Planning Journal- Props

Props

We have decided to use a numerous amount of props which will be appropriate for the extract and relate to the thriller genre, add effect and reflect the antagonist's character.
The Watch
After viewing himself in the mirror, the audience view the antagonist putting on a watch. Even though this particular item can be classed as part of the costume, it is an extra item that creates effect and emphasises the antagonists mental state. In addition, the watch plays a large part within the narrative , which is time. Therefore it is considered as an important item in the extract. 

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The glass bathroom cabinet containing pills/needles and medication

The antagonist will look at himself in the mirror and this will show his emotion and inform the audience that he isn't happy about what he's become and knows he needs help. Inside the cabinet the audience will view a numerous amount of pills, needles and medication which emphasises and implies that he has a serious mental illness and heavily relies upon the medication.  The antagonist will take the medication and then the loud ticking from the watch will become more muffled , which implies that the medication has controlled his obsession with girls and that he has returned to his normal state. 

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 Weird ring

The weird ring will again reflect the antagonists eccentric and mental state and add to the narrative enigma. 

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 The Red pen 
Even though the red pen will only appear for a small amount of time in the extract , it will be used to show flashbacks of the antagonist crossing out his female victims face which will imply that he has murdered them. However, the audience will not know about his obsession and so this will create tension and cause the audience to feel confused.

 The Record Player 

Fortunately one of our actors, Evan has a vintage record player and this would be very effective as it adds to his eccentric character. In addition it will appear to the audience that non diegetic classical music is playing, however the audience will view the antagonist walking over to the record player and stop the music from playing, so therefore the classical music that gets played will be diegetic music.  Therefore this particular music genre is fairly strange and again will reflect his eccentricity and create suspense. 

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Newspaper clippings, photos of victims and missing cases posters on the wall 

The bedroom of the antagonist will contain a numerous amount of newspaper articles, missing posters, and the most important prop which is the photographs of the girl's faces which will all have red crosses through them. However there will be one image which doesn't have a cross on it and this will be the image of his next victim, Emma. In addition the pictures on the wall will again reflect the antagonists severe obsession with girls and murdering. However at this moment the audience won't understand why he has these pictures on the walls and why he is so obsessive, therefore this will cause suspense, which is common in thriller movies.

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