Documents. Newspapers. Ancient tomes of forbidden knowledge. Golden tickets. Movies and television shows are full of such seemingly banal objects. But each and every one that you see on film has either been stored, cataloged and trotted out for a particular scene by a prop master, or made it's been made specifically for a project. This short film provides some insight into a man who's dedicated his life to the latter.
This prop master has devoted his life to the creation of paper products
Touring the Crafting Pinocchio show at MoMA
In this Tested video, Adam Savage tours the "Crafting Pinocchio" exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. The show attempts to open a window into the behind-the-scenes process of creating… READ THE REST
The tight-budget miniature effects of James Cameron's 1986 film Aliens
I had no idea until watching this video (an excerpt from the documentary Sense of Scale) that the miniatures and miniature effects for James Cameron's 1986 were done on a… READ THE REST
An interview with the man responsible for Batman & Robin's infamous Bat-nipples
There are plenty of valid reasons to criticize Val Kilmer's turn as the Caped Crusader in Batman Forever. The same goes for its follow-up, Batman and Robin, which saw George… READ THE REST
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