Prop Assisting for Film and Television is an introductory course designed to teach new and prospective Prop Assistants what to expect and how to prepare for a job on a Film or Television series. This workshop will cover job classifications and responsibilities, Safety, Organizing a Prop truck, set expectations, demands, continuity, propping actors and how to properly wrap out a prop truck at the end of production. We will also offer hands on training movement of props and recreating an established props for re-shoots or insert shots.
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This course will include a mix of instruction through a Power Point Presentation as well as Hands On Training in skills that are required to work as a Prop Assist in Film and Television.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Prop Assistant Department job classifications and responsibilities.
- Safety (Lockup / On the Truck, On Location, Weather Related)
- Tools Required
- Setting up and Organizing a Prop Truck / Warehouse (aka Lockup)
- Wrapping out of a warehouse / lockup
- Hands On Training: Prepping Props before loading on a truck.
- Hands On Training: What is a Prop? Setting up a Prop Dept on Set.
- Hands On Training: Handing out props to Actors and Background talent
- Hands On Training: Re-propping for Re-shoots / Insert shots.
INSTRUCTOR
Mark Wojahn has been working in the Prop Dept department since 2000. He has worked on Films, Television Series and TV Commercials in locations from Minneapolis to Chicago and Los Angeles. He has been a member of IATSE Local 490 since 1999.