Research and Planning: Costume and Props List

Today, Tasha and I have been thinking of ideas for our costume and props, looking at cost, and how realistic each idea is. As I am in charge of Mise en Scene, I have made a list of this, and will further research where we can buy products, the costs of these, and will make an estimation as to how long it will take to make the props that are specific to our trailer.

This is our research so far:

Underground citizens
Ripped clothing, shirts and pants with rugged edges. Dirt stains

Shirts for men and women can be bought from Primark for around £4 each.
We will have to research to look at the cheapest pair of trousers we can find - these people live in squalor, so it doesn't matter if their clothing is cheap and bad quality!

'Real world' citizens
This is much easier, as it is dressing people in what they usually wear!
We will not need to buy any costumes for this, and will have to just ask cast members to come in casual clothing.

Armour, swords etc.

Armour and swords can easily be bought from toy stores, or fancy dress shops. We will need to research prices for these. We also planned to use rocks, which we can pick up from parks, woods or even our own back gardens! (Don't worry, no people will be harmed in the making of this trailer...we hope!)

Badges for Underground Citizens
For the badges, we may buy some paper party bowls from a supermarket and paint or draw designs on them. This isn't ideal, as we fear the badges will look really cheap, and as important props, we don't want them to, but it's the best we can think of for now.

Energy Cylinder
We will discuss with our tutor, Angela, what she thinks we can do to create the cylinder, as this is expected to be a large prop.