Props for our trailer

We have decided on props that we will use for our trailer. In other action films in the 1980s era, props were used a lot and this had a big impact on their products. We feel that props will give a more dramatic effect to the piece. Here is an image of the props that we used: The gun is a vital part of the trailer as it is a piece of equipment used by police, so both DC Summers and DC Curtis will own one. DC Curtis uses the gun to symbolise him as a character, being the dominant and strong person that makes him seem powerful. Whereas DC Summers only uses it in emergency situations and this shows how he is more mature and sensible with his job. The only scene in which he uses the gun is where he is chasing Billy down the alleyway and is unsure of where he is. He uses the gun as protection. Billy will have one when he shoots Toby and uses it literally as a weapon in order to get what he wants. The use of the document is also important for us to use as in a police action film, the informant is a key part of them. For example in Starsky and Hutch, the informant is a key part of the story and we wanted to mirror this in our piece. In our piece, Toby is going to hand over the 'secret information' to DC Summers about Billy, who then jumps out of the wilderness to shoot Toby for parting with the vital information. The bag of powder is also used to show a vital part of the movie, as the notorious bad/evil characters live by dealing drugs. This is used in the scene when Billy is trying to deal drugs to DC Summers, but gets arrested. The binoculars are also used as they are a key part of the policemans attire and are used in a lot of police films in order to look for criminals whilst in the safe area of their car, which is what we have done in our trailer. Then there is also the camera, which is for taking pictures of all the locations, and filming the trailer.

This is a picture of the blood used in the scene when Billy shoots Toby after he gives away the secret information to DC Summers. This was created by Robin, and was created through research from the internet. This is how it was made:

Cornflower, Water, Oil, Red Food Colouring.




We aimed to make this seem as realistic as possible and we realised that this aim was realised when the general public near the scene became concerned and called the police.

This is another image of further props used: The wig used by the criminal at the start of the trailer, the sunglasses, the gun and the handcuffs all used by DC Curtis and the interview equipment to be used in the evaluation section. This shows the amount of props that we have used and how important they have proved to be in the film trailer.