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Props, graphics & clearance · Working

Practical prop

ELI5

A prop that performs a real mechanical, electrical or functional action on camera.

Used in conversation

“Prepare the practical prop for the next design review.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Practical prop” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.

Connected terms

  • PropPractical prop is a narrower kind of Prop.
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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.