Prop decisions

Prop decisions

 Tom Peacock
 

Props are essential for any thriller film especially in ours. As you've already seen from the storyboard we will need various props, which we will use to create effect throughout our thriller opening.

 

Below is a list of the props we expect to use, how we will get them and also in what way it will compliment our thriller opening.

 

- Interview table & chairs

- Light (With switch)

- Fake Knife

- Rope

 

Interview table and chairs

The table and chairs used in the interview room should be standard make, nothing special and easy to obtain. We plan to use one of the black rooms at college to film the interview scenes in and we know they will have a table and a couple of chairs there already.

 

 

Light

The light will be used throughout the interview scenes and will also link into our lighting decisions. The light will need to have a switch on it as it's one of our shots. The light should also be on a stand.

 

 

Knife

Bringing a knife into any film carries it's health and safety risks to therefore we will be using a fake knife, which doesn't look like a real knife therefore wont alarm any of the public. The knife will be fairly short and will also be brown in colour, with the blade being silver. Using this prop will help us put across the realism of the murder scene and make our thriller opening more realistic.

 

 

 

 Rope (Zip tie)

The rope will also be used in the opening interview scenes. It will only be shown in 2 of the shots and for the rest of the time it will be hidden. The rope should look like typical rope you'd imagine however we must make sure we don't tie the antagonists hands up too tight because it could cause the rope to cut into his skin.

 

 

All of these props will be brought in through our group. We will need to make sure that the Knife doesn't cause any alarm with the general public when we are filming. As well as this we also need to make sure that the lamp doesn't get damaged while it's being transported.