Props and Costumes

The main characters in our thriller opening are teenagers therefore they should be wearing clothes similar to the ones they normally wear. Things like jeans t-shirt and hoodie are common items for teenagers to wear. This will help keep it as realistic as we can. As it is winter whilst we are filming coats are likely to be worn over the top but again these should be similar to the ones worn everyday by pour teenagers.

We need to make Dan look like a game keeper obviously because this is his part and the main point of the thriller. To do this he will be wearing an Barbour coat and old jeans which we feel will fit in well with the clothing a game keeper would wear as when we googled it this is what we found in pictures. As well as this he will be wearing a hat to make him seem more mysterious.

We used different props for our thriller, but we used 4 main props which we kept simple and easily accessible. The four main props we used were a farmer's coat, a pillow, a picnic basket and a plastic gun.


We used the farmer's wax coat as Dan was a Grounds Keeper and needed to look like one. We didn't think that Dan looked old enough to be a keeper and therefore we put him into this coat to give him an 'aged' look. The pillow we used was to make Dan look larger around the stomach! We felt this was a stereotypical keeper and so we made sure the character was a 'stock' character.

The plastic gun was used to simulate a real gun as obviously it would be inappropriate and illegal to use a real one! The picnic basket is an idea that came about after we changed our mind about the rave. Therefore, it is what teenagers could do in a forest therefore making the film more realistic.We lastly used the most influential prop: the pheasants. They are usually associated with a farmer or a farming family. This gave is the inspiration for the rest of the props.