THE FILMMAKER’S GUIDE
Prop money,explained for the lens.
How music videos, crews, and photographers put cash on camera without putting real currency on set. Read the guide here. Buy the stacks at CasaNarco when the shot is real.
- What a music video is allowed to do with fake cash.
- Why slow motion exposes party-store bills.
- How many stacks a briefcase actually needs.
- Which picture to order, and which one to skip.
Prop only. Not legal tender. For film, photo, training, and media.
- Film sets
- Music videos
- Thumbnails
- Photography
- Period pieces
- Training tables
- Full print
- Aged stacks
- New series
- Briefcases
START HERE
Three questions productions actually search.
The legal line on a music video, what 4K slow motion does to cheap paper, and how many stacks a briefcase really needs. Read those. The buy button is CasaNarco, when you already know the shot.
GUIDE 01 · LEGAL · 8 min
The legal guide to using fake money in music videos
The camera is allowed to see cash. The trouble starts when somebody treats the prop like money. This is the production version of that line, not a law-school memo.
GUIDE 02 · CAMERA · 7 min
How to make prop cash look realistic in 4K slow motion
Slow motion is a lie detector. 4K just gives it a better witness. The fix is not a closer print of a real bill. The fix is paper, light, and which sheet you let the lens see.
GUIDE 03 · BREAKDOWN · 6 min
Prop breakdown: how many stacks do you need to fill a briefcase?
The case is the prop. The stacks are the costume. You fill what the lens can see, and you stop when the lid still closes.
THE GUIDE
A page for every part of the job.
Scenes, stills, the rate card, camera notes, set rules, and the legal line each live on their own URL. Start anywhere. They link back.
- READGuidesLegal, camera, and briefcase notes for the searches productions actually type.
- CALL SHEETScenesSix shots prop money gets hired for, each with its own page and its own order.
- COLLECTIONStillsProduct photos from CasaNarco: the wall, the case, the duffel, the doorstop.
- RATE CARDStacksThe insert, the table, the briefcase picture, and the aged million. List prices.
- LENSCameraFull print where the focus lives. Blank filler in the middle of the brick.
- PROPSet rulesOrders that blow a take, and who on a crew is actually allowed to touch the paper.
- CALL SHEETFAQWhat it is, what is legal to buy, and where the checkout actually lives.
- PROP ONLYLegalNot legal tender. Not a payment. The short rule, then the long music-video guide.