Props log

Our props log ensures that we film without fearing we have forgotten any props. Within our short opening film we will need:

• Fake Blood

• White Bed Sheets

• A Knife

• 4 Mobile Phones

• Alarm Clock

• 3 Mirrors

• 2 Mascara’s

We need fake blood in our film to show the death of Scarlet. The blood will be smeared all over her chest and on her bed sheets. We wanted to use a lot of blood because we want to show the deep wound created by the knife and to show she will be bleeding a lot. We will also have the blood on the murder weapon, the knife,  to show that it was used to kill her. 

We are going to use white bed sheets,  as this will will emphasise the redness of the blood and you can see the juxtaposition of the blood and the plain bed sheets. White is also a pure colour which could signify her innocence, this will create sympathy for the audience as she did not deserve to die. The blood red colour could symbolise the sins of the murderer and the pure white sheets could show the oxymoron of Scarlet's innocence.

We are going to use a kitchen knife as the murder weapon. In the film the murderer will be holding the knife with blood all over the blade. We decided to use a knife as the murder weapon, because it is intrusive as it requires the killer to be up close to the victim. This was obviously easier than using a gun as a gun would be hard to come by and  fake gun would be hard to convey. With a gun you can use it from a distance, so it's less personal. Knives are also a common household item, so anybody could have one.

We will need four mobile phones because that is how we are going to communicate with each other, it also shows the modern times as we will be basing our movie in the future, it also shows the girls independence as they rely on each other and not a central house phone providing by their parents or guardians. 

We are planning on using a digital alarm clock as an alarm and a way to tell the time as it will tell Eva when to call Cassie and the other girls. 

We will have three mirrors, one for Scarlet, one for Riley (Abigail) and one for Cassie (Kimberley). Scarlet's mirror will have her dress hanging on it, Riley's mirror will be used to put her Mascara on and Cassie's mirror will also be used to put her mascara on. The mirrors are a way of continuing the scene, between the two changing of the characters.

We need two mascaras that will be visible in the shot because you see Cassie and Riley putting their mascara on. This is also how we are going to link their scenes, at the beginning of the film.