Props/Costumes used in our Film.

For example in this photo Effie is from the capitol and so is
wearing bright, expensive clothes where as Katniss is from
the districts which are a poor area and is wearing bland,
simple clothing. 

COSTUME: 
Our film being thriller and action doesn't involve as many detailed costumes because they involve casual everyday people. There is an exception in The Dark Knight rises because Batman is in his Bat suit and The villains i.e Bane has his mask on. Also if the thriller is set in a specific period or in certain conditions i.e in the Hunger games in the districts they are in dirty, ripped clothes to demonstrate how poor they are and in the capitol they are dressed in wacky outfits to demonstrate wealth. However mostly our thriller film is based around films like taken and the punisher so the clothes will be quite casual as it reflects the situation of the film, towards the end the costumes will get ripped to show what the character has gone through. 


For our film opening we have thugs who are the bad guys,to demonstrate this they will be in dark clothes as that is a universal symbol for bad characters. They will be in big hoodies to hide their faces and look suspicious as someone who has a hood up is stereotypically linked with being a bad character. When the henchman pulls out a gun he should be wearing a trench-coat so that it gives the idea of what he is hiding behind the coat. 

For the character that is being chased they should be in casual clothes as it has been sudden, also they need to be quite dirty clothes as they are escaping through the trees.White t-shirt as it shows they are a good guy because white is the universal colour for good characters and something like jeans to show he is very casual. This is used in a lot of thrillers and action films as a convention of costume - it shows the effect of the action i.e mud from bombs. A white vest is famous in Die hard as symbolic symbol but it also shows how Bruce Willis is the bad guy.

Props:
Props are important in every film as they set the mood, they demonstrate to the audience what kind of film it is and when it was set. They're just as important as costumes within a film - they link together. Props are important because it adds to the effect of the setting and makes it more realistic to the viewer - if they were going to shoot someone and didn't have a gun as a prop then it won't look realistic. Props play part of iconography the visual images and symbols used in a film), in a thriller film would include guns rather than swords because guns are a quick way to kill someone and so they can do it quickly in the height of things and get away also killing someone with a gun is not as horrific as using a sword. Therefore a sword is usually more common within a horror because it is quite gruesome. Because of this we have decided to use a gun in our thriller film so that it matches the iconography of typical thriller films.

Our gun prop

The main type of iconography in thrillers is the weaponry as its a key element i.e. guns, grenades etc... However in recent thriller films they have began to cross over with horror  films and so because of this blood is often plays a party as long as it isn't too gory. Also the screams of trying to escape or in public if a gun shot has gone off.