Technical planning - Props and costumes

Technical planning - Props and costumes

Props and costume 

The props used was a white mask, a fake knife and fake blood. We chose a white mask as it disguises the killer and follows the codes and conventions of a horror slasher as the antagonist is usually a masked killer. Also the mask also represents and reinforces death which is also a feature and convention of a horror slasher due to the mask looking like a ghost. We chose a knife to be used for the killer's weapon as it is a blade which connotes a slow painful death and also it is the most famous type of blade as knifes are the main weapon used within a horror slasher. We chose fake blood to reinforce the code and convention of gore that is found within horror slashers. Also blood is a common phobia found within our target audience which can make them scared but due to the responses of the questionnaires most of our target audience feel squeamish and do not like the sight of blood which may detract them from the film, so we chose to use some but not much so the audience does not detract from the film but the film being able to follow the codes and conventions of a horror slasher.