Our opening scene requires quite a few props in order to fit with our chosen genre. These include a crossbow, crossbow bolts, a briefcase, fake blood and a mobile phone. Our main prop, the crossbow and its bolts, will be used by the villain of our film to catch the main character and steal his briefcase. This prop will come from a family member of our group. Thematically, we think the crossbow is a good choice of weapon for our villain, as it makes him seem more violent and anarchic and gives the audience a sense of the crazy personality of our villain. A convention of most film villains is a mentally unstable background, which is represented in many action films such as The Joker in The Dark Knight and Raoul Silva in Skyfall. Mike Myers in Halloween would be another example of a mentally unwell villain, although this is from a different genre. Therefore our crossbow prop helps to give our villain the qualities of a conventional film villain. To let the audience know who they should be siding with, the use of a crossbow suggests the man using it is the villain as it is a particularly nasty and medieval way of killing someone. Production-wise, we also like this choice of prop as it allows us to explore many different shots that a weapon such as a gun or knife would not allow. For example, aside from shots of the crossbow being aimed and fired (which in itself we think is more visually interesting to watch than a gun doing the same thing) we also can have shots of bolts fired from the crossbow darting into trees and this will look especially interesting when our main character gets hit by a bolt.
Our second most important prop will be the main characters briefcase. This will contain something of clear importance that is not revealed to the audience in the opening scene, to gain the audiences interest and make them want to watch on. It is the only explanation the audience have for what is going on in the scene, and explains the characters motives for their violent actions. The briefcase itself looks professional to match the main characters business-like appearance. The case also has a lock on it as this gives our villain a reason to force a combination out of the main character, showing his dark personality. Fake blood will be needed for when our main character is hit through the leg by one of the villains bolts. We want it to look as realistic as possible, so will more than likely buy actual fake blood from a joke shop. If not, we can make fake blood ourselves out of home ingredients. We can then stick one of the bolts through the actors trouser legs to make it look like it has actually gone through his leg. The final prop, a mobile phone, will be used only at the end of our scene by the villain to confirm the job is done to an unknown authority.
Our opening scene requires quite a few props in order to fit with our chosen genre. These include a crossbow, crossbow bolts, a briefcase, fake blood and a mobile phone. Our main prop, the crossbow and its bolts, will be used by the villain of our film to catch the main character and steal his briefcase. This prop will come from a family member of our group. Thematically, we think the crossbow is a good choice of weapon for our villain, as it makes him seem more violent and anarchic and gives the audience a sense of the crazy personality of our villain. A convention of most film villains is a mentally unstable background, which is represented in many action films such as The Joker in The Dark Knight and Raoul Silva in Skyfall. Mike Myers in Halloween would be another example of a mentally unwell villain, although this is from a different genre. Therefore our crossbow prop helps to give our villain the qualities of a conventional film villain. To let the audience know who they should be siding with, the use of a crossbow suggests the man using it is the villain as it is a particularly nasty and medieval way of killing someone. Production-wise, we also like this choice of prop as it allows us to explore many different shots that a weapon such as a gun or knife would not allow. For example, aside from shots of the crossbow being aimed and fired (which in itself we think is more visually interesting to watch than a gun doing the same thing) we also can have shots of bolts fired from the crossbow darting into trees and this will look especially interesting when our main character gets hit by a bolt.
Our second most important prop will be the main characters briefcase. This will contain something of clear importance that is not revealed to the audience in the opening scene, to gain the audiences interest and make them want to watch on. It is the only explanation the audience have for what is going on in the scene, and explains the characters motives for their violent actions. The briefcase itself looks professional to match the main characters business-like appearance. The case also has a lock on it as this gives our villain a reason to force a combination out of the main character, showing his dark personality. Fake blood will be needed for when our main character is hit through the leg by one of the villains bolts. We want it to look as realistic as possible, so will more than likely buy actual fake blood from a joke shop. If not, we can make fake blood ourselves out of home ingredients. We can then stick one of the bolts through the actors trouser legs to make it look like it has actually gone through his leg. The final prop, a mobile phone, will be used only at the end of our scene by the villain to confirm the job is done to an unknown authority. 
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