This is the department-size 50-pack of C47s, the wooden clothespins that every grip and electric crew burns through job after job. If the 25-pack keeps one technician supplied, the 50-pack stocks a cart, and on any production with more than a couple of fixtures, the bigger bag is the one that makes sense.
C47s exist on set for one primary mission: attaching gels and diffusion to the barn doors of lighting fixtures. Wood conducts so little heat that a C47 can ride a hot barn door for an entire shoot day without loosening its grip, scorching fingers, or damaging the gel, something no plastic clip survives. From there the uses multiply endlessly. Electricians clip color correction to practicals, tag circuits, and keep rolled gel organized. Grips close expendable bags, pin fabric, and mark line. Camera and sound find them for cable management and labeling. Flipped and reassembled backward, a C47 becomes a C74, the fine-point tweezer-style clamp used for delicate rigging and for adjusting hot metal without touching it. Crews stage C47s everywhere: clipped to stands, hats, shirts, stingers, and cart handles, so the nearest one is never more than an arm's length away.
Because they scatter across a set and leave with every wrap, the 50-pack is the restock quantity that keeps a department from ever running dry mid-job. Split the bag between the ditty bags and the cart drawer and the whole crew stays covered through the heaviest gel days.
• Pack of 50 wooden spring clothespins
• Department and cart-stocking quantity
• Wood stays cool on hot barn doors all day
• The standard gel and diffusion clip for film lighting
• Reverses into a C74 fine-tip clamp
• Countless secondary uses across every department
C47 50-packs are in stock for purchase at Lightbulb Rentals' NYC, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh locations and can be added to any rental order so the cart starts the job fully loaded.
