Production- Preparing Props

 Hello everyone, today we finally started our production. In today's production we wanted to accomplish to design our props for our film opening. My team and I not only prepare the props but to make a full set up where to place these props in its appropriate scene.

Designing the Sign Board:

For the signboard design, the first thing we did was create a board that would be placed in the right corner next to the neighborhood gate. We wanted to include this because it would help introduce what the film opening was going to portray. We designed the board with the words “Welcome DHost” in bold red letters to emphasize a threatening and unsettling neighborhood. My cousin came up with the idea of turning the letter “O” into an evil face to further highlight fear and horror. To create the board, we used a tripod and cut pieces from the right and left corners, using the middle section as the main display for the sign. Even though the board had a hard surface and was difficult to write on, we were still able to design it in a way that matched the horror theme and suggested that something disturbing was present. Here is pictures of me cutting out the board and designing

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Next, we placed the bear inside a large box and attached a sign with big letters that said “Do Not Touch.” This was positioned in the left corner of the garage, where we also used a red flashlight to shine on the box. This helped emphasize our use of color theory, as the red lighting suggested danger and made the box appear to be the main threat within the garage scene. 

Next me and Issac designed the costume for our antagonist. The way we designed it is by using a doctor costume with a hidden mask, where we filled the mask with fake “blood” to create a more atmospheric, haunting, and fearful atmosphere for the antagonist. We wanted to build the elements of an antagonist that will provide us portrayer character of hiding its identity and helps make our scene sound more suspenseful. As we were able to tackle down a scene dedicated to the antagonist with its mysterious costume coming down slowly to kill the protagonist with the chainsaw. 

The last thing we used was the black garbage bag, where we made the antagonist wrap the protagonist’s body so it could be placed upon the trunk. 

Reflection: 

Overall, we did a successful job of utilizing these props for our film opening and everything worked out well. For now, we used these props as a practice or “ draft film opening”, where my team and I were able to review and see if the props are successful enough to develop a horror thriller opening. Although this may not be the perfect way we represented these props, but it’s a great understanding of how we will structure our film opening. For now, we will most likely keep 100% of the props but refilm some shots so these aspects can be utilized preferably towards the conventions of what makes a horror thriller. 

I am so excited to show you guys my final product, we are almost there towards perfection, as me and our team felt that some of the props were not visible or recorded properly to the standards we were expecting to receive. We want to make sure these props are properly corresponded with the genre conventions of a horror thriller opening when it comes to things like mise en scene and  representation of the characters looks or costume. 

See ya guys in da next post!