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The pressure on prop makers

The pressure on prop makers

What is it like to work behind the scenes in film and TV?

Business Daily · BBC World Service

September 11, 202417m 29s

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Show Notes

What links the lightsabre, Scream mask and Wilson the volleyball?

They’re all film props - objects that help bring stories to life on screen. Behind the scenes, they support a whole industry of specialist expertise.

We speak to prop masters about the pressures on budgets and safety, following the death of Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on set by a prop gun.

Produced and presented by Laura Heighton-Ginns

(Image: Harry Potter's glasses on display in June 2021 at Prop Store in California, US. Credit: Getty Images)