Working in the Theatre: Specialty Props
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- What do fake dead bodies, a carve-able turkey, and the physical puppet of Donkey in Shrek: the Musical have in common? They are all examples of what makes the world of Specialty Props so fascinating. This very special field in the theatre requires an expertise in fine art, but also one with knowledge of the dramatic structure. These designers have the challenge to both dazzle and inspire audiences, without interrupting the show or movement, a skill that requires collaboration with the creative team of the show.
Watch Mary Creede, Zoë Morsette, and John Jerard sculpt, sew, hammer, power, design, and ultimately create iconic specialty props.
Special Note: Many of the props that Zoë Morsette discussed working on including Les Misérables were built during her time working at McHugh-Rollins studio.
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The variety of what these people can apply their skills is amazing. It's so crazy to think about how they work on hundreds of pieces for just one show
Who is doing this for homework because of the virus
A L E X Zendejas haha me
I'm doing it instead of my homework lol
@@whatcanidooo Wow thats cool
Yep
Me lol
I appreciate how the video highlights the detail and importance that the props play in a show. Many props have double uses and/or have special things that they're supposed to do in a scene and they're a very important part of detail in a show.
I love the attention to detail of these artists when it comes to small details such as putting gold leaf on the candles, creating a fake turkey that you could cut into, and the detail in things like the dancing horse head.
I love the attention to detail on the props, especially the fish
The sheer amount of detail that goes into each prop just amazes me. The range of skills they have and how they apply it is really interesting.
This is such an amazing series! Thank you for making these videos and thanks to Mary Creede, Zoë Morsette, and John Jerard for their expertise :)
It's intriguing to see how many different crafts go into making one prop, from casting with silicone, sewing, woodwork, etc. Every prop is a sum of so many parts.
I agree hours worth of work will go into the smallest props
What I enjoyed most about this video is the amount of passion these workers have for the props they are making. Every little detail is payed attention to, and it shows the dedication that goes into working with specialty props. Love it!
Its so interesting to see how many different props there are for specific tasks that can lead to people going and improve the entire idea of the art they are trying to make. Its really cool
I liked seeing how they used so many intricate and exact things to make the props for exactly what they need it to be for the specific thing and show that the prop will be used for.
I didn't realize how much effort went into creating specialty props until I saw the process each prop went through before the production. - Paige
Learning about props has always been interesting to me. After having the opportunity of getting to work on my school's production of Alice in Wonderland, I truly got a glimpse of how important props are and the vitality of them to truly tell the story in their own unique way also. At 3:10, I believe her name is Mary Creed, she mentioned how "Props support all the action and drive the story" and I reflected back on my own personal experience with props and how accurate this really is. In Sophie and the Pirates, imagine how different the story telling would be if none of the pirates actually had their swords laid out on the prop table in time to retrieve it and have to execute the scene without it. The audience wouldn't have the same feeling of "Oh wow, their fighting with swords" experience opposed to not. Even going back to something more subtle, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, there is a scene where a number of actor bring our candles and they light up on stage to depict whats happening on stage. If even one of the actors forgets their candle, the moment and feeling of wholeness could be ruined. Another aspect I enjoyed was when she mentioned not to limit yourself to one specific thing! Learn to sew, shoe make, everything. Broaden your skills so they can be utilized in a multitude of ways. Something my director has always pushed us to do!
Absolutely amazing. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO.
Props have always been fun to design and this just inspired me to be a part of it
As a former special effects and visual effects artist, I really liked the manual projects in SFX. My speciality were SFX makeup and magic effects. Magic or mentalism actually landed me at a relative late age (35) into special effects. Because I made my own effects that magicians and mentalists didn’t know how they worked. So the production of the next Uri Geller (talent show for mentalists) wants me to perform there. But you had to suggest you had a special gift which was against my ethical code. So they hired me to make effects. And like these awesome effects people, doing FX for live TV is a hell of a lot more difficult than for film as I found out. Because they have to work then and there, there’s no cut and reset. And studio conditions for wireless communications are terrible because every public frequency is in use there 😂
My coolest effect was where I send a text message with a person’s thought of preferred sex position to the whole audience.
Unfortunately the mentalist fudged the act and it became an anticlimactic end. But hey, that’s life performance for you. It’s nerve wrecking. But that was a very cool (actually illegal but inside a studio that’s a faraday cage the radio serviced agency would’ve never found out we hijacked the GSM frequencies and we played GSM network 😂) setup I’d created.
I know nothing about theatre but my inner artist LOVED this! For me, though I appreciate the possibilities of computers but when it's not hands on it ceases to be "art". Again, IMO. I'm now following and look forward to seeing more behind the scenes.
Seems like such a glamorous life. Nobody micromanaging, no office gossip or asshole bosses to deal with or politics.
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This is interesting not only in the fact that it gives an explanation of specialty props but regular props as a whole. It's a nice deep dive into another part of theater.
For theatre, I have to make a prop (any prop really) that can be used in a play. Anyone have any ideas?
Who else her is from my school p.s. it's me Sade
0:54 that's creeepyyy
Are props and costumes are they the same
no
God ur so right cycle central
I'm making my objects but.not.sophistecated as you did.
My drama teacher sent me here for a distance assignment, not excited.
my technical theater teacher did the same 😢
id like to be your shop assistant
21:33 well that’s definitely not true
definitely not
to everyone else in mrs. disney’s class, man this is boring.