31 Dec
2002
31 Dec
'02
3:21 p.m.
I also worked as crew on a bunch of films. As asst. prop,
driver, returning and picking up props, as well as other
positions like electric, special effects, and grip. I actually
worked on films that I never knew their names, such as
one that had about 3 name changes before it became
"Big Town" (?).
A film with Jim Carey in it would be a major production
and Australia has many professionals, including
propmasters who would have a pretty good idea where
they could obtain props likely long before the name and
principals were decided. One 30 year veteran propmaster
I worked and ate with had a 1 year lead-time to line up
props for some dreadful right-wing funded film starring
Chris Cristopherson. One of the major concerns is costs
of rental versus outright purchase and return from sale
after production.
This is a phony.
Lawrence
On 30 Dec 2002, , John Lawson wrote:
The movie industry magazine Daily Variety has, every
Thursday, a
complete list of all films known to be in current
production. Any film of sufficient stature to have Kate
Winslet in it will most likely be listed there.... though
it is not infallible. Most large bookstalls and news outlets
in major cities carry DV and the Hollywood Reporter. It
shouldn't be too hard to verify.
And usually prop people have their famous 'notebooks', as
well as more
than a dozen industry-specific publications, just for this
purpose. And most of the time they'd be a bit reticent to
name the movie and the principal talent right off the
bat.... I thought this guy's post was a bit naive, at the
least. Usually they represent themselves as working for
such-and-such Production Company - sometimes you dont' find
out the name of the movie until much later, after the gear
has been returned.
From having been in the movie business for 15 years, and
from having
worked, prior to that, in two large Surplus companies who
relied heavily on prop rental, I never dealt with anyone who
came off as Mr. Fox does.
YMMV
Cheers
John
May you get halfway to heaven, before Satan learns you're
dead or 3/4s of the way to the bar before your wife finds
you've gone out.
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