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Sets
The Outside Man of the property department has charge of the buying of special props not kept in stock, such as: real groceries, cigars and cigarettes, window shades, materials used in the drapery department, etc. He also has charge of the renting of special props not kept in stock, such as: women's clothing, beautiful shawls, lingerie, real jewelry, etc.
The qualifications are: thorough knowledge of the city and of where all necessary props may be purchased or rented; knowledge of what props are kept in stock in the studio and in the prop houses; ability to move and think quickly. The salary ranges from $60.00 to $75.00 per week.
The Set Dressers specialize in the dressing of sets. Their work is very important, because the naturalness, picturesqueness and beautiful composition of sets depend upon their ability.
A set dresser may be told to dress a slum scene in the morning and a church in the afternoon. Frequently he has to carry on the work of dressing two widely different sets, e. g., a street scene and a battleship, at the same time. Not only does he have to dress the sets correctly but he also must dress them in accordance with the ideas of the art director, of the director, of the technical director, of the cameraman, and sometimes of even the star of the picture. Often, when others make mistakes in ordering his work changed, he receives the blame; when he achieves a beautiful set dressing, he receives only hurried praise.
The qualifications are: knowledge of interior decorating; knowledge of photographic requirements; knowledge of period settings and of modes of living in foreign countries; knowledge of picture landscape gardening, i. e., the construction of artificial gardens, flower beds, lawns, etc. The salary ranges from $50.00 to $100.00 per week.
The Property Men are assigned to the various "shooting companies" for each picture.
The Chief Property Man, working for a picture unit, is called the company property man. Before the picture is started he is given a script, from which he makes a list of all the wor\ing props, i. e.,
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