Required Props and Equipment

In order to ensure that our trailer looks as visually appealing as possible, with a strong degree of realism, it will be important that we use an accurate selection of props. I have wrote up what props and equipment will be required, so that on the day of filming we wont be with anything important and essential to the trailer.

Props:

·         Drugs (cocaine) the idea of using bicarbonate of soda was solidified due to how real it looks when compared with an actual dose of drug. Competent research was also performed in order to identify the Hollywood “substitute” to hard drugs, and bicarbonate of soda was Identified as this.

·         Syringe – we decided to use a real, fully functioning syringe in order to aid the realism of the clip. There may be an issue with capturing the actual injection of the syringe, as we do not have the expertise to do this safely, so it may be a requirement to suggest the injection, through varying camera shots.

·         Car – in order to genuinely show the audience that one of our characters was in fact killed in a tragic car accident, it is essential that we capture footage insinuating, if not showing this to a varying degree. In order for this to appeal real as possible we will need to use one of our own cars, and attempt to film this scene, yet due to the hazards involved, it may be a case of merely filming footage that much like the syringe scene, suggests that this has taken place.

·         Knife – in conjunction with the dark atmosphere within our trailer/film plot, I believe it to be essential that we film our mugging scene with a real (yet blunt knife), this once again aiding the realism of our clip, as a plastic knife would not have the same feel or appearance as a real one. It will however be important that the scene is well planned in order to ensure there is no risk of injury.

·         Fake Blood – although not an essential prop, and one that may not be used at all, the presence of fake blood in certain scenes would aid to the visual appeal of certain clips, such as the car crash scene if required.

Equipment:

The props however would be effectively obsolete with we need not have the necessary equipment to capture the footage to a high standard. To ensure we do not turn up to any filming without the essential equipment I have also decided to note this down.

·         Camera – the most important piece of equipment is the camera used to film the footage, as without it we would be rendered useless, unable to film any of our clips.

·         Tripod- although not essential, a tripod will be extremely useful when it comes to filming certain footage, as it enables us to utilise an entirely steady camera when the camera is recording. It will not be required for some shots, such as dolly shots were the quivering camera aids to the realism, but for those shots were a steady camera is needed to capture emotion from a characters persona, this will be essential.

·         Computer with good editing software – it would be pointless capturing all our footage if we had no effective way of combining all the clips and embedding our soundtrack. For this the program “sony vegas” has been suggested, as it is a high tech editing software enabling us to basically combine the clips and introduce a variation of special effects.