Article 414C7 The Fascinating Art of Making Paper Props, Maps, Posters, Reports and Newspapers for Film and TV

The Fascinating Art of Making Paper Props, Maps, Posters, Reports and Newspapers for Film and TV

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Lori Dorn
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Great Big Story visited with Ross MacDonald, a talented illustrator and prop master of all things paper. For the last 25 years, MacDonald has been creating era-appropriate items such as maps, diaries, wanted posters, government reports, match/cigarette boxes and newspapers. MacDonald is extremely skilled at his craft, but remains humbled by the role he plays in the production of a film or show.

There's so many amazing things that start off with a piece of paper and the props that I'm making are all part of that. Sometimes when I go to the theater I'm so excited I'm almost shaking and it's not because I want to see the driver's license I made from one of the actors. It's because I did a tiny bit of work on that movie and it's very exciting to me in the end

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For The Knick

A post shared by Ross MacDonald (@brightworkpress) on Jul 3, 2017 at 4:25pm PDT

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Some of my DeNiro as Madoff prop work in WIZARD OF LIES

A post shared by Ross MacDonald (@brightworkpress) on May 23, 2017 at 6:33pm PDT

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A burnt John Wilkes Booth diary page from National Treasure 2.

A post shared by Ross MacDonald (@brightworkpress) on Apr 13, 2016 at 6:30pm PDT

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More movie prop packaging fun

A post shared by Ross MacDonald (@brightworkpress) on Dec 16, 2014 at 7:46pm PST

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One of my props for the next season of Boardwalk Empire. They ran a great promo for it after The Knick on Friday. The final season jumps ahead 7 years to 1931

A post shared by Ross MacDonald (@brightworkpress) on Aug 17, 2014 at 7:35pm PDT

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