• Source: Apple box

      • Apple boxes are wooden boxes or crates of varying sizes with holes on each end used chiefly in film production. These boxes are specialized pieces of equipment belonging to the grip department, and should not be confused with simple crates, other boxes, or boxes for apples.


      Uses


      As one of the most ubiquitous and useful pieces of equipment on a film set, apple boxes are used for anything that needs to be propped up or supported temporarily. They can be used to prop up furniture and light stands, for leveling camera dolly track, or to provide temporary seats, workbenches, or stepladders.
      Often the need arises to make an actor appear taller, either because of their height, or to fit with the composition of a particular shot. In this use apple boxes are jokingly referred to as "man makers".
      Apple boxes were originally used for storage. They would have a forward opening in the box and it could be used as a double storage device for small necessary things.


      Sizes


      Full apple (also referred to as just an "apple box") 20"×12"×8"
      Half apple 19 3/4"×12"×4"
      Quarter apple 19 3/4"×12"×2"
      Pancake (eighth apple) 19 3/4"×12"×1"
      Nesting apple boxes fit the three smaller sizes into the full apple (which does not have the standard midway internal support crossbeam). To accommodate the smaller internal dimensions, the half, quarter and pancake are only 18 1/2" long × 10" wide.
      Half length "mini" apple boxes are now manufactured.
      Mini apple box 10"×12"×8"
      Mini half 10"×12"×4"
      Mini quarter 10"×12"×2"
      Mini pancake/eighth 10"×12"×1"
      Apple box sizes vary somewhat depending on manufacturer, but all sizes are designed to be fractions of the "full apple" size. Thus two half apples exactly equal the size of a full apple, two quarters equals one half, and two pancakes equal one quarter. This modular design is often critically important as many applications require mixes of sizes.


      Position


      Often when a grip is placing an apple box others are lifting something heavy to put on top of it, thus arose the need for terms describing what position the apple box should be placed in (i.e., which side of the apple box should be placed face-down). It is rare that these terms are used for anything other than the "full apple" size.

      New York or "A": Positioned so the apple box is tallest, like the tall buildings in New York, 20" high.
      Texas/Chicago or "B": Positioned so the apple box is resting on its longest narrow side, 12" high.
      LA or "C": Positioned so the apple box is flattest, 8" high.
      Regional variations exist for the colloquial names of these positions. These include 1/2/3, New York/Chicago/LA, and Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens.


      Basso blocks


      Basso blocks are a stacking variant of conventional apple boxes. Their design gives the same elevation ability of Apples, but takes 66% less storage space. A full set of Basso Blocks is equivalent to twelve 1/2 Apples. A set of 1/2 Basso Blocks is equivalent to twenty-four 1/4 Apples.
      Elephant blocks are a three legged stable update to Basso Blocks that allow 1" elevation increments.


      See also


      Motion picture terminology


      References

    • Source: Apple Box

      • Apple Box is a box set by XTC compiling Apple Venus Volume 1 and Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) along with their respective demo albums Homespun and Homegrown. It is the third box set of their career following Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions and Coat of Many Cupboards, released by Idea Records.


      Track listing




      = UK CD: IDEACD 007

      =
      All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

      Apple Venus Volume 1
      "River of Orchids" – 5:53
      "I'd Like That" – 3:50
      "Easter Theatre" – 4:37
      "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:39
      "Frivolous Tonight (Colin Moulding) – 3:09
      "Greenman" – 6:17
      "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
      "Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 3:01
      "I Can't Own Her" – 5:26
      "Harvest Festival" – 4:15
      "The Last Balloon" – 6:39
      Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
      "Playground" – 4:17
      "Stupidly Happy" – 4:13
      "In Another Life" (Moulding) – 3:35
      "My Brown Guitar" – 3:51
      "Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 3:23
      "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:44
      "We're All Light" – 4:39
      "Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:42
      "Wounded Horse" – 4:11
      "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 4:18
      "Church of Women" – 5:06
      "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:55
      Homespun
      "River of Orchids" – 4:10
      "I'd Like That" – 4:47
      "Easter Theatre" – 4:52
      "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:38
      "Frivolous Tonight (Moulding) – 3:06
      "Greenman" – 6:01
      "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
      "Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 2:44
      "I Can't Own Her" – 5:06
      "Harvest Festival" – 5:17
      "The Last Balloon" – 5:17
      Homegrown
      "Playground" – 4:25
      "Stupidly Happy" – 3:45
      "In Another Life" (Excerpt of original demo) (Colin Moulding) – 2:02
      "In Another Life" (Jug band version) (Moulding) – 3:44
      "Some Lovely" – 3:57
      "Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 2:56
      "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Early 'other song' cassette idea) – 2:36
      "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Tamla version excerpt) – 0:39
      "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:33
      "We're All Light" (Early cassette idea) – 1:14
      "We're All Light" – 4:32
      "Standing in for Joe" (Lounge version) (Moulding) – 2:41
      "Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:34
      "Wounded Horse" – 4:22
      "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 3:46
      "Lie for a Lie" (Cassette demo) – 1:43
      "Church of Women" – 4:36
      "The Pot Won't Hold Our Love" (Early cassette idea) – 1:38
      "Everything Decays" (Early cassette idea) – 2:26
      "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:33
      Purchase of the box set also provides instructions for downloading two non-album XTC tracks:

      "Spiral" (Partridge)
      "Say It" (Moulding)


      Personnel


      Peter Ashworth – photography
      Ian Cooper – mastering
      Steve Gullick – photography
      Valerie Phillips – photography
      Andrew Swainson – design


      = Apple Venus Volume 1

      =
      XTC
      Dave Gregory – piano, keyboards, keyboard programming, guitars, backing vocals (Gregory left the band during recording)
      Colin Moulding – vocals, bass guitar
      Andy Partridge – vocals, guitars
      Additional musicians
      Mike Batt – orchestral arrangements for "Greenman" and "I Can't Own Her"
      Haydn Bendall – keyboards
      Guy Barker – trumpet and flugelhorn solo on "The Last Balloon"
      Nick Davis – keyboards
      Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
      Steve Sidwell – trumpet solo on "Easter Theatre"
      All arrangements played by The London Session Orchestra under their leader Gavin Wright
      Production
      Haydn Bendall – original production, engineering
      Nick Davis – additional production, engineering, mix
      Simon Dawson – mix assistance
      Alan Douglas – recording engineer
      Barry Hammond – recording engineer
      Tim Young – mastering


      = Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

      =
      XTC
      Colin Moulding – vocals, bass guitar
      Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar
      Additional musicians
      Caroline Dale – cello
      Nick Davis – keyboards
      Simon Gardner – flugelhorn
      Patrick Kiernan – violin
      Peter Lale – viola
      Holly Partridge – backing vocals on "Playground"
      Prairie Prince – drums (2, 3, 4, 12)
      Chuck Sabo – drums (1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
      Kate St. John – oboe
      Matt Vaughn – programming
      Gavin Wright – violin
      Production
      Haydn Bendall – recording engineering
      Nick Davis – producer, mixing, recording engineering
      Simon Dawson – mix engineer
      Alan Douglas – recording engineering
      Barry Hammond – recording engineering
      Bob Ludwig – mastering


      = Homespun and Homegrown

      =
      Andy Partridge
      Colin Moulding


      References

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