Props Log.

We have looked through the animatics and thought about everything we need to include into our props log and we have come up with:

• Fake Blood
• White Bed Sheets
• A Knife
• 4 Mobile Phones
• Alarm Clock
• 3 Mirrors
• 2 Mascara’s

The fake blood is an essential when creating a Thriller film and even when just filming the first 2 minutes it is still needed. Due to there being a death within the first two minutes we need to indicate that the character Scarlet (Megan) has been stabbed. We need the fake blood to show on the body (to show where she has been stabbed), on the bed sheets (to indicate she has bled a lot) and on the murder weapon (because no murder weapon is clean straight away). We need a lot of fake blood because she is going to be stabbed in the chest near the heart which would bleed a lot.

We need to use white bed sheets because the fake blood would show up more on the white sheets rather than the usual black bed sheets Megan has on her bed. Another reason we decided to use cheap white bed sheets is that we didn't want to stain her actual bed sheets. Due to the bed sheets being white which is naturally a pure colour that indicates an innocent young person has died.

Using a knife as the murder weapon because it is a common household item that anyone would be able to get a hold of and it is a more personal weapon of choice. This could foreshadow the killers story of his vengeance about girls in university. Guns are not as discreet as a knife because they are bulkier and more noticeable, where as a knife is small and concealable. We chose the knife because you have to be up close and quiet to be able to kill without the victim suspecting anything, but with a gun you can shoot from a distance.

We need to use four mobile phones because there are four girls that need to communicate with each other. The start of the film is centered around the four girls before the party and trying to contact Scarlet (Megan) because they don't know what happened to her.

An alarm clock is needed because this is when the leader of the group Eva (Chantelle) knows when to call the rest of the girls to make sure that they are ready for the party. The alarm is also there to tell the audience what the time is which also helps to indicate the ages of the girls. This is because the time that the alarm goes off is 9:50 and most girls in university would not have a specific times they have to be back because they live with other girls their age not parents.

We are using 3 mirrors for Scarlet (Megan), Riley (Abigail) and Cassie (Kimberley) to use whilst getting ready to go to the party. They are props because although Scarlet (Megan) doesn't use the mirror, her dress is hanging on the mirror. The reason we decided on putting the dress on the mirror because of the set-up of Megan's room, this is due to the fact you can see the door-way in the mirror. Riley (Abigail) and Cassie (Kimberley) need to use the mirror to put on the make-up that links the two scenes together.

The two types of mascara is needed because they are the one factor that links the scene between Riley (Abigail) and Cassie (Kimberley) as we use other factors to link the other girls together.