Props

We deliberately chose not to include many props in our thriller. We felt that this would allow sole focus to be on the characters, and the enigma they produce, as they prove the key feature in our opening. We did however, choose to use a couple of props that we feel would successfully connote the topic of violence, a key theme of the thriller genre. The use of these props came from an inspiration of other thriller films which have used the same objects.


Wallet:
This proves a key prop to our thriller opening. It creates something out of the ordinary. Robbie finds a wallet on the floor of an isolated public bathroom. He is intrigued and eventually it results in his fate.
The wallet also proves an enigma in our thriller opening because we do not know how the wallet has come to be on the floor of these toilets, and we dont not why.
Money is often the cause of violence which proves a key theme throughout many thrillers. The shot which involves the wallet will be edited using slow motion as I feel this will successfully highlight the disorientated feel I am attempting to show through my video. It will also foreshadow the fate of the character of Robbie. 

                                                                                    
                                                                                    Car:
Although only at the start of our thriller, the car plays a key role in determining power. Because of its sheer size, we assume that the person in the car is in control, as opposed to the young, vulnerable boy walking alongside it. An enigma is also created with this object because we are unable to see who is inside.
Cars have been used throghout many thriller films to symbolise different things. For example, in Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino, Ordell is forced to get into the trunk of the car and then goes on to be murdered shortly after - here the car is playing the role of angel of death. Also, in Thelma and Louise, the size of vehicle gives us an understanding of power and authority - Thelma and Louise are in a little car that is driving between two huge lorries. Other films that use this object/prop are Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro and more notably Essex Boys starring Sean Bean.