Ep 20: Walkie Etiquette

[@NathanSeals]

Seriously, this channel fills in a lot of the gaps left by other film channels. I really appreciate this channel. ^_^

[@graywolfpictures7]

Definitely a godsend. looking for a channel like this for a while. I think at this point I might start coming up with a "online film school curriculum via youtube" XD

[@GripTips]

Ethan Kaiser thanks for the kind words, and yea dude! Totally do it! Just remember to check your facts before you post. Like "open walkie" and keying in this for example. It's actually not the same thing. Open walkie means your surveillance is unplugged. Otherwise the ep is dead on. So basically, be careful what you post, trolls are unforgiving haha

[@Tonitellzit]

So glad I was raised around my wonderful Dad. The best ham-operator in the world. I needed this refresher because he is no longer with us. 😢 With all the world chaos I think we all need to know how to survive without modern technology.

[@studio73productions77]

Just started watching these and it's like a video review of everything I had to learn my first day as a PA. Granted there's no substitute for the real trial by fire of figuring this stuff out in the moment and being terrified of fucking up, but these in depth lessons are textbook quality man. Thank you.

[@GripTips]

Studio 73 Productions thanks man, I did screw up the last tip tho. Keying and open walkie are not the same thing. 😞

[@CinematographyDatabase]

Great episode, really helpful walkie tips. I honestly had forgotten some of these because I refuse to wear a walkie

[@GripTips]

Haha thanks matt. I have a hate and love relationship with it. Hate it because it's just more crap to wear, love it for the secret agent feel haha

[@GripTips]

hahahaha

[@CinematographyDatabase]

You are important Levi

[@HaloUnion]

Just curious, but why do you refuse to wear a walkie? I think they can be a pain sometimes too, depending on the set

[@CinematographyDatabase]

***** I need to concentrate on the frame and the director/AD, so the walkie headset is really distracting for me. Typically my keys and 1stAC/Ops are right near me so I can just talk normally and they handle the rest

[@JarrodTetreault]

I just discovered this channel, but I am totally digging the tips (like the "beaver board" tip on your baby plate video, or the duck clamp tip with the phone book, or big book). Fantastic tips that I'd never be able to figure out on my own.

[@calebsurpass]

so so so good. Thank you so much for this!!! Got my weeklong PA job coming next week, this has helped for real

[@TheBestDanno]

Thank you for the Walkie tips!! I was actually looking for walkies when I got the notification, haha

[@GripTips]

Hahaha cool!

[@simvid8107]

Hey Dave, really useful episode - as always. I think a lot of people will find this useful when stepping up to bigger sets/productions.

[@merlinsiervo]

I'm sorry this is the first video I've watched in this channel. I was shocked to see Ryan Gosling hosting.

[@GripTips]

I get it all the time

[@merlinsiervo]

@@GripTips I hope you're not offended. That just means you're a good looking guy

[@GripTips]

Hahaha not at all offended. He is! I’ve had highlights in my hair at one point. Probably should’ve kept them haha

[@GarethNgFilms]

I'd say this is my favorite ep so far! Keep it up

[@mattmiller1585]

That might be the most useful of the most professional information.... ever.

[@GripTips]

matt miller yea but just real quickly. Open walkie and keying are not the same thing, open walkie just means your surveillance isn't plugged in. Keying is what I was demonstrating in the video....😬😬😬 sorry

[@aaronm9353]

Do you guys in the film industry ever use theatre-style comms packs and headsets such as what Clearcom make in the US and Tecpro in the UK in place of standard radios? They tend to have significantly better sound quality and allow full-duplex communication unlike walkies?

[@damiengirvan5020]

Good question....

[@lina34pink]

Definitely informed me on a lot!

[@xixixixi5470]

This video has been included in the MPIO course for BC, Canada lol. It's useful

[@Cruisewittme410]

Interesting 👌🏾

[@XVIIsionsProductions]

What kind of walkie is most used. I’m aware “Motorola” but, UHF/VHF/MURS, -2W no license, +2W w/license etc etc… seems like nobody touches on that part of the subject.

[@chriscullmann1103]

Can you get in trouble if you switch to another channel to hear conversations of other crew members/production? lol I used to do that all the time lol.

[@GripTips]

Chris Cullmann if you were caught I bet you’d probably just get a talking to. It’s more of an honor code thing

[@rumahhafidzahbekasi1354]

4:31 In fsx multiplayer if someone mic is distorted in the voice chat then i would yell "who ever consuming their microphone please stop!"

[@Pollie01]

Excellent intro for newbies, thanks ... nit sure about the hair comment!! LOL!

[@oscargt23]

Love this channel

[@GripTips]

Thx mang

[@stabilisedchaos]

Very,very good presentation.

[@JordanBuzzy]

is there an industry standard for walkies? I've only ever worked with Motorola UHF walkies here in the Detroit area.

[@GripTips]

The Motorola cp200d is what I keep seeing

[@HaloUnion]

This episode was money!

[@isaacnmuragemurage1395]

Pls talk about clarifier in two way radio

[@GripTips]

isaac n murage murage hm... well tbh I guess I’d need you to teach me that cause idk what that means hahaha. Can you be a little more specific? Always down for more knowledge

[@isaacnmuragemurage1395]

After u touch the square button on mobile two way radio scroll the channel button u will see Vox,schlech,clarity etc I.e Kenwood tk 8180

[@GripTips]

isaac n murage murage ooooooh that would explain why I didn’t know. For film sets we only use the wallows like the motorola cp200’s. Do you work in transpo by chance? Just curious where’d I’d use that on a set. Thanks for the knowledge though

[@isaacnmuragemurage1395]

@@GripTips yes am a tour guide in KENYA.

[@atozer2547]

So this is what Ryan Gosling did before he became an actor..

[@GripTips]

Never gets old, I get that a lot. But the main difference is that Ryan lacks a belly hahaha

[@AmenTorac-wp1hc]

Do you hear steppage great there listen to you the otheres in the ears

[@othellobanaci]

what walkie would you recommend?

[@GripTips]

OTHELLO BANACI the Motorola CP200’s are like an industry standard and I agree why they are. Even the ones I’m using here are pretty bulky and honestly were not all that good but the CP200’s are smaller and I haven’t had bad experiences with them aside from batteries eventually losing their charge. But that’s the world of batteries for ya. Even when I was a security guard when I was 18 we used those

[@othellobanaci]

Thank you! Yea I’ll look into these.

[@GripTips]

@@othellobanaci They are pricey as hell at a whopping like $750 a walkie but one could totally get a ROI on them. Its actually something I've debated but its sooooooo much.....BUY A T-SHIRT! hahahaha

[@othellobanaci]

Yea I’m doing research now. Lol we need about 5. I’m going to figure out something lol or rent.

[@GripTips]

@@othellobanaci Bear Com rents them out. Ive never actually done it but on some bigger productions I have been on, They were the ones to supply. I'd look around locally at your G&E houses though. Sometimes you get lucky

[@user-oj9jw5dx6q]

More videos on this please!

[@yanndemoerloose]

I think there is a mistake in this video. Actually when speaking through a Walkie you should first say THEIR name and then your name because when you say your own name first people will not pay attention and need to wait until you've said their name. If you say their name first the intended person will be paying attention from the beginning.

[@GripTips]

Yann De Moerloose I think it can go either way and to be honest. I think I've only done it this way a couple of times. Most of the time I find myself and others just saying the other persons name "hey sean, fly in whatever whatever".

[@yanndemoerloose]

Hey There! Yes, you're right it can go either way. It's just that I have been trained and drilled to say it this way. Must say that my way of using it was of more use for multicamera productions than for film productions. Thanks for responding.

[@n3ssaya972]

You've been drilled to do it the right way! Always who is being called and then who is calling.

[@iainmeteorscan1555]

@ Yann De Moerloose: Your comments are so correct! The purpose of first identifying who you are calling, BEFORE identifying yourself, is to pre-alert that person that the following message is coming through FOR THEM. Unfortunately, identifying yourself first is a common and perpetual mistake. As you say, the reason for this procedure is that every transmission can be ignored unless a transmission is preceded by your own name/ID. I cringe when I hear the incorrect usage in Hollywood films, especially where actors play professionals such as police, military and pilots, and use the incorrect etiquette. However, I guess that any “closed” communication system can use whatever etiquette (and jargon) they choose, as these guys clearly do.

[@Setlife]

Love it!!

[@slimjim8915]

I love walkies tobad i have no idea how to get a job working with production!!!

[@krisztiannagy6276]

This is good! :))

[@samuelsam117]

eating the mic 😂😂😂

[@CAPTIVEKOALA]

nice backlight!

[@rmspunk]

i love this

[@AmenTorac-wp1hc]

Coild ear pieces

[@darrengreen338]

great really helpful

[@janetwickens_dps]

TIP: Cobra sells a surveillance for $20. Super cheap!

[@damiengirvan5020]

Does the cable that goes the the mic long enough to reach to your wrist or only short so you have to hang it around your neck??

[@AmenTorac-wp1hc]

There listening to you others in ears steppage

[@nivid01]

It’s called a walkie talkie not a “walkie”. Get with the program and remain focused.

[@solomonyap9085]

nice

[@mitchell2820]

BROADCAST!

[@MrSkinsinfilms]

As former Comm in the Marines, it drives me nuts listening to you hippies say, "Copy that" to acknowledge a request or direction on the radio. It's "Roger That" to acknowledge. Hell now you have Actors saying "Copy that" in military films because the screen writers learned how to talk on the radio on a film set.

[@logtec1977]

Longship Entertainment So where is this written in stone? In the same book, saying that Christopher Columbus discovered America? YET when he arrived he was greeted by Natives....

[@elbucho8867]

Mr T. R. Ace Vikings actually discovered the Americas

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

@@elbucho8867 Natives discovered America

[@elbucho8867]

@@ReasonAboveEverything correct. What I should have said is Vikings were the first Europeans in the Americas.

[@urs915]

Doesn't matter, as long as both parties understand eachother.

[@FilmByteProductions]

I feel that every episode's intro, there's always an awkward pause. Maybe u can just trim that part out? Otherwise, awesome content as always!

[@GripTips]

Oh yea, last episode I tried to fill in the time somehow, I have it setup as a template tho. I agree though, I need to do something about that

[@jaimemunoz5035]

You look like Ryan Gosling

[@alex0589]

copy that

[@AmenTorac-wp1hc]

Walkie ettigite

[@llzekkonstruk3976]

LOL

[@vyoufinder]

F.y.i., copy "that" is not proper etiquette. Just "copy."

[@GripTips]

I’ve said copy that, copy copy, copy you. I’ve also heard that on the other end so… idk sounds like it to me… see what I did there?… cause it’s “sounds like”… I’ll see my self out hahahha

[@vyoufinder]

@@GripTips I had a dispatcher one time whose pet peeve was "copy that." Lol..

[@GripTips]

@@vyoufinder meh, can’t please everyone. In our industry the walkies sometimes don’t key immediately so I think we typically try to delay our talking or add a word in the beginning just so “copy” or something is heard. Like “copy that” on the other end would be heard “…y that” or “copy copy” would be heard “copy”.

[@jibguy2003]

I hate radios