The professional study of prop money.
A modern learning center for filmmakers, creators, prop departments, photographers, brands, and event teams who need money scenes to look right.
Understand the medium before you build the scene.
PMA 101 explains what professional prop money is, how different products serve different shots, and why responsible use belongs in every production plan.
What Is Prop Money?
Uses, product types, camera distance, volume, and selection basics.
The Complete Prop Money Guide
Compare Close-Up, RealAged®, Full Print, and custom bills—with a new 30-second video lesson.
Responsible Use & Compliance
Watch the new 33-second lesson, then review the complete guide to lawful, responsible production use.
Move from knowledge to direction.
Choose a course by the decision in front of you: how the money will be photographed, where it will be used, or how it should be customized.
Camera & Scene Craft
Build believable frames with the right product, quantity, placement, lighting, movement, and camera distance.
Camera Testing Prop Money Before a Shoot
Run a repeatable camera test and approve the bills, handling, and final crop for each shot.
Building Bags, Briefcases, Safes & Cash Tables
Measure, build, rehearse, and reset bags, cases, safes, and cash tables for the planned action.
Production Use Cases
Apply the craft to film, television, music videos, photography, commercials, and creator-led productions.
Prop Money for Commercials & Advertising
Plan campaign cash from the creative brief through product styling, alternate crops, and final approvals.
Prop Money for Prop Masters & Set Decorators
Build a department workflow for cash kits, inventory, multiple units, resets, and pickups.
Crime, Bank & Evidence Scenes
Track the money’s story across bank, crime, and evidence scenes with a practical continuity matrix.
Custom Currency
Direct a custom bill with artwork, portraits, denominations, serials, branding, QR codes, and invisible UV details.
Designing Fictional Currency for Film & TV
Design a denomination family and prepare its artwork, proofs, story details, and production handoff.
Fast answers for decisions made before the camera rolls.
Direct, practical references for quantity planning, product comparison, scene preparation, and scale.
