Empty alcohol bottle(s) - There is drug and alcohol use in our film and empty alcohol bottles portrays this clearly and also does not show the characters actually drinking.
Pills - This further emphasizes the drug use. Actual illegal drug pills obviously will not be used, but we would use some cheap legal tablets that are easily accessible and will make them out to look like illegal drugs.
LSD tab - again shows the drug use. Will also not use real LSD, just get some paper with a little picture or symbol on it to show an LSD tab.
Cigarettes - further drug use, shows he does not care about his well-being.
BB gun - This is a key prop because it infers the twist. It is blue and black however we will spray paint the whole gun black. This is to make it look more realistic and the process of this is shown below.
All of these props are linked with illegal activity or anti-social behaviour. It shows the character's bad background and all the negative external influences that Brad is being faced with.
For all of the drug use, we got our inspiration from the film Traffic (2000). It shows teenagers taking drugs throughout the film and the plot and subplot's main themes include drug abuse, which is very similar to our film.
For the knife, we got the idea from The Number 23 (2007). In this film, the use of a knife is seen quite frequently. There are many implied murders with knives in this film and there is one scene where a character has slit wrists. We implemented this into our film with a slight twist, as we do not show any gory scenes in the trailer however the slit wrists and neck is implied in our trailer.
We got the idea from Elephant (2003) for our use of the gun. It is shown in our trailer very briefly and is there to slightly infer the twist. In Elephant, the film is about school shooters and in our film, the protagonist is so psychologically harmed to the point where he goes and shoots up a school, which is very similar.
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