Costumes & Props

Costumes & Props
In our thriller opening we used various costumes and props. Some were pretty basic and others that we used were actually well thought out and structured. I am going to be talking about who wore what and who used whatever prop and explain why it was significant.


Sam's Costume





Sam dressed very modernly, as did the other characters in our thriller. He wore a hoodie and an over the shoulder bag - they were plainly coloured, which emphasised the fact that this is for more mature audiences. His costume stayed the same throughout, and he remained at the balcony for the whole of the opening.

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Michal's Costume
Michal wore a winter coat and a pair of jeans. These were also darkly coloured. Since our thriller didn't include any female characters, it fell into the stereotype of the thriller genre being male dominated, and so therefore each character in Conspiracy dressed like a modern day, middle class male.

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Josh's Costume

Like the other characters, Josh kept his outfit the same. He wore a grey coat, black trousers and converse. We don't know much about his character, but he seems more villainous than Sam or Michal. Like the others, his clothes were also dark and modern. This look in my opinion is very suitable for a thriller opening.


























Props
We didn't use that many props, but the ones we did use we thought out well. First of all we had the mobile phone (iPhone 5S) in which we used towards the end when Sam received the text from Michal. Then we used the mysterious device which was actually a Nintendo DS game cartridge, but we covered up the gaming information on it when we filmed. The aim of the mysterious device was to create a sense of enigma for the audience. At the end of the opening, the audience are left wondering about what is on that device and why it is significant, which then leads on to Conspiracy being left on a cliffhanger.

Here are screenshots of the props being used in the actual film: