Props and locations needed

1. Location and Prop Lists:
Prop: Why have you chosen this?
AlarmClock We have chosentouse thisprop to establishthe time and
settingforthe video,showingthatthe sistersare ina
domesticsetting.Ithelpsustoshow that one sisteris
gettingupearlyforwork and the otherisgettinghome from
a party extremelylate.Thiswillimmediatelyhelpus
establishtheirdifferentlifestyles.
Instruments (guitar,drums,bass) We are usingdifferentinstrumentswithinourvideotomake
our bandappear to be veryprofessionalandrealistic
looking,theirdifferentinstrumentswill alsoallow usto
differentiatethe differentbandmembersfromeachother.
Use of instrumentswillalsohelpourbandtolookedgy.
Musical Equipment(ampsandmics) Again,use of real musical equipmentwillallow ourbandto
lookveryprofessional andrealistic.
ProfessionalClothing(blazerjacket,briefcaseandtie) We have chosentouse a tie or blazeras a propto showour
maincharacter’sjourneyfromnormie to party girl,the loss
of thispropwill symbolise herchange.
Location: Why have youchosenthis?
Gig Venue (bigdarkroom) We have chosenthislocationforourband to performinas it
will appeartobe verygrungy andedgywhichis the image
we want ourband to adhere to.Thislocationwill alsoallow
us to have accessto instrumentstomake the bandlook
realistic.Thislocationwill alsoaccommodate alarge crowd
of people.Thissettingwill alsoallow ustocreate the lighting
that we want.
CityStreets By usingcitystreetsourmusicvideo,we will againbe able to
achieve averyalternative look.Itwill alsoallowustoshow
how our conformistcharacterconformsto the restof society
and fitsin. We have also chosentouse city streetsettingsto
show the “normie”sisterdiscoveringthe posterforour
band,linkingthe storiestogether.
Train Station Again,byusinga verypubliclocationwe will be able to
highlighthow our“normie”characteradherestosocieties
standardsand conformsto a regularboringlifestyle.
Office (probablyatschool) By usinga verymundane boringlocationwe will againbe
able to show how boringand continuousthe “normie”
sister’slife isbefore she breaksfree.
House/Bedroom We have chosentouse a house asa settingtoallowour
viewerstounderstandthatthe twomaincharacters are
related,theylive inthe same house.The bedroomwillalso
be usedto allow usto show the “party girl’s”life style and
dailyactivitiesasshe getsreadyforanothernightout.
Outside The GigVenue By usinga locationoutside of the venue we will be able to
show the “normie”sister’sjourneytoself-discovery,itwill
alsoallow usto linkthe twosplitnarrativestogether.

2. Mobile Phones We have chosentouse mobile phoneswithinourvideoto
show how the sister’ssocial livesdiffer,one phone will show
the outgoingsisteracceptinginvitationstogigswhile the
otherdeclines.Thishelpstolinkourstoryline togethernicely
and alsolinkstothe message of our songthat everyone is
consumedbythe media.
Gig Poster We have chosentouse a gigposterto show the character
developmentof the conformistsister.We willshowher
pickingthe posteroutof the binand decidingtochange
herself andgo.
Mirror We have chosentoshoot some of our shotsshowingthe
party girl inthe mirror, we have chosentouse thisprop as it
will explaintoouraudience thatshe isgettingreadyfor
something.
Makeupand Hairbrush Again,these propswill be usedtoshow thatthe party girl
sisterisgettingreadyforsomething,buildinguptoour final
scene.Itwill alsoshow thather image isveryoutgoing,
juxtaposingherplainsister’slook. We will alsoneedmakeup
againlateron in the videototransformthe normie sister.
Office Equipment(computerandpaper) These propswill helpusshow how mundane andboringthe
normie sister’slife isandalsohighlighthow muchshe
conforms.
Piece of PaperReading“FIRED” We are planningonusinga piece of paperwhichreadsfired
ingiant letters,thiswillshow thatourmaincharacter has
beenfiredfromherjob.Thiswill therefore allowour
audience tounderstandourstoryline more andwhat
triggeredherchange.
BrightlyColouredClothing We will needasetof verybrightlycolouredclothingforour
normie sisterto change intoas she completesher
transformation,allowingouraudience tosee the physical
change in her.