Necklace
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| The style of necklace we'll need |
We want to give Alice a silver cross necklace. The picture above is a good example of what we're looking for; a cross, not a crucifix. It has to be silver, as gold in the eyes of Christians may represent greed. Alice is Christian, so she always wears this necklace. We want to have shot of the necklace around Alice's neck when she's lying at the bottom of the stairs, and another when Richard drops it on the floor on his way to leave for the funeral. On this shot, which will probably be the last shot, we want to use a focus pull to move the depth of field from the background to the foreground to show the necklace as the last object in the film.
Engagement Ring
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| Our chosen style of ring |
The engagement ring we chose will look something like the one above. It is silver primarily to symbolise her religion of Christianity. Gold is often linked to Greed and the Devil, when silver is pure and good. The ring will have some kind of gem on it because it is an engagement ring and not a wedding ring. We are looking to spend no more than £10.00 on one, so it will have to be a realistic but fake 'replica' ring.
Keys
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Example of keys.
The keys are going to be used in two shots of our film in two different scenes. The use of the keys in the first scene will be to signify that Richard has just come back from work and it just gives it a casual look. In the second scene the use of the keys is signifying the fact that Alice is leaving Richard and giving him back the keys as if to say this is actually final.
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Book
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| The book we want to use: 'The Girl in the Face of the Clock'. |
We want to use a book as a prop in the story. When the female, Alice, is at home waiting for Richard to return, she sits at the table (which is laid) and has a book with her. This is that book. We chose this particular book because it foreshadows what's going to happen to Alice later in the film. When the argument goes upstairs, she takes the book with her. Richard follows her up the stairs, and Alice throws the book towards him. Richard ducks, and the book goes down the stairs. When Alice falls, the book is face-up lying beside her, and the camera focuses on this. We could have the camera look at the book, then pan over to show her lying on the floor at the bottom of the stairs with Richard standing at the top, just like the book's cover portrays.
Newspaper
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| Example of a newspaper. |
The newspaper will be used in the first scene, where (this was a new idea we came up with) a newspaper boy will bring the paper early in the morning and post it through the letter box - which really links to our films title and meaning which is that he, the same as the two girls, doesn't know what is going on behind that door, he's just got a job to do. It really shows how we have no idea what could be happening in somebody's house at any time.
Another idea was that we could do another foreshadow of Alice's death within the paper itself, somehow. Whether we mange this is yet to be seen but it is an idea.
Football
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| Football like the one we'll be using. |
The football will be used in the very first shot of the first scene within the establishing shot of the house. It will be kicked around by two young girls as they walk past the house laughing - this is meant to demonstrate the idea that they don't have any clue of what is going on behind the door of the house we are filming in - they think everything if fine when really, in our film, it turns out it really isn't fine. The football adds to this carefree look on life that children have, because they are simply having fun.
