Task 2 - Research Into Existing Products: "Snap, Snap, Bang" - Prop List

• 1 Table 
• 1 Deck of 52 Cards
• 3 Drinking Glasses
• 3 Water Jugs
• 1 "The Club" Promotion card 
• 1 Mobile Phone

One of the good things I have picked up on about short films is they only require a limited amount of resources to film and only a few various locations to film on, for a basic short film. My initial idea for my A2 media product being an elaborate story following a character that has been brainwashed by the government to conform to certain stock-character archetypes, would have required a worrying amount of costumes and props, locations and potentially make-up to make that world seem believable on the motion picture.

A film that has always fascinated me is The Blair Witch Project (1999) as not only did it set in motion a new genre of horror (found footage), but the budget for the movie was a mere 60,000 dollars, making over £14 million in the UK box office alone on release. A movie that was put together on such a limited budget for the time, had wrapped filming within a week, was able to gather such a huge cult following years after the film had been made really draws attention to the fact that with a good team working on the project, the budget for props and costumes becomes less and less of a drawback to the overall project.