Props Justification

Props Justification

 

Props that are going to be used:

Torch: Focus on specific parts of the bodies that have been injured - close ups of the injuries but the torch is the only light seen, creating tension and mystery because of the low lighting.

Table: For Laura to lie on as this is where she is seen as being dead.

Rope: May use rope to be surrounding the person showing how they are trapped as have no power, use of a high angle shot here to hint how much power the antagonist has.

 

Newspaper: To add a modern twist and create tension by cutting out the letters to spell 'death' and other dark words.

 

Why are the props typical in a thriller genre?The props that we are going to use is typical of a thriller genre and they show meaning of being trapped and can control what people do. The knife and the torch are used in a typical thriller genre as knives are used for violence and the torch creates mystery so identity's are hidden making it more suspicious which will build up suspense for the audience.

Through the use of props that we are going to be using it will give off a message of how dangerous the place that they are in actually is and the mystery will hide identities and the story of what actually happened so the audience has to work it out for themselves which will keep them interested in watching the thriller.

The props that are going to be shown are violent so it will represent the antagonist by being threatening to anyone else that they see as they will be unsafe. As well as having hidden identities the location will not be shown so again the sense of hidden parts to the thriller that will not be revealed and not all questions will be answered. Therefore the props being as violent as they are will make the setting seem worse than it is as it would look run down and come across as a dangerous area to be.

In our opening we are not going to be using a lot of props as we want it to be naturalistic instead of using too many props to cover up the story of what is happening, as well as showing acting.