Props & Costumes

Here are the props and costumes we intend to use for our thriller film:

1. A car, preferably black, dark blue or any shade of colour that doesn’t draw attention to itself. As it is a car of an organised crime group it can’t be too flashy or too big but has to be considerably fast, to race away when there are any car chases from police or other gangs as they are criminals, and high horsepower because of the dead body and the amount of people in the car. As we decided to do our opening as a gangster type thriller, and these do tend to involve illegal activities like dumping a dead body in a remote and inhabited area, transportation is needed to do this so a car is suitable for the burying of the body. An example of a car that would be good to use for our thriller is a 1990 Bentley Turbo R. However we know that car would be unattainable. So realistically we would go for something fairly old, dark coloured and fast. Such as a 1999 Saab 93 sedan or 1999 BMW 528i.

1990 Bently Turbo R (above)

1999 BMW 528i (above)

1999 Saab Sedan (above)

2. A simple black body bag/ sack to contain the dead body; with thick, shiny plastic and the zippers. This murder is a crucial twist in the film so we thought it best to keep the identity of the body hidden as to convey a sense of mystery and wonderment to the audience. Also, this was an organised murder instead of an impulsive, accidental murder so the body bag, location of burial, transportation is already arranged. Therefore the body bag is necessary to show the level of preparation in the removal of this person and the importance in which the dead person is to the narrative of the thriller.

3. Something to be the dead body e.g.: pillows/ rolled-up duvet/ sand/ punch bag. Probably the punch bag would be the best option, as it is heavy enough to make a sound and for the actors to have some difficulty carrying it.

4. Cigarettes and Zippo lighters. Zippo lighters used to give the characters in the opening a more sophisticated look and impression of higher status (working for one of the biggest gangs). Shows importance to the dead body because if the people burying the dead guy is using a Zippo lighter, and Zippo lighters are linked to higher profiled personal, than the person being buried must be important.

5. Desk is needed as we have included in the opening a gang leader and he will be in his office. Maybe a mahogany desk that’s quite wide, something that’s grand and sophisticated that reflects the characteristic of the man on the desk. He is a gang leader of significant age so his sense of style wood be a bit old fashioned and hints of tradition; so maybe a darker rather than lighter shade of brown.

6. Big chair that is most probably made of leather to correspond with the mahogany desk.

7. Lamp is the source of the lighting in the office as we will be doing some chiaroscuro lighting - this could connote mystery and sinicism to the audience and also give the idea that this man is not a good guy.

8. Slated blinds behind the desk so light shines in from outside of the room, to create a thrillerish look to the scene.

Costumes: Smart clothes and overcoats for the gangsters e.g. dark suits and dark trench coats.

These are what would be ideal, and what we hope we can get hold of, but we know that we may have to make slight changes to the props and/or costumes.