Hello film people. I am coming at you with something that is a G&E’s best toy, or I say my favorite toy is the condor or scissor lifts. Its so versatile and can get your big sources high in the sky. I use it most of all to place my shadows where I want them. Especially for my night shots, or if the seen is shooting on a second or third floor and the list can go on.
There are different Lifts for different projects. The first lift is the scissor lifts witch can can get you high in the sky vertically, and you can add a lot more wait to them like two 12k’s or 18k’s. and still have room to spare. one thing that gets me all woozy in the stomach is a nice gust of wind when you are full stick, or if you decide to walk from one end to the another end of the lift. The second lift is the condor lift. I like this because you could order a 40ft to a 100ft plus lifts. The versatility of the condor lift is quite amazing. Rigging 20x rags to putting up an 18k in the basket and extending the arm out over the trees to create that amazing night seen is amazing.
I do say, when I first started my first experience working on the lifts, I was supper excited to be the one picked to go up on a lift. Until I was told I was going to be in the scissor lift until lunch. So my suggestion, if you are picked to go in one, is go to the craft service table, stack up on snacks and bring a big bottle up with you, and I don’t need to tell you why. 
But of course rigging these types of lights and rags over talent is not a job of an amateur G&E crew member. In fact most in major injuries on sets are do to Poor rigging for amateur G&E crew. You defiantly need someone that knows what they are doing to avoid injury. 
Hope you guys have or will enjoy playing with these type of toys on set.
Happy lighting.
