best boy

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14:01 Mar 5, 2010
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Additional field(s): Media / Multimedia
English term or phrase: best boy
Definition from MediaCollege.com:
Best Boy means chief assistant. The best boy can be the second in charge of any team, but the term usually applies to the lighting/electrical and grip departments on a film set.

Example sentence(s):
  • The Gaffer could also be named "chief lighting technician" and a Best Boy is his next in command. Gothamist LLC
  • The job is not a glamorous one, and usually the only recognition you get for your hard efforts is when the audience sees the term 'Best Boy' in the credits and laughs. Helium, Inc.
  • On films with very small crews, the electric (lighting) department often consists of only a gaffer, a best boy, and a few electricians. The grip department may include only a key grip, a best boy, and a few grips. Wapedia
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Definition from Wikipedia:
Den bedste definition er desværre på engelsk, der er nemlig to slags best boys, både til det elektriske (gafferens assistent) og til det øvrige udstyr (grip assistent).
Citat: In a film crew there are two kinds of best boy: best boy electric and best boy grip. In the simplest forms, they are assistants to their department heads, the gaffer and the key grip, respectively.
Mine danske kilder omtaler desværre disse hver for sig, og giver derfor ikke denne overordnede definition. De viser til gengæld, at udtrykket er akkurat det samme på "dansk".

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Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 22:45
Native speaker of: Danish

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Yes  Helle Kaiser-Nielsen: Mange filmtermer overføres fra EN til DA uden en egentlig DK pendent. Best boy på DK :)
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