ARTS & PROPS ASSISTING BOOTCAMP
AT SKY STUDIOS, ELSTREE
TAUGHT BY JOE WITHERS AND ALEX MARDEN
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL SPRING MEDIA
2 WEEKS LEARNING AT SKY STUDIOS.
I VISITED SUPERHIRE PROP STORE AND ONGOING SETS.
TAUGHT HOW TO READ SCRIPTS, CSALLSHEETS, FLOORPLANS, HOW TO PHOTOGRAPHS PROPS, STRIKE A SET, CHECKING IN AND OUT PROPS CORRECTLY, RESET PROPS, LANGUAGE USED ON SET AND MORE!
LEARNT EACH ROLE IN ART DEPARTMENT
PROPS TRAINEE
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
SET DEC
GRAPHIC
CONSTRUCTION
STANBY PROPS
UNDERSTAND HOW EACH DEPARTMENT WORKS AND HOW THEY COME TOGETHER TO FORMULATE THE END RESULT.
Visited Granger Hertz and Superhire - Two of the biggest prop stores in Europe
Learnt how to age down props with various materials and in accordance to fit the script.
Each group was assigned a teddy bear, a age bracket of how old the teddy was and a script.
Each teddy bear is aged down by 10 years
1st Teddy (My Group) : Ran over by a car and starting to get dirty. I made paper stencils of tire tracks, spray painted stencils, used a little dirt and flatten the bear.
2nd Teddy : Cleaned by Mother and worn down
3rd Teddy: Faded by wear and tear
4th Teddy: Old, used and broken - Mother tried to patch and stitch up
