Necklace
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The
style of necklace we'll need
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We want to give Alice a silver cross necklace. The picture above is a good example of what we're looking for; a cross, not a crucifix. It has to be silver, as gold in the eyes of Christians may represent greed. Alice is Christian, so she always wears this necklace. We want to have shot of the necklace around Alice's neck when she's lying at the bottom of the stairs, and another when Richard drops it on the floor on his way to leave for the funeral. On this shot, which will probably be the last shot, we want to use a focus pull to move the depth of field from the background to the foreground to show the necklace as the last object in the film.
Engagement Ring
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Our
chosen style of ring
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Keys
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Example
of keys.
The
keys are going to be used in two shots of our film in two
different scenes. The use of the keys in the first scene will be
to signify that Richard has just come back from work and it just
gives it a casual look. In the second scene the use of the keys
is signifying the fact that Alice is leaving Richard and giving
him back the keys as if to say this is actually final.
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The
book we want to use: 'The Girl in the Face of the Clock'.
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We want to use a book as a prop in the story. When the female, Alice, is at home waiting for Richard to return, she sits at the table (which is laid) and has a book with her. This is that book. We chose this particular book because it foreshadows what's going to happen to Alice later in the film. When the argument goes upstairs, she takes the book with her. Richard follows her up the stairs, and Alice throws the book towards him. Richard ducks, and the book goes down the stairs. When Alice falls, the book is face-up lying beside her, and the camera focuses on this. We could have the camera look at the book, then pan over to show her lying on the floor at the bottom of the stairs with Richard standing at the top, just like the book's cover portrays.
Newspaper
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Example
of a newspaper.
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The
newspaper will be used in the first scene, where (this was a new idea
we came up with) a newspaper boy will bring the paper early in the
morning and post it through the letter box - which really links to
our films title and meaning which is that he, the same as the two
girls, doesn't know what is going on behind that door, he's just got
a job to do. It really shows how we have no idea what could be
happening in somebody's house at any time.
Another
idea was that we could do another foreshadow of Alice's death within
the paper itself, somehow. Whether we mange this is yet to be seen
but it is an idea.
Football
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Football
like the one we'll be using.
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The
football will be used in the very first shot of the first scene
within the establishing shot of the house. It will be kicked around
by two young girls as they walk past the house laughing - this is
meant to demonstrate the idea that they don't have any clue of what
is going on behind the door of the house we are filming in - they
think everything if fine when really, in our film, it turns out it
really isn't fine. The football adds to this carefree look on life
that children have, because they are simply having fun.
