Props List

There will be a fair few props in our film that we will need, and, being a film, each prop should have as much personality as the character who uses it. The props reflect the character of the person who uses it, so it is vital that we locate the right props. They also, of course, need to be affordable and accessable. Here is a list of the props we will need:

Ear Pieces - During the sequence the characters working for the kidnapping company, and also Agent Davidson use ear pieces in order to keep each other updated with the mission across the location. An idea we have had for ear pieces is to get hold of some old, borken headphones and cut the cable off, so that only the bud that goes into the ear remains. This will look very state-of-the-art as they wont have any cables attached.

Briefcase - Half way through the scene the target picks up a briefcase which has something in that we never find out. The briefcase is what raises alarm in one of the kidnappers head, as they think that something big is going down. I think that the look that we want for the briefcase is either a brown leather one, which would look very old-school stylish, or we want a silver metal one that would make it seem more official and its contents more precious. We will see what we can find and decide what looks best.

Cup of Coffee - A small, yet essential prop is a cup of coffee that one of the kidnappers is drinking whilst on the job. When he starts to get alarmed he takes out the ear piece and puts it in the cup of coffee in order to 'go dark' dramatically. The cup of coffee also establishes how lazy the kidnappers are, and that the mission up till then was not very serious at all. It will be a basic cafe take away style cup, preferably without a lid, so that the ear piece can be easily put in it.

Phone - One of the kidnappers who isn't directly at the scene isn't speaking through an ear piece as he does not need to because there is no one around to be suspicious of him. He is speaking through a phone instead. The phone can be very modern to show that the man gets a decent amount of money from the job and he thinks of himself as a sort of a businessman. I think that the best sort of phone for this would be a smart phone, as he would also probably use the phone to get schematics for buildings and get quick internet access. A person I know has a very nice white smart phone that is quite big, so we will probably use that. If this is confirmed than I will post a picture straight away.

That is all the props that we will need for the opening two minutes of our film. We are also considering giving the kidnappers binoculars so that it is clear to the audience that they are just observing the target to start with, however it does lose the power of stealth that the kidnappers have, as weilding binoculars in Trafalgar Square isn't very common.