Props and costume planning

Props

 To help complete the theme of 1950's we are going to use props related to the era. The first prop we are going to use is a mens hat, we have found a black hat the style of which was popular in the 50's. We have chosen this look because Hats are good to portray a shady or dark character, similar to the way male characters are portrayed in the Film Noir genre, For example we all watched

Double indemnity.

(FAKE)

 

 

To help add to the "spy" and war themes within our thriller I have made a wooden gun as another prop ( gun is fake and made from wood) we decided to use a gun prop to create a sense of danger and protection, as the victim is running away from something. We made a gun to fit the theme as well as to complete the charcters look, we took insperation from films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

We have added a leather jacket because we were trying to follow a similar look seen in the film "tinker tailor solder spy". By the day of Filming we had collected quite a few other jackets to try out as well. In the end we used my Grandmas Black leather jacket (which suited Harry perfectly) we also had another Black hat although we didn’t end up using it until almost the end.

 

 

 

 

We were quite fortunate because Harry has a 1950’s Morris Minor we were able to use, this was lucky because the car fitted in with the era we were trying to re-create. We also used the car keys in quite a few cut away shots to add extra details.