This chapter explores the establishment of the Property Masters Guild and the MacGuffin Awards, focusing on the significance of props in storytelling. It highlights the essential role Prop Masters play in production, while addressing challenges within the industry.
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)