PROPS AND COSTUMES

Why are props and costumes used:

Props and costumes in productions of movies and television shows to make the narrative more realistic for the
demographic. In which the tone is being portrayed depends on the genre of the production and how the
camerawork and editing uses this effectively. For example my genre is thriller and this is how we used our props
effectively and what we used:
Costume:

Why was it used?

How was It used effectively

to fit the conventions of my
genre?

Trim laced black

leather gloves

It was used to hide all identity of the

only character in our shots- however
the audience cant connote how
many people wear the gloves at
different times as theirs no evidence
to support more than one or just one
character.

It was used effectively to

create enigma on the
audience, however left
little subliminal messages
that the character was a
female due to the
denotations of the lace trim
on the gloves- causing
counter-hegemonic
reading.

Plain black
hooded cotton
jumper

I decided to use a plain black hooded

jumper as it leaves no evidence to
the gender or any information about
my main character.
Whereas other materials can lead
one gender in particular.

My having the hooded

jumper over sized from the
actor it doesnt give away
the figure of the character
allowing the gender have
the character to remain
unknown- allowing tension
and mystery (enigma ) to
build up for the peek of the
film.

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Props:

Why was it used?

How was It used effectively to fit

the conventions of my genre?

Darkroom Images

I used the school supplies

of the darkroom to
produce these images,
connoting that our
character was smart has
he/she has perfected the
skill, connoting the length
of time he or her have
been doing this.

This was used within a large

use of close ups of different
photos in different situations
to contrast what is happening
on screen, allowing
significance importance to
what the picture holds within
it which may past target
audiences eye.

Builder or
hardware tools

These were used to

portray and connote the
sinister tone to my
production. Also creating a
counter-hegemonic
reading due to the
stereotypical contrast of
our suspected female
character working with
tools.

Lighting and variety of shots

were used with these props.
Lighting was used connote
harsh tone in the harsh low
key lighting and a rare flare of
light reflection of a metal
signifying the importance
attracting the audiences
eyes. The large about of shots
used are all aimed on props,
leaving subliminal messages
to the re-strict narrative.

Heart

One of the props used was

a heart, we used this to
really explicitly portray
the sinister tone we are
trying to connote to the
demographic.

The heart was used in a close

up shot, exposing all the parts
and detail of the heart,
causing enigma and even
making the audience uneasy,
this makes the shot really
powerful as it infers the
genre.

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Props:

Why was it used?

How was It used effectively to fit

the conventions of my genre?

Newspaper- with
the murder
storylines and
headings

The shots using these

props are shown in the
beginning allowing the
audience to easily and
quickly signify the genre
as, crime thriller.

I believe that these props

have a great importance to
our production as people have
difficulty in telling apart horror
from thriller therefore the use
of these props are significant.

Purple ripped
teddy with dirt
and fake blood

This again leaves

subliminal messages in a
counter-hegemonic
reading of our character
being a female, with the
anti-stereotype of dirty
and bloody state of the
soft toy.

This toy was used in a number

of shots, one including the
stabbing of the toy, signifying
the emotional fragile state
triggered which can be
inferred and linked to a lash of
females

Props or Costume:

Owner (whos responsibility to get the

prop)

Builder or hardware tools

Sophie, Jessica and Bobby

Leather gloves

Sophie

Plain black over sized hoody

Jessica

Purple ripped teddy

Jessica

Darkroom

Jessica

Heart

Jessica

Newspapers

Sophie and Jessica.