In some of drama’s most memorable moments, props play roles as integral to the story as the actors using them. Others have significance in their ability to lend authenticity to a scene.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
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In some of drama’s most memorable moments, props play roles as integral to the story as the actors using them. Others have significance in their ability to lend authenticity to a scene.
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In High School, props was the kind of “eh whoever can find it, we’ll use the first thing we have” kind of job. But see ing Jon Ward show such passion for the right usage and make and model and having the craftiness of a god, enlightened me to just how important props really are in a production. Their job is not necessarily to stand out or to totally fade away in the background, but enhance and add to the performance in their own stealthy way. Never did it occur to me that so much consideration goes into each and every prop item. Jon says “Is it from the right time period? Will its color clash with the costumes? Would it be more affordable to build it ourselves? Thousands of questions and compromises must be made before items can be considered show-ready.” And this care and dedication to the show’s image is what really steps up the game in CMU and productions everywhere.
It’s great to see our props department getting this kind of exposure. A lot of the time it seems that props is just lumped together with scenery, but as the article explains it is a craft that is entirely its own and that requires a vast set of skills, some of which can be pretty particular and peculiar. I heard a lot about this article way earlier in the year when the rooster was still being constructed, and I was wondering what was going to happen to it after that prop was cut. It’s nice that instead of cutting the article they just shifted the focus to our props department in general, and I like how they still mentioned it and the fact that so much time and effort can go into a prop and it can still be cut. I think it would have been interesting if the article mentioned that the rooster was repurposed for Bliss, because that’s also a big thing that happens in the world of props. Overall though, I liked the article and it’s nice to see an article about the school of drama that isn’t just about a certain production, but rather a design department.
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