Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking

Overview

“Once you've gathered references, the next step is to prepare your materials. In this lesson, I will help you to figure out which materials you will need to create the prop. ”

In this video lesson Annie Atkins addresses the topic: Choosing Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking. Dive into the world of graphic props for film with this course on making a vintage "rap sheet." Learn how to create authentic period-correct documents using analog techniques..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we're going to look at all the materials we're going to use to make our graphic prop with. First of all, we're going to start with our paper. I've chosen a heavier card, because that's what the source material seems to be made out of, in a kind of off-white tone. I don't want to use bright white paper anywhere. This is a nice cream color. I'm going to link to this paper where you can get it in the resources. I've got a steel ruler, stapler, hole punch, some pens, black, brown, green, a rubber stamp, a green ink pad, a black ink pad for the fingerprints, and some clips, diffe...”

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Course summary for: Designing and Making Graphic Props for Filmmaking

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (57)
• 4900 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (2h 43m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Graphic Design