Prop and Costume

 A prop is a portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or film. An example of a prop is a car or a gun. Props help to make a film look more realistic, this in turn make the film better to watch. In order to make our film look realistic and better to watch we will need to use props. The following are the props we will need for the opening two minutes for our film.

• Small Handgun
  
• Cowboy Hat
  
• Fedora Hat
  
• Table
  
• 2 Chairs
  
• Minimal Office Supplies
  
• Cheque Book
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Costume is also an important part of a film. The costume has a similar job as props. Costume is used to make the film more realistic and believable. Costume can also be used to tell the audiences about a character even though we haven't met them yet. This is done through stereotypes. If a person is dressed in jeans, checked shirt with a cowboy hat your own stereotypes would male you think that that person is a redneck. We have three characters in our film. We need to dress these characters in a way in which they look like what they are meant to look like so the audience believes they are that person, and so they believe the story more.

The Loan Shark character will be dressed in a burgundy suit with no tie. He will also wear a cowboy hat. This will show that he has money and is a confident dominant person.

The Debt Collector character will wear a suit and tie, with a fedora. This shows he is a smart character who takes his job seriously, but the Fedora hat, which is stereotypically associated with the Mafia. will show he is dangerous.

The last character is the man who is asking for money. He will wear smart clothes as he is trying to impress the loan shark and make a good impression so he will be given the money, The clothes he wears will give the impression that he is an office worker, who works hard for little money.