The most important prop we need for our film is a double headed penny. We plan on using this for the lucky object that brings Sarah good luck throughout the narrative. We purchased the penny online and believed that it would be suitable as it is unique.
The other items we need for our short film includes:
-Ipod
-Money
-Phone
-Necklace
These are our potential items:
We plan on using these items to depict that Leah is a thief in our film, by having them laid out on her bed and covered by her. We plan on using these props to convey to the audience what Leah is like and how their friendship has been ruined as a result of this.
Here are the props we used for this scene:
We also plan to use a phone in order to convey to the audience further luck of the penny. We plan on using the mobile phone to enable Sarah to have a conversation with her mum about the stolen money. We also plan to use it to convey to the audience that the penny is lucky, as we want Sarah to throw the phone on the floor in order to enable the penny to fix it, to convey its luck. The phone will also be important as it will allow us to move the narrative forward. We plan on Sarah leaving a voice mail on Leah's phone in order to bring Sarah to realisation that Leah stole from her.
Here is the prop in several scenes:
We also plan on using coins at the beginning of the film in order to emphasise that Dorothy enjoys coin collecting. This will allow us to inform the audience subliminally that coins, and in particular one lucky penny, will play an important role in our film.
Here is a shot of the actresses using these props:
Costumes-
We want our characters to represent average and stereotypical females. Therefore we have planned the outfits of our characters to reflect their ages and personalities to make the characters believable and relatable.
Sarah Brown (aged 18) (Annabelle Derham)-
We want Sarah to be relatable to our female audience by having her outfit reflect a typical 18 year old girl's. This jumper and leggings is something that an average college girl would wear- therefore it is perfect for her character.
Leggings:
Jumper:
We also want to make sure that Sarah as a child is also relatable, particularly to our younger audience viewing our film. Leggings, a cardigan and a simple top work perfectly in creating this impression as it conveys simplicity that would be expected of someone this age.
Leggings:
Cardigan:
Top:
Leah Jones (Rebecca Nightingale)-
Similar to Sarah's outfit, we want Leah to be dressed similar to that of an average 18 year old girl, the main purpose of the chosen outfits is to ensure that our characters are relatable and that the outfit chosen reflects the kind of individual wearing the clothes. The combination of the leggings, cardigan and top portray Leah's personality and age which is necessary for our film.
Leggings:
Cardigan:
Top:
Dorothy Venson (Mary Wilson)-
By choosing leggings and a jumper we hope to convey to the audience that Dorothy is Sarah's Grandmother. We believe this outfit choice will reflect that she is an average Grandmother, as it implies her age and personality.
Leggings:
Jumper:
Lucy Jones (Jessica Venson):
We want Lucy to be portrayed as Leah's older sister, so we decided to chosen leggings and a with a cardigan and jumper to convey her age and personality. We believe by choosing this kind of clothing we will make Lucy a realistic character that our potential audience would understand, find believable and relatable, if of similar age.
Top and Cardigan:
Leggings:
