Planning-Props

We decided to use a minimal amount of props in our film as we wanted to keep a minimalistic and realistic element to our trailer as it would heighten fear. As we are using teenage character we didn't want to give them lots of props as we knew this wouldn't be realistic of the stereotypical teenage. Therefore we decided to use the following:

Car: We incorporated a car scene into our trailer as it conveyed the concept of a chase and the long shot of Sean jumping in front of the car reflected the danger of this chase. We will put the car scene in montage which is important and it was fast paced and matched this convention for our horror/thriller genre. This was also an element I decided would be good to use as I saw it in my research of the Die Hard.

Candles: We have decided to use a set of candles that will be placed in the shape of "18/02" as this is the title of our film. We are using these as it shows the title of our film in a unique and dynamic way and they will also be blown out. Being blown out also forebodes the fact that the characters in our film may also not have the best ending, heightening the fear of our trailer.

Silk Costume: As we are creating a spirit/ghost we had to think of a way of showing this character in our trailer without losing the element of fear that could be lost if the character didn't actually look like a ghost. To overcome this we acquired a silk costume which is very effective as it completely covers the character as looks like the dark figure that is often associated with ghosts. This realism was a feature I saw in my research of Oujia.

 Rope- Lastly we will use a rope which was a key prop essential for our shot of India being hung as we will create a fake noose. The prop will be so effective as it creates a sense of realism and therefore had genuine connotations of danger and death. We also got the idea of using a death from hanging from our research of Oujia where the narrative is based around the suicide from hanging.