Props to use

Props are essential ingredients for any movie, or such filming genres, they provide the vital sense of any film, which is 'realism'. A theatrical property, commonly referred to as a prop, is an object used on set/stage by actors to further the plot or story line of a movie. Smaller props are referred to as "hand props". Larger props may also be set decoration, such as a chair or table. The difference between a set decoration and a prop is use. If the item is not touched by a performer for any reason it is simply a set decoration. If it is touched by the actor in accordance to script requirements or as deemed by the director, it is a prop.

Working in coordination with the set designer, costume designer, lighting and sometimes, sound designer, this overlapping position has only in recent years become of greater importance. Props have become more and more specialized due in large part to realism as well as the rise of theatre in the round, where few sets are used and the simple prop becomes as important a design element as costumes and lighting.

Besides the obvious artistic creations made in the prop workshop, much of the work done by the property designer is research, phone searches, and general footwork in finding needed items. Prop designers are not always credited in theater, but film credits for full staff of designers, artisans and craftsmen are much more common.

 

As our genre is urban/action, we will have a dangerous weapon such as a gun and a hand knife, probabaly a shank, all fake of course. 

 

 

Other props that we use are small props such as, fake blood, make-up for bruised effects and jewellery for distinguising between the status of the characters.