Lighting Technician Services

Here is how this works in practice. We supply lighting technicians who build and operate the lighting rig on Dutch shoots. Our lighting technicians — sparks — set up fixtures, run cable and distribution, manage power packs and power, and adjust each setup to the gaffer's and director of photography's design. They work across drama, features, commercials and documentary, in studios and on location, and within the CAO collective-labour-agreement framework. Electrical and rigging work is set by Dutch workplace-safety law, the Arbowet, so safe practice is part of how the department operates.

Here is how the work shapes up. Because Dutch crews are near-universally English-speaking, a lighting technician integrates directly into a global electrical department with no communication gap. We supply lighting technicians in the numbers your shoot needs and integrate them with the camera and grip departments from prep.

Here is the short of it. The Netherlands has a deep, pro lighting crew base, supplied by well-stocked rental houses in the Amsterdam and Rotterdam clusters and trained through the Netherlands Film Academy and hands-on industry progression. Dutch sparks light the country's full range of environments — the controlled stages of The country Film Studios in Haarlem, the canal-side and coastal locations with their changeable North Sea light, and the today's interiors of Rotterdam. The painterly Dutch sense of light, running back to Rembrandt and Vermeer, sets a high standard for what lighting crews aim at. We draw on lighting technicians with that grounding so the gaffer's plan is rigged precisely, powered reliably and built safely on each setup.