Wow, this is great (and very comprehensive). I remember being really intrigued years ago when I stumbled on "The Cars of Tintin" [1] (one of my favourite comics as a kid). The vehicles in Tintin were beautifully drawn and the attention to detail was exquisite.
Someone also did a "Planes of Tintin" [2].
I wonder if anyone has done "Internet movie plane database"? If so, I hope someone can post a good link as an appendix to the OP...
I love that site. I first found it when I googled a license plate from an IT Crowd episode, which led me to another movie (love and other disasters) where the exact same car was used:
Are the DMV records public in many states? It seems like you could feed a corpus of video into a license plate scanning algorithm and lookup make/model from DMV records, if available. Presumably, that would be more accurate than trying to recognize the vehicle from appearance (either manually or using machine learning).
Movies are often shot on private lots. There is no requirement that a vehicle actually be registered and be using a real valid license plate unless it is driven on public roads. (at least in the US)
I would be curious if that database is public, though.
One of the cars my family owns. (We've had a few old cars over the years appear in TV series or background of movie shots; never managed to land a "hero car" role for any of them.) Only one made the database, which was surprising to me that it made it as it was a background shot, not at all critical to the movie.
This is cool as can be, especially the "custom cars" section. There are a few in there I worked on but I helped build most of this one when I was around 16 years old...
It was a 25th anniversary edition. And I say was because they actually wrecked the real car for the movie (instead of using a replica). Such a shame...
I'm wondering where all these props end up after movie is done. There is so many things usually get created from costumes to props even in average movie which usually get disappear. Wouldn't it be good startup that works with producers to collect all these material and puts in some online shop? It doesn't have to be for fans for specific movie. For example, if I wanted shoes, I can just look up that website to see if anything used in movie is available in my size. It reduces burden of finding cool stuff on customer part.
Someone also did a "Planes of Tintin" [2].
I wonder if anyone has done "Internet movie plane database"? If so, I hope someone can post a good link as an appendix to the OP...
[1] - http://dardel.info/tintin/indexE.html
[2] - http://angeldustandbones.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/a-guide-to-...