAs and talent. Ran GOpros

Assist the Key Grip with the set up and tear down of set, lights, dolly, and rigs.

Worked: Columbus, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans Assisted the Key PAs, Production Coordinator, Production Manager, Field Producers, Art Director, Talent, and Reality crews. Set up and Tore down auditions, helped manage contestants, set up set design and Judge's catering, dealt with sponsors' requests and Judges' requests, made runs.

Assisted the DP and Key Grip with lighting the product.

Corporate promotional shoot for Goodyear tires. Assist the Dp with product lighting.

Assist the key grip, Light the studio and set up gear.

Watch gear, pack and unpack truck, guide the crew.

Assist the DP and the Producer on set.

Assisted the Camera and Production teams for the Local Finale in Ohio