"What is Switch to Two?"

"Curious about 'Switch to Two'?

Let me shed some light. On set, while filming, crew members are assigned walkies. It's standard industry practice for each department to operate on its designated walkie channel. This allows each department to communicate with each other without interrupting other departments or disturbing the director during critical moments on set. If a crew member needs to contact someone from another department, they dip into the general channel (1) to reach the specific crew member and send a request,as in: 'Lucy to Santi, switch to two.'Both sides switch to two and freely delve into the pressing issue at hand, or to share on set juicy gossip.

Channels

1 - general

2 - private

3 - teamsters

4 - art dept

6 - camera

7 - electric

8 - grips