The role of the props in the video clip

In the production of promotional video clips, clips and movies, there is often a need for a different kind of props. You can need both a cup for coffee, and a sports car. The quality of the final result will depend on the correctly selected parts. As once said, a very clever person: there are no trifles. Conditionally it is possible to divide the entire props into the following types:

  • Clothing. Here we go a little to the territory of a dresser or costume designer. To emphasize the nature of the characters – you need to properly dress and shod actors.
  • Household items. Laptop, silver case like agent 007 or grandmother’s carpet, all this needs to be delivered to the shooting. The quality of the selection of things will depend on the overall impression in the frame.
  • Weapons of any era from the crossbow to the blaster, from the spear to the bazooka.
  • Musical props. You can find it in specialized stores, as well as with collectors in this topic.
  • Props. As an example of the example, for the video, which is below, our specialists have developed sham glasses, which are made of sugar. The hero at the end of the roller drinks water from the glass and squeezes it with his fist.
  • Transport. In the work of our agency there were cases that we had to rent a sports car for a “man from the street” for filming. We just saw the right vehicle in the parking lot and asked permission from the owner.
  • Technical devices. It can be any device that is in the frame, or outside it. For example, a specially designed “carousel”, for the rotation of plates in food photography.

Props for video clips on order

This is the props that are difficult to find, buy or rent. The director / artist of the director can have both usual requests in the style of dishes or decorations for the frame, and more interesting ones. For example, when filming one of the commercials for Edpit agency, elements of a sham explosive, an electronic lock and a special key with a backlight were developed.

Pluses:

  • You are limited only by your imagination.
  • You order exactly what you need.
  • You can control the creation process.
  • If we talk about the props, it is several times cheaper than the original.
  • In the event of spoilage, you do not need to worry about compensation for compensation, as if it were a rented
  • thing to shoot.
  • If you need additional shooting – you do not need to spend money on props again, it’s already yours.

Disadvantages:

  • Terms of manufacture can be from several days to weeks.
  • Sometimes, it can be more expensive than renting an original for a day.

Props for rent

If you need an expensive thing to shoot, then it’s wise to rent it. Most often it happens with cars, yachts, boats and other not-cheap things.

Sometimes you can use the lease for reasons of time saving. The list of necessary things in the form of a list is transferred to the requisitioner, who is engaged in selection or search.

Tips for working with props

  1. Plan your time. Often, resources are needed to create or search for the required props.
  2. Look for references and examples. The more accurately you put the task to the specialist, the better he will accomplish his task. It is best to visit a specialist in the training interval and check the progress.
  3. Ask for instructions to use the props or invite the right expert to shoot, so that he supervises the processes of unpacking and setting the props.
  4. Ensure the operation of the technical props for the entire shooting stage. Sometimes there are items that work from batteries, take care of spare power supplies.
  5. In cases where the props are broken, burned or broken – order the props with a margin. At the rehearsal stage, you can test and lose some of them. In addition, sometimes it is cheaper to order several units of props for shooting different sizes, than to organize multi-camera shooting from different angles. It can be bottles, glasses, chairs that are broken and stuff.
  6. If the props are fragile, it is better to agree with a specialist about the delivery, it is cheaper than to break the props by their imprudence.
  7. Sometimes it’s better and cheaper to buy a new thing below quality (outwardly normal) than renting old and shabby, which will be noticeable in the frame.