Props In My Short Film

These are some of the key props that have been used in my short film to help show meaning.

 

 

 : Rent Money Letter

 

This is shown towards the beginning of the film where Sarah is still in her normal every day life. This is used to illustrate the harsh world she is living in of not always having a lot of or enough money. She is not always able to pay the rent and she is always getting pestered for it. But this is all about to change when she wins the lottery...

 

 : Lottery List

 

After winning the lottery, Sarah creates a 'Lottery List' which is a starting point for how she intends to spend her money. While she is on the phone to the first friend asking for money for her own rent, she ticks this off on her list. After doing this she intends on buying a new phone and booking a holiday. This is used as it is something she thought she would never have.

 : Letter from the Homeless Woman

 

After she has lived in a dream world about how she wants to spend her winnings, Sarah recieves a letter  from the homeless woman she met in the park. The letter thanks her for the money but then goes on to say why she should think about not going to too many extremes or spending money for the sake of it. Instead she should make sure she thinks about what she's doing and remember that there are others that aren't as lucky as she is. This is a key point in the film as it also gets the audience to think a bit too.

 

 

 : Lottery Ticket

 

This also plays a significant part in the film. It is the thing that is meant to change her life for the better, but instead it does the opposite. At the end of the film she screws it up as an indication that she no longer wants the flash lifestyle and that she would rather live her old lifestyle as she was happier in that time.

 

 : Money

 

This is the thing in the film that determines the kind of life that Sarah has. It is something that the audience can decide if it's a good or a bad thing and they can see what Sarah chooses to do with her money in the end. It creates a message for the audience as well as the main character.

 

I started getting my props together and filming my footage during the February half term on 22/2/13. This was one of the only days which my main character was available to film. I re-filmed other areas of my films a couple of weeks later in case there was anything else I wanted to add. On this day I filmed all of the footage at my house, which I tried to make look more like a flat. I filmed down my roads and the streets around my road. I did this as I wanted my film to be filmed in an every day setting and also because it was easier to film. My locations represent the every day life of my main character to show that she lives a fairly normal life.