So today I'm going to talk about how geography is present in the props used in film. As you probably know props are neccessary in all films. They come in all shapes and sizes. Guns, furniture, jewellery etc. These props are usually made of cheaper materials than they actually would have been made of if the film were real. For instance if you had a film that featured a large diamond the film company would buy a glass diamond instead of buying a real diamond which would cost a lot more. Other popular substitutes include wood, plastic, styro-foam and other plastics. However, what people don't realise is that without geography these materials wouldn't exist. Plastic is made from refined crude oil which was created under the floor of the ocean in sedimentary rock through thousands of years of intense heat and pressure. This is just one example. A more direct example is wood. Wood comes from either coniferous or deciduous trees which have been holding soil together, producing oxygen and keeping our planet going for countless years. Wood is easy to find and is great for making objects which is why it is a popular prop material. If you think about it each and every prop has ancestry in geography. A few examples of famous props are dorothy's red shoes from "The wizard of Oz"and the Darth Vader helmet from the "Star Wars" saga. Below is the famous Wilson ball from the movie "cast away" starring tom hanks.
