Props

For this section, credit should go to Ed as his was the responsibility of completing the planning for this area, though we had discussed the initial ideas on props as a team for reasons being that we had to agree on specifics so that our opening sequence represents a joint effort. I made a list of any other props I feel that may be important below the highlighted areas (which Ed had originally typed up in his own blog, allowing me to present the ideas in a fashion better suited to my own writing. Anything formatted in italics is quoted directly from him).

Here, I have provided the props and explanations as to why we need them for our opening sequence, which Ed and I had discussed. The overall purpose to include certain props is to create a verisimilitude of conventional gang locations in thrillers for our opening scene, enhancing the understanding of the narrative for the audience's benefit.

In the scene which the gang introduces the father's message to the son, Ed and I will require a cheap, sturdy mobile phone which will resemble a 'burner' phone so that the voicemail, significant to the reveal of the father's reasoning can be provided. The phone plays a large role in the plot of our opening sequence as it contains the final message of the leader of the Hungarian mob to his son, Ivan. After receiving the phone, Ivan listens to the voicemail, hoping to uncover what happened to his father, as well as how he should go about running the mob.

We will likely purchase one of these phones as they are relatively cheap and can be bought without additional payments or contracts. However, ideally, we would need the phone to be able to receive calls, as the sequence ends with my character listening to a voicemail, though it is likely that Ed actually owns one of these phones which would mean that we will not have to purchase one. In the case that the phone cannot receive calls or messages, the solution may be that we use a separate audio recording.

Also in the same scene, our characters Tony A and Tony B will be sat on disposable chairs such as the one on the left, in a large, empty space only surrounded by some additional gang members. This is important for us to achieve because Ed and I had discussed that we should try and differentiate the two Tonys as much as possible. The solution for this is, having them sitting as this would contrast with the standing gang members. Ed luckily owns some chairs similar to what is pictured on the right.

Any additional props we should need, according to our storyboard is:

• Table
• Used for Tony A to stand on in the scene in which he is shooting.
• Toy gun (we can spray paint black)
• Used for the scene in which Tony A is shooting carelessly on top of the table.
• Rope or chain
• Used for the scene in which Tony B stretches it between his gloved hands as a form of threat.