Props

In nearly all media productions, props are used for many different reasons and they can sometimes have some sort of meaning behind them. In our piece, there are not many props which are needed, in fact there is only one. This is the weapon which the main character will have throughout the opening sequence. Although this sounds like a pretty basic prop there was some thinking that had to go into what the weapon will be. Stereotypically, weapons in films tend to either be firearms, knives and so on but this isn't going to be the case in our piece. We want the weapon to be something that realistically will be found in a post apocalyptic environment, as there wouldn't really be guns lying around. Therefore we decided to think along the lines of the sort of thing you would find in a typical house, shed or garage. This gave us a massive list of choices although some were not appropriate such as a cleaver or kitchen knife as we would be filming in public and we didn't want to look suspicious. Here are a selection of potential tools which could work as weapons in our piece along with the positives and negatives of both.

     

Hammer - Is a good example of a household item which could be used as a weapon and in many films does just that. However we want the audience to clearly see the weapon throughout and this can be hard to do with such a small object.

Knife - This is also something which is stereotypically seen as a household weapon and would work however it is also too small and if I was seen carrying a knife then there could be trouble. 

        

Spade - This is something that may not always be seen as a weapon but will work perfectly within our piece. I think this as it is something that could be found in any home and is easily visible to the audience. We will probably use this in our piece unless we can find anything better.