The document discusses various props used to film a thriller about a drug deal. Packages were used to keep the contents a mystery and build suspense. A black bag was chosen to represent crime and mystery. Fake money was printed and placed in the bag to make the money exchange between characters look realistic. A car was used instead of walking to add realism, as gangsters are often shown using cars. A tracker was placed in the money bag by a police officer to add an unexpected plot twist.

1. Props
BY MATT BOVILL

2. Packages
 We used to the packages to keep the deal a mystery. With the packages obviously
containing an object we kept the object inside unknown to keep the audience
asking questions. The common theme of a thriller is usually crime based and with
the deal containing drugs it shows that it is involving crime within it. With this deal
being quite realistic and something that would most probably happen in real life
this Is how suspense is built and sustained throughout the film.

3. Bag with money in it
 We chose this bag because it was black which has connotations of crime, death,
mystery and the unknown which is what we tried to achieve when choosing all of
our props. Also, we chose the bag because first of all we had a briefcase but we
didn’t think it looked as appropriate to a plain black bag. The bag is more realistic
and we want the film to be as realistic as possible to yet again build suspense.

4. Fake money
 Obviously, us members of the group haven’t got loads of money to just use in the
film. So we had to print of the money off the internet and fill the bag with it all.
We thought that having a bag full of money to exchange with that package would
look quite realistic and when using the briefcase we didn’t think that looked as
good because it looked to formal.

5. Car
 We decided to use Bills car in the film because the colour of the car yet again had
conations of a gangster, crime, mystery etc. We thought that using a car would
look realistic as well instead of just walking up to the consumer. Also, it was quite
effective in the film when revving the engine it looked quite good and realistic to
what a gangster would do.

6. Tracker
 We used a tracker in the film that the policeman put in the bag of money to add a
little plot twist to the film. We thought if we added this into the film it wouldn’t
just look very effective it would add a plot twist which will make the film much
better. Also, having the policeman place a tracker in a constant crime committer
shows initiative of the policeman and is quite realistic.