Research and Planning - Organisation of props

The props I intend to use when creating my teaser trailer is:

- Dog lead
- Knife
- Boxes
- Suitcases
- Fake blood

I will use these props in order to create a realistic feeling to the shots I am taking. Some of them are going to be used to contribute to the horror genre feeling so it is portrayed to the audience.

For example, part of the teaser trailer is a family moving into a new house. For this reason I will use the props of boxes and suitcases to create a realistic feeling that they are actually moving into a new house. On the boxes I am going to write text on it such as 'DVDs' 'Kitchin' 'Plates' and 'Glasses', this is again to make the scene look real.

I intend to use the prop of a knife to empathise the fact that the teaser trailer is a horror genre. A knife connotates injury and something to be feared in the wrong person's hands. I want this feeling to come across to the audience to show it is a horror genre. When I carried out audience research I found that the audience want to see a knife in the teaser trailer, it had a response of six people the second highest choice. For this reason I think I should use a knife.

A small prop of a dog lead is going to be used in the teaser trailer for the dog that the girl will walk. This is a necessary prop needed for a shot and will not be used to connotate any meaning.

I am planning on using fake blood within the teaser trailer. This is because it is a typical convention of a horror genre teaser trailer. I think it signifies a horror genre and is essential to use. From the audience research I carried out I found that the target audience want to see blood, it had a response of six, the same as 'knife', for this reason I think it is a good prop to use in the teaser trailer.