Transit Maps: prop

Fantasy Map: Washington, DC/Baltimore Rail Map from “The 100” TV Series

February 1, 2016

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Via: aaronginsburg: The 100 – S3 – Behind-the-Scenes In case it wasn’t already clear, our Props Dept. is incredible. Here is a close up of Roan’s map of tunnels and hideouts – an old subway map. Look closely, you can find clues to the greater world… A “near future” combined DC/Baltimore rail transit map from the TV series “The 100″. Looks like the Wyman design of the DC map won the day when WMATA and […]

Fantasy Map: London Underground Map from “The Escapist”

November 5, 2012

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Here’s another transit map made as a prop for a film, but with considerably more style and skill that the weird alternate universe DC Subway map for “Leverage” featured a while ago. At first glance, this prop – made for the 2008 film, “The Escapist” – looks like an exact replica of Harry Beck’s unusual and short-lived 1941 London Underground diagram, which uses 30- and 60-degree angles and “Olympic Ring” style station interchanges. Everything is […]