В титрах англоязычных фильмов часто упоминается некий "best boy" (и ещё какое-то продолжение, забыла =( ) Что это значит? Есть аналоги в русском или это что-то специфческое?
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Date: 2002-12-07 01:33 pm (UTC)это шафер на свадьбе.
может, best boy - это вариация на тему?
а, может, конечно, и нет.:)
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Date: 2002-12-07 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-07 03:22 pm (UTC)Мне казалось, что это тот человек на съемочной площадке, который может достать снег в Африке и песок на Аляске :)
Кстати, интересно что если этот человек девушка, ее все-равно называют best boy ;)
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Date: 2002-12-07 03:44 pm (UTC)n.
The chief assistant to the gaffer on a movie or television set.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
best boy
AKA: Assistant Chief Lighting Technician, Best Boy Grip, Best Boy Electric
The chief assistant, usually of the gaffer, but more often lately used as a general term for the second in command of a group. This term is likely borrowed from early sailing and whaling crews, as sailors were often employed to set up and work rigging in theatres. There are no "best girls" per se; female chief assistants are also called "Best Boys".
Movie Terminology Glossary
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Date: 2002-12-07 03:57 pm (UTC)What is a best boy? I always see them on the credits of a movie but I haven't been able to find out what they are.
Christa
Anderson, Indiana
[...]detailed anatomy of moviemaking explained that the gaffer is chief electrician or lighting technician on a production set and that the best boy is the gaffer's first mate. Both work for the director of photography, setting up lights and equipment, orchestrating the shoot
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Recently, we spotted a "Best Girl" in the credits of a video rental. Can't remember what the film was... but it proves that even job titles borrowed from the nautical days of whaling and sailing have to change with the times.
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/19990920.html
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Date: 2002-12-08 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-08 03:22 am (UTC)