Luck Out

Our Radio Trailers

We decided due to the nature of our film we would create two radio spots, this is as after creating one using a male voice we realised as our film is a family / film for teenage girls a female voice may come across better, here is the first radio trailer we have done and want to work on another one which we feel will appeal to our target audience better. We also feel this spot would appear on a mainstream radio station where as the one we plan to create is one you would expect to hear on a local radio station as due to our film being a small British one the people who are likely to watch it are more likely to listen to local family radio stations. 

Film Poster

Critical Evaluation- Question 1

1) In what ways does the media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products. 

Before creating our film we spent a lot of time researching short films, once we had got the basic idea of what we would like to do, we decided to put ideas together for our own film. We spent time researching genre, narrative style and rules and regulations of the film industry such as the 180 degree line, match on action and film classification to ensure we knew as much as possible about creating a film which people would find enjoyable and interesting.

As we progressed with our film we felt that the target audience we had originally chosen for our film (teenagers, families and couples) along with its certificate (12A) needed to be modified, this was as our story line had changed as our first idea wasn't developed as much as we needed it to be and found some faults when filming, which got around by altering the story line. Our film; Luck Out has a non-linear narrative and sticks to the 180 degree rule, we found this hard at times but through the use of passage of time and change of location we managed to ensure the continuity of our film was at a similar standard to one of a professionally produced short film. 

We used an extensive range of shots through out our film from extreme long shots, to medium long shots to extreme close ups. We re-filmed multiple parts of our film to add more detail such as extra close ups of the double headed coin which we did not originally film, and some of the scenes where Sarah has her misfortune. We feel our film has benefited from these changes as it now makes it easier for the audience to understand.  The different types of shots we have used has allowed us to use edits effectively; we have used edits such as cross dissolves and a black and white effect on the flash back part of our film, we feel these edits help our film have a more professional look. We have also had to white balance some of our clips in final cut as we filmed in many different locations with different lighting, however we feel the change in lighting across our film gives it a more realistic and believable feel moving from natural light to unnatural light which you would expect to see in many films across the industry.  

  

The genre of our film was originally planned to be a reality drama, we did research into these two genres and felt our film fitted in well, however once we had begun filming we came across some issues with not having the correct actors and confusion in our story line between us. It was decided if we could not understand our story line nor would other people; so this urged us to change it. After revising our story line we decided we wanted to base the film on the magic of the penny rather than the relationship between two people, this led us to alter our genre to fantasy drama, at first we didn't even look at fantasy as stereotypically in fantasy films you expect to see imaginary creatures and complex magic which we knew we did not have the time or resources to do, yet the more research we did into the genre the more we felt it fit with our film. We learnt that fantasy films do not have to have imaginary characters and that the magic of our penny alone was enough for our film to fit into that category, along with the drama genre too. 

Left- The film poster for narnia, typical film poster for a fanstasy film. 





     Right - Film poster for our film a fansty genre.

As a group we have done detailed audience research asking and looking for feedback on our film. From the very first draft of our story line we have been interested in peoples opinions. We have filmed ourselves asking people questions and also used Google Questionnaire along with Social and Digital Media websites such as Facebook and Twitter asking for feed back from our friends, family and wider society which we hope has given us a fair and honest response. I feel our film challenges an does not conform with the stereotypical fantasy genre which we can use as a unique selling point of our film, we have also tried to tailor our film from comments from our target audience such as adding in a '5 Years Later' caption which was something said by a number of people as a response from one of our questionnaires. This has helped us to make a film which has already received positive feedback from its few viewers. Due to the realistic nature of our film eg all of the characters are humans, means that Richard Dyers theory of escapism and utopia allow our audience to believe the magic penny is real throughout the time they are watching our film, this will allow them to have a more entertaining experience while watching the film. 

Critical Evaluation - Question 2

Power Point Film




Link   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCnmo15yDY&feature=youtu.be

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1^st Slide

The Goals

Our main goal was to produce a short film of 5 minutes of a chosen genre, which would entertain a viewer.

As a group we chose a fantasy drama, this lead us to doing research into both of these genres and trying to stick or purposely break the regular media conventions that are apparent with these two specific genres. By putting them together we have been able to create a genre paradigm.

At AS level we created a 2-minute film, using the skills from last year we were able to advance them while creating our film this year on final cut. We also used more advanced technology e.g. a better quality camera.

It was important to us that our film was not only appealing but also available to a wide audience! Therefore we chose the drama genre element to make the film relatable and the fantasy to make it interesting and exciting.

2^nd Slide

We wanted to follow the professional conventions of promoting media products there for created both a poster, and radio trailer.

We did this to ensure that if our film was to be published than it would have already have the correct things in place for it to be well marketed and catch the attention of a wider audience.

We created 3 film posters. One each. Then picked our favourite, this one being the one inspired by the ‘Just My Luck’ film poster. We used the correct font ‘Steel Tongs’ to ensure our poster not only looked and appeared professional but would be recognised for being the same, having the same lay out and font as most other film posters.

Our film poster is conventional for one of a drama genre, but not of fantasy, this is as our film does not stick to the stereotypical fantasy genre and we did  not feel we had the skill or experience to make an eye catching poster using this aspect of the film.

 

3^rd Slide

Picture of our film poster and Just My Luck next to each other

 Similarly to the professional ‘Just My Luck’ poster our two main characters take the foreground on our poster, with the setting in the back ground,  a bold font, the names of starring roles and a strap line.

4^th Slide

Analysis using arrows of all key features of poster..

 

5^th Slide

We created two radio trailers, this is as we felt our film was more likely to be played in local independent cinemas so it would probably benefit from a radio trailer which was more suited to local radio.

Embed radio trailer 1

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However we didn’t want to cut ourselves short so we created an extra radio trailer which we would play out on a bigger radio station on a more national level such as Capital FM or Radio 1 ect.

Embed radio trailer 2

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6^th Slide

We wanted both of the trailers to reflect not only the drama side of our film but also the fantasy we did this by trying to create a mysterious tone on our trailers not giving very much information away making them want to know what happens and come see the film because they are intrigued.

We found creating a radio spot quite difficult, this is as the usual genre of film to have a radio spot if horror, and in years gone by the amount of them available to listen to on the internet are few and far between. We did not manage to find an up to date radio spot on the Internet to had to carry out further research to help us get a better insight to radio spots.

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7^th Slide

In our radio trailer we have used both a male and female voice.. This is as our original target audience is females and this would be more suited to local radio. However the films advertised on national radio need to appeal to a wide audience and very few advertisement has a female voice, as we are trying to fit into the mainstream advertisement for this group we felt despite a male voice not fitting in very well with our film it would however fit in better here due to the type of advertisement 

 

8^th Slide

I feel that the creation of our ancillary texts (Radio Spot and Film Poster) are very effective, they both stand out and will hopefully interest our target audience and make our film desirable. Given more time I would have liked to create a teaser poster along with a viral add... This would have given our film more of a ‘Blanket Release Strategy’ this is more commonly seen in big American block busters as small independent films do not have the time, money or resources to do this for British Films however it is proven with this kind of release the film is a lot more popular. An example of this is the 2012 Disney Film – John Carter.. It was given poor reviews and ratings yet will have had far more viewers than a small British film such as ‘shifty’ this is because Disney can afford to have big releases for all of their films where as the British industry cannot. 

Critical Evaluation - Question 3

Here is a Prezi, explaining how the audience played a vital role in our film process...

http://prezi.com/duij5i0mczi4/untitled-prezi/

Critical Evaluation Question 4

4)  How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Radio Advert Script / Plan

Here is the provisional script and plan for our radio trailer. 

Research into Radio adverts

Radio adverts are not usually used or created anymore for films. This is seen as an outdated method of promoting films and as TV adverts and bill boards are more commonly used slowly the amount of radio trailers have declined.

Here is a powerpoint I found on www.slideshare.net and shows statistics on the amount of people who listen to radio and which types of radio, it also questions if radio adverts are worth doing for the amount they cost. I think this is one of the reasons that radio adverts have slowly disappeared from our radio station, radio adverts are not overly cheap to make or have played especially on main radio stations. The adverts have to be able to draw the audience in on sound alone this can make it hard to set the scene or get the true picture of the film across and trying to sell a whole film just through words and in generally a shorter time than a TV or Cinema trailer can be not have the desired effect. Therefore can sometimes be seen as an unprofitable or unnecessary thing to do. 

  

Radio Advert Research from jenjen23_92

On youtube there are few poor quality radio spots, this is one for the film Alien, the date 1979 shows how old the film is and the quality of the spot shows how much the media industry has changed and advanced since spots like these were made. 


 


Due to the rarity of radio spots, they are very hard to find on the internet unless you can record them off of the radio as they come on. Sinister a film released only a few weeks ago has one, this is the first one that I have personally heard since paranormal activity 1 a few years ago. The link below is to a blog I have found where another person has found and listed some radio spots of horror films, which are the most likely ones to come across. There is an option after the list to download and listen to some of the film spots. I personally feel these are very outdated and that from some of these it is clear why radio spots aren't made as much anymore. I think this is as they need to be much more complex and detailed due to the new technology that has been made available in the past few years especially sound effects and the radio signals which we now listen and of a much better quality.
http://universalhorrorsounds.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/halloween-countdown-19-horror-movie.html

A radio trailer should consist of music to suit the genre, along with reviews of the film and its release date, the film title and any famous or well known actors/actresses are staring in the film along with quotes or bits of the film to inform and entise the listener into coming to watch the film when it is released at the cinema, this is why the date it is released and the title of the film is vital so the audience know what they are listening to. Radio trailers also need to be short and snappy to keep the audiences attention as people can tend to switch radio stations when adverts to come on to avoid listening to them. This is another reason why radio trailers are becoming less popular as time goes on along with the popularity of music channels, people who once listened to the radio in the house may now choose to play music through the TV as there are channels specific for different styles and types of music which may appeal to the listener / viewer more.

Potential Film Poster

Here is a potential film poster for our film LUCK OUT that I have created on PhotoShop. I have never used photoshop before so this poster is a simple one, this poster does not contain pictures of our actresses there for we will probably choose a different one with images of the people in our film which is more inviting than this simple poster. 

Analysis Of A Film Poster

Here is the film poster for Freaky Friday, I chose this poster as it differs from the majority of film posters. This is a Comedy Drama film, and the poster represents the nature of the film. 'Freaky Friday' the poster has two very bright and contrasting background colours, this instantly catches the eye purely because of how much it stands out, it is also representative of the films genre, in the film posters for most drama films there they are usually natural photos and backgrounds used however the comedy element of this film allows for bright colours and clothing which is against the stereo type to be worn.

Usually lettering on posters is block capitals without any effect making it easy to read at first glance however on this poster the title of the film 'Freaky Friday', the films release date and the names of the 2 main characters have an effect on the font which makes the font look as though it is moving however this is cone cleverly as they have put an outline on the shadow of the letters. This is another unique feature of the poster which catches the eye. By all of the letters being in upper case it has no effect on being able to read it like some other font effects may have. 

                                       

The tag line 'Every teenager's nightmare...turning into her mother'  combined with the faces pulled and dressed where by  by the actress' give us the impression that the two actresses on the poster are mother and daughter and something 'freaky' is going to happen, this can also be guessed by the fact they look like they are wearing each others clothes.

The fact that this film is made by Walt Disney will automatically make it an appealing film, as it is a well known household name with a good reputation, the company logo is placed just above the title of the film this meaning it will be seen when the title of the film is looked at. Walt Disney will have a fan base which will watch all of the films they produce as they're known for making successful films, if this was a film from the British Film Industry it would likely be less successful at box office as it would know be from a well known company, also there would be less money available to spend on marketing the film. Although this looks like a pretty simple film poster lots of time and money will have been spent on the exact positioning of everything on the poster from mirroring of the 2 colours identically to the positioning of each word.

As in all film posters the font at the bottom is steel tongs, we will also be using this in our film poster to give it a proffesional look.

Poster Photo Photoshoot

This is the process we went through during the photo shoot, to take the pictures of the character in our film to put on our film poster designs;



We firstly created a design for our poster so we knew which type of photos we needed to take. This was the first time we had used a DSLR camera therefor it took us a few shots to learn how to focus the camera and get some good pictures.

We chose a few different poses which we could edit into our film poster, and also some different ones so that we had a choice of photographs if we decided that we didn't want to stick to our original idea.

We chose to have our main character Sarah to be closer to the camera and Leah her friend in the back ground, often peering over her shoulder, this was as we wanted to portray the idea that Sarah has the most important role, however both of the girls eyes are focused on the penny, this shows that the penny is significant in the film, this is reinstated by the film name 'Luck Out'

Audience Feedback results (on First draft)

These are the current results of the audience feedback questionnaire. Lots of different people have taken the questionnaire and so we have a wide range of opinions and feedback to help improve our film further.

Results of Sections 1

In this section we asked for a little bit about the person taking the questionnaire so that we could see who is telling us their opinion of the film and whether they were who we were aiming it at and whether their age/ gender would affect their opinion. We have also asked if they think the film is understandable and what genre they think it could be? Also in section one we have asked if they like the style and to state anything they thought was good as well as bad. Also by asking who they think it appeals to this gives us more of an idea of who would enjoy this short film. We have included open questions for the people to give their feedback, this way it is not restricted and they can say what they think. It also helps because we can see any improvement the audience think will benefit the film and we can then try and put it into our film if possible. 

Results of section 2
In section 2 we have asked questions about what has been seen in the film. We have asked this to see if certain aspects of the film are picked up on and understood. We have also added a misleading question 'What is the dogs name?' to see if people were watching properly as this isn't stated in the film.

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Analysis of results
We have have a wide range of people who have taken this questionnaire, both male and female and ages ranging from 10 to above 31. This has helped get a wider view of what different people think rather than just getting the same type and age of people for example teenage girls. 

This graph shows that out of the everyone who answered the questionnaire females enjoyed the film more and overall gave a higher rating out of 10 than the males did. However this doesn't mean to say every female who answered enjoyed the film. But on average this shows that it appeals more to women than men.To get a more accurate idea of who it appeals  to, here is a graph showing who the respondents thought it would appeal to.
The graph shows that some people thought the film appealed more to teen than adult and children but there is a small percentage that thought it would appeal to all age groups. 
Overall these two graphs show on average female teenager are more likely to enjoy the film more than any other people. 



We asked for people to state what they liked and dislike about the film and we have had mixed results. They have mentioned that they think the film has been made to a high quality by having good angles and camera as well as including music that is relevant for what is happening on the film at that certain point. They have also mentioned that the title sequence is good and looks professional. 
However the majority of people have mentioned the story line to be too confusing due to jump in time at the start of the film. Originally we wanted the flashback to be the point of realization for both the character and the audience and this would show they are the same character at different ages, but this questionnaire has shown we need to make it more clear to the audience. To sort this problem we need to show that time has moved on and the 2 girls are the same character. We could do this by adding some text on screen to show some years have passed or for the character to say something that shows she is the younger girl a few years on. By doing this this would help explain the character a bit more helping another point the audience dislike about the film. 

An improvement that only one person has mentioned but I feel is a big thing we need to do is to alter the volume of some of the sound. They have mentioned that the music is too loud in some parts and that the voice over is too quiet in others. This is a simple alteration that will help improve the quality of the film as well as the audience's understanding because the voice over is a very important turning point in the film.

Another improvement someone said was 'to expand on the thief's role and show more of the characters traits, possibly a reason behind why she took the things and maybe turn the story on it's head and give a plausible explanation why she stole the items e.g. she didn't steal but had them for a good reason that pleased her friend'  I really like this idea and if we were to make the film longer and more detailed we could take this into account, but as we are only making a 5 minute film I think this would cause the story line to be too complex.

Section 2 has helped greatly; in seeing if the audience has or hasn't picked up on certain parts of the film that are both important and minor. every question asked everyone got it correct. The main part of the film we wanted the audience to pick up on was the phone getting fixed, but the way the question was asked only a few people put this in their answer, but this is enough to show that they do pick up on it. Even the misleading question about the dogs name went well because no made up a name or thought they had heard one. 

Overall the feedback we have gotten from this questionnaire has been very helpful and we are going to use this to improve our film further to make more clear and appealing to our target audience.

Audience Feedback on 1st draft of film

Here is the first draft of our film : 

We asked for some feed back on the film on the social networking site FaceBook, we posted the link to our film and asked people for some feed back,  within 15 minutes of the post being on we got '3 likes' on Annabelle's post and are still awaiting feed back from Becky's post, we are pleased that within such a short time already 3 people 'liked' our film.

We have also posted it on Twitter and are still awaiting some feed back. 

Day 4- Shooting pack (Re shooting)

We have added a day of filming because when we added the clips onto the computer few shots needed to be redone to make it them better quality and the storyline more clear. This is our shooting pack for our day of reshooting a few shots.

Treatment
Title of film; Luck Out

Duration; 5min

Certificate; PG

Audience; Our traget audience is women and teenage girls because they can relate to both our main characters.

Script;

Shooting Script;
Long shot of Sarah walking down the street and down Leah's path
Medium to Long shot of Leah walking down side of house
Medium shot of Sarah walking up to the door
Close up of Sarah knocking on the door
Medium long shot of Sarah walking into the house
Long shot of Sarah speaking to Lucy (Leah's sister)
Medium close up of Leah panicking and scrambling to get her things together
Medium shot of Sarah walking up the stairs
Extreme close up of the coin been turned in her hand
Medium Long shot of Sarah going straight into Leah's bedroom
Shot reverse shot as Sarah talks to Leah who is hiding the stolen things
Close up of the things Leah has stolen when Sarah finds them
Medium shot if Sarah furiously getting up
Extreme close up of the double headed penny been slammed down on the table tails up.

Storyboard; 

Risk Assessment

Character Profiles
Sarah Brown Aged 16
(played by Annabelle Durham)
Character; Spends all her free time with her family and friends, she loves going shopping, to the cinema and out for her tea.
DOB; 27th April 1996
Hometown; Barnsley
Interests; Shopping, helping her family, baking

Lucy Jones
(Played by Jessica Venson)
Lucy is Leahs sister, she loves, shopping, parties and going out. Lucy is at university doing a fashion degree and only comes home at weekends.
DOB; 21st December 1993
Hometown; Barnsley

Leah Jones
(Played by Rebecca Nightingale)
Leah is Sarahs best friend and is like her sister, she is a quiet person but likes spending time with her friends more than her family.
DOB: 1st May 1996
Hometown: Barnsley

Day 3 - Shooting Pack

Here is the shooting back for the planned Day 3 of filming, most of these scenes involve Sarah and take place in her house.  

Treatment-   

Title of film: Lucky Penny

Duration: 5 Minutes 

Audience: Our film is targeted at people ages 12 upwards or from about 10 upwards if with a parent/guardian. It is a 12A as the story line contains some mildly adult content such as theft and relationship problems. The film is for both males and females but probably drifts more towards the female audience as many drama films do!

Certificate: 12A

Story Line: The film opens with falling/trickling (waterfall) of pennies. The shot then fades into the film with our main character, Sarah, talking with her Grandma, Dorothy. She is given a double-headed coin, that her Grandma says is lucky. Sarah is skeptical about this, so shoves the penny in her bag. Sarah is day-dreaming in her bedroom, when her mum tells her to walk the dog. Whilst she's walking the dog she wishes that it would stop raining, and flicks the coin. Much to her surprise it stops raining. However, she dismisses the idea that the coin had answered her wish. Later that day, she heads home and her mum asks her to do another job. Sarah's fed up with running errands and it retaliation throws her phone across the room, scratching it. She claims that the penny isn't bringing her any luck so she flicks it across the room. She then walks over to her phone, to see that it is fixed again. Her exam results come through the post, before opening them she wishes that she gets the grades she needs to get into college, and her wish is granted. She then receives a phone call confirming her place on her college course. 

After Sam goes home, Sarah looks for her lucky penny in her purse. However, it isn't there. Panicking that she has spent the penny, she empties the contents of her bag. She cannot find it and seems to have misplaced her purse and Ipod. She goes to bed, without finding the penny. The next day her mum wakes her up, asking whether she's taken some money from her purse. Innocent, Sarah storms out and heads to Sam's house. Sarah receives a text from her friend, asking if she's coming to visit her. However, she tells her she's off to Sam's. Her friend begins to fall out with her. Distracted, Sarah accidentally steps in a puddle, drenching her fabric shoes. 

She arrives at Sam's house. His sister tells her to go straight up to his room. She knocks on the door and enters the room. Sam appears extremely sheepish, and is trying to cover something up with his duvet. He starts apologizing to her. Confused, she goes over to look at what he is hiding. She pulls back his duvet and finds her purse and ipod and the missing money from her mum's purse. She also finds her lucky penny. He attempts to justify his actions and apologies  Sarah's having none of it. He asks her what makes the penny so important, and she explains that it's double-headed. She then says, 'Tell you what, I'll flip this coin, if it's heads I stay, tails I go.' She then flips the coin, and the double-headed coin lands on tails. 

Suggested Elements: Our film is a film for all the family, it is a drama which has a linear narrative through out. Like most dramas it will be easy watching and have a simple yet interesting story line which is realistic.

Script-

Risk Assessment-  

Shooting Script-

Location 2- Sarah's House- bedroom

- Over exposure into a medium close up of Sarah daydreaming
- Close up shot of Sarah throwing the coin up and down
- Point of view medium shot of Sarah looking out of the window at the rain
- Medium shot of Sarah sitting up and putting the penny down
- Close up shot of the penny, heads up.
- Long shot of Sarah walking to the front door.
- Medium close up shot of Sarah putting her shoes and coat on
- Close up of Sarah grabbing the dog lead
- Close up of Sarah's face as she looks out of the window
- Dissolve/cross fade into a medium close up shot of Sarah sat at her desk.
- Medium close up of Sarah throwing her phone across the room
- Close up shot of Sarah's phone on the floor.
- Panning long shot of Sarah walking over to pick her phone up
- High angled medium close up shot of Sarah picking up her phone
- Over the shoulder close up shot of Sarah's phone
- Elliptical cut edit with a close up shot of Sarah picking up the penny
- Close up shot of Sarah
- Extreme close up of the penny
- Long shot of Sarah throwing the penny across the room
- Long shot of Sarah walking to sit down
- Close up shot of Sarah sitting down (match on action)
- Medium shot of Sarah looking at her phone
- Close up shot-reverse-shot of Sarah's face and her phone
- Close up shot of the post coming through the letterbox
- Cut to low angled medium long shot of Sarah running down the stairs
- Elliptical cut to a close up of Sarah picking up the results
- Close up shot of Sarah sat on the stairs, opening her results
- Follow shot of Sarah standing up
- Over the shoulder close up shot of Sarah's results
- Close up shot of Sarah's reaction.

Location 3- Sarah's house- living room

- Medium tilt shot of Sarah picking up the phone
- Close up of Sarah on the phone
- Medium shot of Sarah putting the phone down
- Match-on-action close up shot of the phone

Location 4- Sarah's House- bedroom

- Cross dissolve into an over-the-shoulder shot of Sarah waving to her boyfriend Sam.
- Tilt shot to Sarah's bag
- Medium close up shot of Sarah looking in her bag
- Long shot of Sarah tipping the contents of her bag out
- Pan medium shot of Sarah walking to her desk
- Close up eye-line shot of Sarah looking for the penny on her desk
- Close up of Sarah's face
- Dissolve to black
- Fade from black of a high angle close up shot of Sarah's face as she gets awoken by her mum
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Diane and Sarah
- Medium long shot of Sarah getting out of bed and walking to her wardrobe

Location 5- Sarah's street

- Long shot of Sarah walking along the pavement, holding her mobile
- Medium close up of Sarah looking at her mobile
- Over-the-shoulder close up shot of Sarah reading her text
- Close up of Sarah ringing her friend, Leah
- Medium shot of Sarah on the phone to Leah
- Close up shot of Sarah as the begin to fall out
- Medium close up shot of Sarah as she steps in the puddle
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah looking down at her wet feet

Celtex Script- 

Character Profiles-

Props and Costume-
For this part of the film we will need, a dog, a broken phone, sarah to be in her casual clothing, the setting will need to be in a girly bedroom this will be able to be shown through mise-en-scene with things such as style of bedding and the colour of the room. Canvas shoes will also be needed for when Sarah steps in a puddle to add to the effect of how unlucky she is as cavas shoes will soak up the water quickly. An easily openable bag will be needed for when Sarah realises her things are missing and most importantly the double headed coin will be important in these scene.