Grip Services

Here is how the work lines up. Canadian grip departments run on the William F. White (Whites) grip inventory that has supplied Hollywood-North feature production since the 1970s. Lite Grids and Magic Cloth as the soft-light vocabulary, Mole 100mm vinyl flags in each size, double and single nets, silks, butterflies up to 20x20, and the full Modern Studio Equipment C-stand and Matthews Hi-Hi and Combo stand stock that defines a North American set.

Here is the breakdown. Specialty grip lives in the Norms Industrial and Matthews ladder rocker / Crockett platform / Western Dolly stock, with Chapman Hybrid IV, Peewee Plus, and Hustler IV dollies plus Fisher 10 and 11 platforms drawn from Whites and PS Production work. Crane and jib work runs Chapman Hydrascope, Lenny Arm III, Jimmy Jib Triangle, and Technocrane 30/50 with ops trained through IATSE 891 BC, 873 Toronto, and 514 Quebec.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Key grips on the roster have shipped credits across Star Trek Discovery, Murdoch Mysteries, The Last of Us BC blocks, Schitt's Creek, and the Greig Fraser Vancouver Dune Part Two unit. The bench is deep enough to staff many major shoots in parallel.

Here is how the picture comes together. Power and rigging packages adapt to terrain. Honda EU2200i and EU7000is silent power packs carry interview-density Toronto and Montreal corporate work, Wacker Neuson 50 and 150 kVA tow-behinds cover full-feature blocks, and Volta Solar / battery packages handle off-grid Yukon, Iqaluit Nunavut, NWT, and Banff backcountry shoots where fuel delivery isn't practical. Cold-weather power packs block-heaters and oil-pan heaters are standard Dec-Mar for Quebec, Yukon, and Nunavut shoots routinely running -25°C.

Here is what we have to work with. Car-mount and process-trailer work draws on the Whites Insurance fleet of Ultimate Arm cars, low-loaders, and process trailers used across Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary unit work. Greenscreen frame stock up to 30x30, rain-bar and Cyclone fan effects, and full set-piece rigging integrate cleanly with the lighting department. Truss and grid systems are rigged by IATSE-certified riggers carrying today's Working at Heights, Fall Protection, and provincial Op certifications. WorkSafeBC, WSIB Ontario, CNESST Quebec, and WCB Alberta coverage and CSA-rated PPE are built into each crew booking, with CBSA ATA carnet handling for any inbound specialty grip shipped from the US or EU.