In visual media products there are things called props, items which are used on set. These props can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes going from chewing gum to a laptop.
Below is a media product which uses one of the props that's going to be in our film... A phone, enjoy!
This scene uses a modern phone as it is set in the modern day the phone belongs to the character present and it works in the scene as its a modern hotel building. If the phone was old it wouldn't fit well within the scene.
In our product we will be using very few props.
One of those props is a telephone.
The phone is going to be an old fashioned telephone like the one above. The old fashioned phone will give off a creepy effect because a modern mobile phone doesn't give off the same creepy effect. The old phone gives an impression that the location has been abandoned for a long time. The protagonist will be dressed in KFC uniform which is associated with working class where as an old fashioned telephone is associated with high class people. This shows that the protagonist is out of his comfort zone as it isn't something he'd be used to working with. The phone colour will be brown because the film is a thriller we don't want any bright colours that could change the tone of the film to being less serious. The colour brown will be effective as it has connotations to death and decay for example, rust is brown and dead leaves are brown; this ties into the mood of the film as it adds to the other elements of mise-en-scene that are dismal. The phone resembles the character which in the film we will be creating this phones resembles the protagonist, Uptight as it is posh and fancy but decayed as it is old.
A person with an iPhone can be seen following the crowd and mainstream but also sophisticated as the product is all about the look and performs well. Now an Android user could be seen as quite pedantic as they are very much about what their phone can do or that they are quite relaxed and chilled as their phone can do many things or they are not fortunate as they have a phone that can be fairly cheap compared to apple products.
If we were to use a mobile phone like this then it wouldn't fit the the setting we wish to use. It would stand out and look out of place which would ruin the whole feel of the film.
A person with an iPhone can be seen following the crowd and mainstream but also sophisticated as the product is all about the look and performs well. Now an Android user could be seen as quite pedantic as they are very much about what their phone can do or that they are quite relaxed and chilled as their phone can do many things or they are not fortunate as they have a phone that can be fairly cheap compared to apple products.
If we were to use a mobile phone like this then it wouldn't fit the the setting we wish to use. It would stand out and look out of place which would ruin the whole feel of the film.
Another prop will be a mirror as it is essential to the plot of the film.
The mirror will be a long mirror because this way when the camera is pointing towards the mirror we will be able to get all of the characters in and their outfits. This will enable us to show off all the features that we want. We can also play around with the lighting on the mirror to give it more of a creepy effect. The mirror will be dirty and dusty because this way it will look much creepier and give the location a more abandoned look. It will also add to the rough look of the character.
If we were to use this mirror then again it would ruin the feel of the setting. We need it to look dark and dirty and if we used a fancy mirror it would ruin the whole look.
Another prop is a lamp as it brings atmosphere to the setting
The tall lamp will be dusty because we need the location to look like it has been abandoned for a long time. The brightness of the bulb in the lamp will be low because we need low key lighting in the room because we want the lighting to give off an intense and creepy look. Also we don't want the features of the characters to be shown too brightly because we want the low key lighting to give an impression that the character has a dark side.
If we were to use this lamp it would completely ruin the whole set. It wouldn't work at all and would change the whole feel the film and may even become a slightly comical which would wreck our film.
If we were to use this lamp it would completely ruin the whole set. It wouldn't work at all and would change the whole feel the film and may even become a slightly comical which would wreck our film.
The next post will be research on storyboards.
