The document summarizes props and costumes used in filming a thriller scene for a school project. Emily's outfit of black leggings and a patterned vest was chosen to look appropriate for a party but also leave her character's intentions ambiguous. Rick's dark navy jacket and black jeans were selected to make him look mysterious and suspicious as a gangster. Black tape was used to bind Lisa's mouth to convey danger and suspense. Dark gloves and rope continued the sinister theme. Balloons added levity to the party scene while plastic cups with water simulated drinking alcohol realistically. The costumes and props effectively set the mood and helped teenager viewers relate to the scenes.

1. Props and Wardrobe
By Nicole, Tracy, Rosette and Nuala

2. Emily’s outfit
Emily who played Lisa wore black leggings with a
black and white designed vest top. We thought
this would be a good outfit for her to wear as it
is casual but the top makes the outfit dressy. As
she is at a party we thought this was appropriate
as she looked appropriate for the party scene.
The codes and conventions of a thriller usually
have black and white colours used. These
colours show there is a good and bad side to
Lisa, which will leave the audience wondering if
Lisa is a good or a bad character and will make
them think.

3. Rick’s outfit
Rick who plays Rich the gangster wore a dark
navy jacket and black jeans. We decided he
should wear dark colours so he looked
mysterious. These colours make him a very
suspicious character and as his hood is up it
hides his identity and makes him look a scary
character. The colours navy and black portray a
bad image of Rich and black is usually
associated with bad people. Also as parties are
usually dark it is less obvious for the other
people to see him. When you see him in the
camera it makes it really tense and leaves the
audience on the edge of their seats when he
just grabs her and drags her off.

4. Tape
We used black masking tape to cover Lisa’s
mouth with when she is tied up behind
the chair. We specifically used black tape
as black is a colour used mostly in thrillers
as it conveys a dark and suspicious mood.
This creates an eerie atmosphere and it
makes the audience want to know where
Lisa is and what is going to happen to her
next.

5. Gloves
Once again we kept the colours of our
equipment's and props very dark to
portray a sinister mood.
Furthermore, most criminals wear black
gloves when committing a crime, so we
wanted to meet these realistic
expectations. This also hides the
identity of the gangster so he remains
anonymous and the audience have no
idea of who he is.

6. Rope
The rope is a dark grey colour as we
wanted it to be visible when doing the
panning shot as Lisa(Emily) is wearing black
leggings, so if we were to use black rope it
would of blended in so we decided to use
dark grey. Also, when people are kidnapped
they are typically tied up so we once again
wanted to meet this stereotypical scenario.
This makes the audience weary for Lisa’s
safety as her being tied up shows she is not
safe and is in danger.

7. Balloons
We used balloons for our party scene to make
the party seem more realistic as our target
audience are mainly teenagers and as they are
teenagers they are more than likely to be aware
of how a party is conducted and what it looks
like so we included that so they would be able
to relate to it. Also, we used balloons so that
our scene doesn’t look gland. The balloons
really brighten up the scene and the balloons
also represent how free young people are in a
party so the floating in the air and throwing of
the balloons convey how teenagers would
normally act in a party, and the actions of our
actors also mirror this.

8. Plastic cups.
• Once again our group and I thought it was
vital that our party scene really looked
realistic, so we decided to hand some of
the girls in our party scene plastic cups
which were filled up with water, the water
was used to represent vodka or tequila as
they’re both clear liquids so using water to
represent these alcohols was ideal. This is
because these are typical drinks that
teenagers would drink at a party. The use
of cups was effective as our target
audience will once again be able to relate.
• However, as you can see in the party
scene not everyone is holding a cup in
their hand this is because our aim was to
convey that not all teenagers drink and
some do only go to party to dance and
have fun, so we asked some of our
actresses to commit those actions so we
could meet that aim.

9. Audience feedback.
• The use of cups and water our significant as there is an aim
that we were purposely trying to meet, which is stated in the
previous slide.
• So, we asked 23 teenagers who we had showed our rough
filming to and who were aged(16-18) “what drink you think
the girls who were holding cups are drinking”

10. And the results show..

11. • As a group we were pleased with these results
as our target audience were teenagers and if
the teenagers that we asked were able to
recognise the aim of the use of plastic cups
and a clear liquid then the other population of
teenagers are also likely to interpret this.