This document discusses the use of props in film scenes to convey meaning and establish context. It describes props used in scenes depicting a crime scene, a baby's bedroom, and a teenager's bedroom obsessed with the supernatural. Props like police tape, candles, pictures, toys and a Ouija board help set the scene and tone while adding realism and tension. Continuity of props like a teddy bear and matches between scenes is important to connect characters and story elements.

3. Crime/Action Mystery Political Supernatural Psychological
Moveable objects-
that confuse the
viewer and the
charcter

5. The area we were using was
cleared of rubbish and twigs
etc, but the leaves were kept
as it not only signifies we are
in a wooded area (quite a
We decided to buy police tape and stereotypical murder scene)
wrap it around the “scene of the but that it is a colder time of
crime” as it then signifies that not the month autumn/winter,
only has a character died, but that which puts a darker image in
the death can be considered the viewers mind as the time
suspicious, which keeps the viewers of year is more dreary and
in the lurch about what really reflects the dark tone within
happened, this can then open up the the film and the unfolding
plot for the rest of the film as it scene.
creates questions into her death.

6. The crib helps show
that we are in the
baby’s bedroom as it is
where it sleeps. It helps
solidify the age of the
child being only an
infant, and it also
makes the setting more
realistic as the mother
picks the baby up to
rock it to sleep. Giving
the scene verisimilitude
The use of a dummy child was which is important in
important in this scene, as it is used thriller films for the
not only to represent the bond of viewing audience to be
mother and daughter, but it also able to relate, adding to
introduces the music we use the tension.
throughout the flash back sequence.

7. All the images on the
wall were of a
supernatural theme, There was going to be other props such
they were also printed in as posters on the wall to highlight that
black and white to it is a teenagers bedroom, however, the
indicate they were lack of these emphasizes that the
clippings possibly from pictures that are present have become
newspapers. This then an obsession.
gives the impression
that she has been
searching for answers,
giving her an heir of
desperation as well as
obsession.

8. The toy bear shows how she
was still only a child when the
tragedy happened. It also gives
the impression that she had not
completely lost herself since she
still kept toys from her
childhood implying there may
have been hope for her
The pictures taped to the wall give situation. It is also used as a tool
the impression of obsession, they are when the mother hugs the bear
kept in this scene as a way of keeping (as a child would hug there bear
continuity, as well as enabling the when upset) highlighting her
mother to rip them off in anger, vulnerability, and again adding
showing her anguish. continuity between scenes,
highlighting it is her bedroom.

9. The matches were left in the
shot just to add verisimilitude
Shot glass (not seen in photo) was used as the
The candles are a commonly movable counter for the Ouija board so that she
used prop within supernatural can contact the spirits. This added an element of
thrillers as they are a natural improvisation, as if she spontaneously did the
element and often used in Ouija board.
rituals. They also added more
tension to the scene as they
were the only source of light
for the scene.
The Ouija board is a key tool
used in ‘contacting spirits’ this
is key in our film as our plot
revolves around a girl being
haunted by a spirit. The Ouija
board therefore is an
important prop in conveying
the supernatural message.

10. The hair brushes were used as it made the
character seem loving and motherly.
The bear
once again
The watering can, signifies the
was used just so character
that the mother and the
could passively be age.
in the shot, again
placing her as the
mother figure.
These scenes were added in
so that the viewer understood
a little more that the two
The bear was a prop used in characters previously scene
previous shots, so to establish are mother and daughter, the
that the characters are bear prop was used as a
supposed t be the same we connecting tool, again in this
used the bear. This prop also shot.
indicates that Lilly is of a young
age and also that she is lonely
since she is on the swing with it