Wednesday 8 August 2012

Welcome to: Movie Prop Maker

Movie Prop Maker is a blog for those interested in discovering the behind the scenes of professional prop, miniature and set builders. The idea is to educate and inform, a how-to and where to access the materials. With over 25yrs experience this is a great place to start learning and sharing with your friends.
Movie Prop Maker is ideal for the pros and the novice builder. If you’re making a student film, low budget or even experienced filmmakers, discover what materials are right for the job, a cheaper way to do it, or the best.
Some film credits include Titanic, X-Men 3, The Fugitive, Army of Darkness and TV’s Smallville.




Top Photo: 1/6 scale Titanic model on set. Bottom photo: Smallville Styrofoam sculpture ready for paint.

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  2. Dude. I'm also about to carve a lot of faux brick walls at a photography studio. What is your best recommendation for polystyrene bead migration control. We're getting the space for free and I don't want to get hate mail from this guy for the rest of my life...

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    1. Tape up clear drop cloth encapsulating your work space needed, sprits the floor on occasion with water, clean-sweep/dust-bane the beads and sweep up at the end of each day, shop vac. Otherwise an expensive local wine or a gift certificate to Chilli’s.

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    2. Hunter, do you or your company have a website? Would like to see some of your work.

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  3. Hey Gary,
    You had a good start, why not keep it up?
    Maybe you suffer from the same malady I do and that's having a job that get's in the way of important things like blogs....

    You should make this a group effort and enlist other veterans to write posts.

    I have often thought that a propmaker 101 type of series would be just the thing for aspiring propmakers.

    Let me know if I can help.

    BTW, I worked on The Fugitive. Where were you working out of?

    John Weeks

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