We were originally going to have a multitude of props and extra’s for our two minute piece. But going through the storyboards and looking over our idea’s we realised that we didn’t really have a budget for this piece and neither the time or organization to get hold of everything that we first thought we would use. We also decided that the piece would be better if we kept it as minimalistic as possible.
Props
Knife – This was originally going to be a gun but we felt that a knife would be more believable as the stalkers chosen weapon as it is more accesible. We then could also create more danger and tension building season’s with the knife. We were originally going to get hold of a fake plastic knife from a joke shop or fancy dress shop to use as the stalkers weapon but we felt it didn’t look believable enough on camera. We took a responsible approach to using a real kitchenknife, making sure the knife was blunt and the actor playing the stalker was not carrying it or had it hidden within his clothing during any running scenes. We also took the actors through a step by step guide of where to land and how to hold the knife during the scene’s, rehearsing without and then with the knife at a slow pace multiple times.
Using this prop didn’t cost us anything as it was an old basic kitchen knife from my own home.
Fake Blood – Luckily there is a local fancy dress shop in my town so before filming i headed down there to see if they supplied any fake blood. As we filmed at around February/march time the first time not many place’s supplied fake blood as they only generally supply it near Halloween. Luckily i had known the owner from a young age and they had one bottle left of their private store and explaining that i was using it for my Media Studies project she offered it to me free of charge on the basis i returned what we hadn’t used and also offered to lend us anything else we may need. This was very handy as no members of the group had £5 to buy the bottle. As it was gel based special effects blood it helped to create a really good effect of dripping when it came to nose bleed’s and slit throats. It also came out really well on camera even though we eventually turned the edit into black and white. This was also a safety hazard as one of the actor’s skins was slightly irritated by it.
Drugs/Pills – We also managed to get these free of charge as we were filming at the brickmaker’s, which luckily we got permission to film in. We originally going to use paracetamol for this part as they were a pill type of drug. There was a health and safety issue there as if we had to film the scene multiple times the actor would be in-taking to many of the drugs and could have severe reactions to it such as over dosing. Instead we decided to use tic-tacs as these were white and pill shaped and would not effect the actor if we had to redo the shots. Luckily the bar staff were happy to give us a packet free of charge.
Mobile Phones - For these scenes we just used the actors mobile phones that they had with them. This was quite handy as the two mobile phones used in the piece were latest models and particularly the blackberry worked well as when we were trying to show an incoming call from certain people the screen was large enough for the camera to pick up who it was that was calling. This also helped us to keep the technology up to date and in the modern times.
Smoking implements - Karly, Danni and the stalker all smoked in our piece so we felt it important to show stuff you would use to roll cigarettes on the table where the two girls are sitting. The people smoking in the film smoked in general so we didn't have to force an actor in to doing something they didn't want to or find another person who did. We had the two girls smoking because most teenagers smoke whilst drinking due to such things as peer pressure. We also wanted the characters to seem quite rebellious. We had Rizzlas, Filters, a lighter and a puch of tobacco sitting on the table next to Karly. Wallet - We also had a wallet placed next to Karly as it would then make sense as people don't buy drinks at a pub without money. The style of Karly's wallet was bright and wacky which also helped to portray elements of Karly's character. This is not the exact design of Karly's wallet but very similar Glass of Coke - For the drink we bought a glass of coke to use from the bar. We decided on coke as it is a dark liquid that's often mixed with alcohol so it would hide the pills. we were originally going to use a Malibu and lemonade as the actor playing Karly (myself) is 18 and legal to drink but we thought it wasn't a good idea to use alcohol whilst filming. Also the drink would be to clear and you would clearly be able to see there were drugs in the drink then and we wanted it to look like the drugs were hidden from Karly so she didn't notice she had drank them. Technology For this piece we used hardly any technology apart from a hand held camera. We decided not to use a tripod as we wanted the whole piece to be quite jerky and not straight shots so filmed all of it by holding the camera in our hands.
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