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In film-making, aswing gang is one or more persons who make last-minute changes on afilm set. This may include construction of new portions of a set thedirector requests or simply striking largefurniture at aset decorator's request.[1] The swing gang is part of theset dressing department. Sets that are not part of the "permanent" sets are called swing set. They come and go as the scripts dictate. Thus the crew that handles the set dressing elements are called the swing gang. These sets may need to be struck during the late evening or the "swing shift".
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