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.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14