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Prop Master
Industry: Live Event CareersA sword hanging on the wall is a set decoration, but a sword in an actor’s hand is a prop. The person responsible for scavenging and creating the dozens (even hundreds) of...
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Set Buyer
Industry: Film & TV CareersTreasure hunters and shopping mavens searching for their ideal career in entertainment should consider the job of set buyer. As the title states, the set buyer is a...
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Picture Car Warehouse
Industry: Film & TV CareersTed Moser, the founder of Picture Car Warehouse, has been in the picture car business since the early ’90s. After wrapping on 2 Fast 2 Furious, he opened his own shop in...
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Property Master
Industry: Film & TV CareersThe property master on a film or television production is responsible for all objects handled by the actors during a scene. This includes food, weapons, household items,...
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Independent Studio Services
Industry: Film & TV CareersFor more than 30 years, Independent Studio Services has specialized in prop rental and custom fabrication for film, television, theater, and music videos. Their extensive...
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Assistant Art Director
Industry: Film & TV CareersRelated Careers: Art Department CoordinatorArt Director Art Director Assistant Costume Designer Assistant Property Master Carpenter’s Assistant Concept ArtistConcept...
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Weta Workshop
Industry: Film & TV CareersLive Event CareersThe Lord of the Rings trilogy may have been the film franchise that first drew public attention to Weta Workshop—the studio won four Oscars for their...
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History For Hire
Industry: Film & TV CareersHistory For Hire is a prop house catering to the film and television industry and specializes in rare antiques and vintage film equipment. Jim Elyea and his wife Pam...
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Optic Nerve Studios
Industry: Film & TV CareersOptic Nerve Studios is a special effects company founded by John Vulich and Everett Burrell and is now owned by special effects makeup artist Glenn Hetrick, judge on the...
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Miniatures Builder
Industry: Film & TV CareersFrom the moon of George Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon to the buildings of Gotham City in The Dark Knight, miniatures have had played a historically pivotal role in creating...
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Painter
Industry: Film & TV CareersLive Event CareersScenery grounds a story in a particular time and place and is one of the visual elements that most absorbs an audience into the scene with the cast on...
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Upright Stagehand’s Glossary
apron– the section of the stage in front of the proscenium arch.array– a set of flown speakers.ASM– Assistant Stage Manager.AX– an abbreviation for “Audio.” Thumbnail: Featured on Homepage: 0 read more
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Construction Foreman
Industry: Film & TV CareersRelated Careers: Art Director Carpenter’s Assistant Construction BuyerConstruction Coordinator Key Scenic Artist Lead Carpenter Lead Painter LeadmanMaster CarpenterPaint...
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Special Effects Technician
Industry: Live Event CareersIn live production, special effects can involve any elements consisting of water, fire, haze, pyrotechnics, confetti cannons, and similar atmospheric or mechanical devices....
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Theatrical Milliner
Industry: Film & TV CareersLive Event CareersA theatrical milliner is a hat maker who is specifically trained in constructing headwear for the stage or film and television. This person works...
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Mind Over Matter: Jen K. Messer
Abstract ideas rule Jen K. Messer’s working life. As a production designer for the National Geographic series Brain Games, Messer is charged with the not-so-simple task of creating physical props, set...
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Man of Steel: Tony Swatton
Credit: Timothy BanksTony Swatton puts me on hold for the best possible reason—a hoard of Vikings have entered his shop. Wizards, pirates, superheroes, evil aliens, general badasses, and anyone else...
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