Preparing and Ordering Props

Before we schedule filming, we need to come up with a list of props that will be used in the film.  Some props may need to be ordered if we do not already have them.

This is the list that was made for our props.  The Clue board game would be used as the center of the action inside the house.  The director had an older Clue game board that looked used and dirty, which fits the horror film atmosphere.  We decided to use portable camping folding chairs that we already owned for the actors to use to sit in.  We had the actors carry them into the house during the opening scene instead of having chairs already in the house.  This created more of feeling of the house being empty.  The backpack, which was the director's school backpack, was red, which is a color for danger in the horror film genre, and was used to carry the Clue board game in it.  

The battery powered light bulb with lamp needed to be ordered.  There were no lamps that could be used as is from any of the team members making the film.  We had lamps we could use, but with no plug or electricity in the house we were using to film in, we would not get the lighting that we needed.  The director ordered a battery powered light bulb so that the film would have lighting inside the house (https://www.amazon.com/Rechargeable-Detachable-Charging-Magnetic-Lighting/dp/B0CLRJWFLY/).  The lightbulb also had a remote with a flicker button that would be useful when the lights go out in the film.  The lightbulb will fit inside the lamp options we have that we already own.