good place to get cheap props for animal house parody
 

I have been thrown into a last minute production for a large corporation that is having a giant sales meeting in January. They typically have a theme and this year it is a "back to school" or "college" theme. They often kick off the show with a short movie (5-10 minutes max) and this year they want to use animal house as the film. This means we are working with with them to write a short script taking the funniest moments of animal house and making them fit their company. They are good at making fun of themselves and this always kicks off the 2-3 days training with a hoot.

The problem is I have been told to start gathering up props that would work in this environment. Fraternity looking props and stuff like that. I have always been the DP or the camera-man/editor. I have no knowledge of where to go for these items. We are probably going to start shooting January 2nd. So, with the holidays, I have to find some stuff quick. I am also going to be assisting on writing the scripts and producing/filiming/directing/editing most of it by myself. It is a lot to take on in a short time as I usually have worked with 2-3 other creative types with experience in all these areas and we usually split the load.

In addition this company has worked with a production company in the area in the past that has a full-time staff and studio and creative consultants plus more. They cost a lot more than what my firm is charging them but we still want to deliver a quality video for them.


Any ideas on where to find props? Any ideas on what props would work? Sorry to just throw this out there, but I have a ton of other stuff to do too and was hoping for some useful insight.

Thanks all.
Marty

How about any Goodwill, Thrift, Army Supply, or Halloween store? Golf clubs, laurels, white bed sheets, army helmets, uniforms etc.