Needless to say, it was a slow month, work wise - I did get to do two commercials. One for a trendy fruit drink which involved building sets upside down to accomodate puppeteers who used their arms as their legs - need I say more? Should be a very interesting spot.
Then another spot for a pharmaceutical to boost men's virility - And I'm not talking Viagra. So two very different jobs.
The fruit drink job involved small 3/4 size sets to accomodate puppets to be dressed as fruit. As mentioned, they stand upright, but their hands are their legs.
If I didn't feel pressure to earn a living, I might have been glad to have spent most of the month at home and not out fighting the elements - snow, ice storms and all around nasty weather.
Most of the work for the Pharm job involved looking online for appropriate couches and chairs - It was a quickie. I was hired on a friday for a shoot the following monday - It's amazing how quickly one can gather props these days without even getting up from one's chair and computer -
Lots of quick searches on West Elm, Pottery Barn and Bridge Props
Bridge Props, a teriffic new york prop house ( located in Williamsburg Brooklyn ) that has all of it's inventory well photographed and on line - I have never had the need to enter the actual prop house - Virtual visits are all it takes. -
One finds a magnificant selections of sofas, chairs, tables, case pieces etc along with an impressive selection of cleared artwork - Cleared being the operative word since artwork is a very sensitive issue when being placed in a commercial, film or television sets.
Matt Hennessy's Bridge Props has certainly proven to be a game changer in the world of set decorating. He was the first to comprehensively set up a virtual furnture prop house, in New York at least.
The selection of furnishings at Bridge is impressive and stylish. From the modern furniture selections - the Eames, the Corbus the Barcelonas - to more traditional fare - Crate & Barrel sofas, George Smith knock offs and the like- He's got it all covered -
Bridge keeps everything in pristine condition so you never have to worry about something arriving dirty or in poor condition.
All in all a fantastic selection, and a pleasure to deal with.
The other amazing thing is that he has quantities of pieces - So if you need to decorate a hotel lobby, for example, there are a dozen matching leather sofas. And I happened to notice he has 306 matching french style dining chairs - Perfectly suited for an elegant restaurant set or maybe a wedding.
I definitely give Bridge Props two thumbs up.
