Why Props Matter

A look at the hidden power of film props.
And how filmmakers use the everyday (and not so everyday) objects in their scenes to enhance cinematic storytelling.

Written, edited, & narrated by Rishi Kaneria (@rishikaneria).

Music from:
“Baba O Riley” by the Who
“Kid-A” by Punch Brothers
“Rabbit In Your Headlights” by Unkle
“Where is my mind” by Vitamin String Orchestra
“Magic” by Mick Smiley
“Sinnerman” by Nina Simone
“Intermezzo” by Pietro Mascagni
“Monkey Fight Snake” by the Bombay Royale
“I Hung My Head” by Johnny Cash
“The Thing That Made You” by Dan Romer

Iconography from "Famous Objects From Classic Movies."
famousobjectsfromclassicmovies.com/

Footage from:
00:04 Boogie Nights
00:10 Sunset Boulevard
00:11 2001: A Space Odyssey
00:11 Black Swan
00:12 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
00:13 Inception
00:20 Ghostbusters
00:26 Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi
00:29 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
00:30 Ed Wood
00:43 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
00:46 Big
00:47 Rushmore
00:48 Gattaca
00:50 Pulp Fiction
00:50 The Hundred Foot Journey
00:51 The Hundred Foot Journey
00:52 Pulp Fiction
00:53 The Breakfast Club
00:54 Terminator 2
00:55 Boogie Nights
00:55 Money Ball
00:57 Whiplash
00:58 Saving Private Ryan
01:01 2001: A Space Odyssey
01:11 2001: A Space Odyssey
01:17 American Beauty
01:23 The Usual Suspects
01:25 Jurassic Park
01:28 Forrest Gump
01:31 Lawrence Of Arabia
01:35 The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring
01:38 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
01:40 The Bicycle Thief
01:42 The Maltese Falcon
01:47 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
01:50 The Dark Knight
01:53 The Dark Knight
01:59 Fight Club
02:03 Pulp Fiction
02:08 Rain Man
02:13 Mommie Dearest
02:18 Cast Away
02:24 Citizen Kane
02:31 The Red Balloon
02:36 Aliens
02:44 Blade Runner
02:58 Citizen Kane
03:03 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
03:06 Christmas Story
03:08 The Prestige
03:10 The Gods Must Be Crazy
03:17 Inception
03:20 The Prestige
03:23 Juno
03:25 Back To The Future Part II
03:27 Magnolia
03:30 The Red Balloon
03:34 The Sixth Sense
03:39 2001: A Space Odyssey
03:45 The Godfather
03:48 The Godfather Part II
03:49 The Godfather
03:51 The Godfather Part II
03:53 The Godfather
03:55 The Godfather
04:01 The Shining
04:11 Memento
04:19 Interstellar
04:29 Memento
04:41 Police Story
04:48 Pulp Fiction
04:56 Say Anything
04:59 The Godfather
05:05 The Shining
05:07 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
05:08 The Goonies
05:13 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
05:20 Batman
05:32 Pulp Fiction
05:40 Seven
05:47 Rear Window
05:53 Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Man From The South
06:01 The Untouchables
06:07 Fight Club
06:12 The Dark Knight
06:14 Back To The Future
06:17 Signs
06:20 Jurassic Park
06:24 Aliens
06:27 Jaws
06:33 It's A Wonderful Life
06:39 The Gold Rush
06:42 Office Space
06:45 Annie Hall
06:47 The Breakfast Club
06:48 The Breakfast Club
06:57 Mary Poppins
07:00 The Wizard Of Oz
07:03 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
07:07 The Shawshank Redemption
07:14 The Karate Kid
07:17 The Avengers
07:20 Superman: The Movie
07:22 The Manchurian Candidate
07:26 The Matrix
07:30 Jurassic Park
07:34 Saving Private Ryan
07:40 Dog Day Afternoon
07:42 The Apartment
07:44 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
07:48 The Shining
07:52 The Breakfast Club
07:54 Singin In The Rain
07:57 Mary Poppins
07:59 Taxi Driver
08:09 Scarface
08:11 Terminator 2
08:14 Dirty Harry
08:25 No Country For Old Men
08:31 Kingsman: The Secret Service
08:34 There Will Be Blood
08:37 Rear Window
08:41 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
08:43 Ghostbusters
08:44 The Shining
08:46 Titanic
08:48 Back To The Future Part II
08:50 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
08:54 Poltergeist
08:56 The Grand Budapest Hotel
08:58 The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring
09:01 Titanic
09:03 Citizen Kane
09:07 The Usual Suspects
10:01 Risky Business

“If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there.”
-Anton Chekhov

Full transcript can be found here: http://ift.tt/1LZsmDw

Cast: Rishi Kaneria

Tags: film props, props, supercut and video essay