Location and Props

Location:

When looking for a location I had a very specific image in mind. I pictured a big house with a large drive and lots of different rooms to film in. The house also had to look like it was in a respectable area and preferably has lots of space so we could film from different angles and get a wide variety of shots. The perfect house I knew of that fit this brief perfectly was my uncle’s house. He agreed to let us use his house, which was one major battle over with. We discussed what days we preferred to film on and then discussed it further with my uncle until we found a day that worked well for us as a whole team.

Props:

After looking into our idea and finding our location it was time to decide what props we would use in our thriller. Although we did not need any big props we did need lots of smaller ones that added extra touches and pieced the story together these included:
1. Homework books and a pencil case for when the daughter is doing her homework in the opening shots.
2. A small box for the pictures at the back of the wardrobe.
3. The actual Polaroid pictures of the girls, at least 7 different girls.
4. Computer for her to use google in the closing shots.
5. Dining room tables and chairs
6. Car for the father to pull up outside the house in the opening shot
Most of these props were easy to come across and I was able to make sure they were at the location before filming day. However, the Polaroid pictures caused a problem, as we could not get hold of a Polaroid camera. We discussed just using a digital camera however felt like the use of this particular type of picture would add something to the piece and did not want to leave it out. Finally I was able to track down an old Polaroid camera from a family member and we could go ahead with the idea. After i had found the camera i went out with ashley and we took pictures of the girls for the project. This was the only time I felt like we did not necessarily work well together as a team as I felt like it was put on me to get a camera and pay for the film. This is something I would reconsider if I were to do this project again.


Shanice x