The property man is the one who has to see that the details of a picture are correct; that if the hero has a handkerchief showing in his pocket when he walks out of one scene, he has it when he walks into the next, and so on.
When you realize that a picture is usually taken location by location and set by set, instead of in the natural order of the scenes, you can realize how important it is to have some one check up on all the details.
Courtesy W. W. Hodkinson Corporation.
Getting a Comedy Close-up for a Laugh.
In this scene, where detail of expression is important, the big reflector is brought close to the subject and held in place by the property man, whose head is just outside the “camera angle.”
Courtesy Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.
A “Location” Where Reflectors Are Essential.
Under the big trees of a forest there is never very much illumination for quick photography, and reflectors to throw additional light on the actors’ faces are doubly important.