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Typewriter Production Services
One hero machine or an entire office. Brief us with the scene, period, country and camera action. We can select, prepare, source and support the typewriters around the production.
A prop that has to type is still a machine.
Our advantage is that the prop department and the workshop can speak directly.
What we can support
- Hero machines for close-up use
- Background and set-dressing machines
- Working props prepared for actors
- 10-20+ coordinated machines
- Period and country selection
- Keyboard layouts and language
- Machines prepared for repeated takes
- Matching or near-matching backups
- Custom colours and finishes
- Sourcing through trusted specialist networks
- Actor familiarisation
- Ribbons, paper and consumables
- On-set technician
- Art-department technical coordination
- Emergency repair or replacement planning
Example
Madrid, 1968. Newspaper office. Twenty desks. Spanish machines. Three actors typing on camera. One hero machine for close-ups. Four shooting days.
From that brief we can propose the visual mix, hero machines, background set, backups, preparation, transport and technical support.
Redundancy for important scenes
Primary / Hero Typewriter
The machine intended for camera, actor use or close-up action.
Prepared Backup
A second machine prepared as closely as practical so the production does not stop because an old mechanism develops a problem.
Quick request
Tell us what you are planning
You can keep this brief. We will ask for anything else we need before preparing a quotation.