Props For Blind Fate.By G3242014Group 5

Genre and Sub-Genre

The main Genre for for the 5 minute film is Romance. This is because there is a sense of romance and love within the film. Furthermore, the sub-genre for the film is supernatural and there are aspects of supernatural activity during the film. We have selected Props to go along with the Genre, Sub-genre and characters so that the film can emphasize the importance of these props.

Walking Stick

A walking stick would be used for the female character that is blind. This would link to the sub-genre of supernatural by suggesting that there are side effects to having such powers and are toggled by certain situations/tragedies.

Glasses (For the blind)

Glasses (for the blind) will be used to also emphasize the characters disability and show how the sub-genre of supernatural, supernatural powers will take a toll on the user.

Gravestones

Gravestones will be used to tell the stories of both characters and how their parent/parents came to their death. This will link to the main genre of romance as the reminder of death brings the characters together.

Folders and books

Folders and books will be used to connote the fact that both characters are still going through education. This would link to the genre of Romance because we wanted the film to elaborate on the fact that young people are getting into relationships so soon with their whole life ahead of them and uses love as a scapegoat to escape their reality of life.

Beer Bottles

Beer bottles are going to be used to emphasize the bond between the male character and his father who has passed away. The beer bottles symbolizes the link of how he use to grab a drink with his father and wants to carry on the tradition even though his father is not present.

Necklace

The necklace will be worn by the female character as a symbol of a gift in which she received from her parents before they died in a tragic car accident. The necklace could be a symbolic reminder of everlasting love and how even though she lost her sight she still has emotions.

Laptop

The laptop plays a key role in the short film as she lost her sight not to long ago and with muscle memory, knows the location of each key on her laptop which would be essential for her to live a normal life and attend university at no other disadvantage apart from her sight.

Earphones and phones

Her phone along with her ear phones are used in the film as an escapism tool for the main female character as it would allow her to fade away from the struggles that society has given her because of her disability. It will emphasise on the problems she faces and how she is not too drawn into them.

However…

Although we had initially wanted each of the props to show significance throughout the scenes, we only had access to a certain amount of things and therefore we was not able to elaborate on such symbolism. In other words we made do.

10/01/14