The Academy Of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation Presents:

Journeys Below the Line

Ideal for Production & Mass Communication Classes & Students Wanting to Enter the TV Business

Featuring primetime series and the people who create them, Journeys Below the Line captures, up close and personal, the realistic inner workings of the craft and technical jobs that are essential to the creation of successful television. Each program of the series illustrates an exciting creative career area by observing and interviewing top professionals. This Academy of Television Arts & Sciences produced series will take you deep inside the television industry where few have been privileged to visit. Incorporating exciting on-set production footage and insightful interviews with cast and crew, these powerful presentations will both enlighten and educate audiences around the country.

First Light CatalogueER - The PropMasters - goes behind-the-scenes of the multi-Emmy-winning show and NBC Television hit, ER to show the technically demanding job of prop masters Rick Kerns and Rick Ladomade and their crew. See a stunt scene of the collapse of a third floor balcony loaded with party goers and learn how a plastic BBQ and rubber beer cans made it safer for the stunt people. In a scene involving the birth of a baby, see the crew, dressed in scrubs, position and operate an animatronic baby while the scene is actually being filmed. Witness the construction and evolution of the prosthetic for the “pregnant” mother. Also learn how the prop people handle ordinary medical props such as name tags and stethoscopes and everyday items such as cell phones and pizzas.

Executive producer and director John Wells talks of the early days of ER and the challenges involved with building a complete emergency room’s worth of props. Cast members, the production designer, and heads of special effects and stunts emphasize the teamwork necessary to produce the fast-paced gritty reality of ER.

Comes complete with Bonus Material and a CD-ROM for Students and Faculty

  • Includes suggested curriculum material for television production courses currently taught in university and college Film/TV programs.
  • Includes outtakes and interviews with actors and other ER principals.

30 min. F1152DVD ……………………………… $79.00




It’s nice to recognize these artists, since people in “below-the-line” jobs seldom get much attention.

-Brian Lowry, Daily Variety, August 23, 2006