Props

There are a couple of props that are going to be used in this film. Firstly there is the various junk scattered about the desk and around the room. The papers and various other stuff add a disorganized side to the character and suggests a poor mental state. It also includes a bit of chaos to the situation.

Next there was the shovel (which was actually a stick). This was necessary for the digging. This added some mystery and depth to the story that is being slowly unveiled. I didn't have a shovel that wasn't colourful or a kids shovel that you use on the beach, so I decided to use a straight stick and I blurred the image.
   

Costume and actor

My first costume is a grey 3 piece suit with a black bow-tie and a white shirt. I am also wearing wellies and waterproof trousers. Not only is the suit in a snowy environment, but it's been mixed with some very outmatching clothes. The trousers and wellies though, match the setting they  are in and t adds to the  costume and gives mystery to the character. It gets the audience thinking about what his motives are. I shall be acting in this as I can preset a mental state and I thought it would be easier to do it myself as I wouldn't have to rely on other people as they were not always available for enough time to do it all in one day. As it was outside for the most part and it snowed, I was only able to do the shooting in that one day.

This is my costume for the indoor scene. It use some of the other costume but arranged to look more scruffy. This makes it more believable as he had just been sleeping in the shirt and bow-tie. It links the two locations together and puts them in a definite chronological order. It also suggests he got home late the night before and didn't bother taking all clothes off. This presents a sense of disorganization in the character.

Expendable

This is my final Piece, Expendable.

Film company titles

I think that this title is effective as the deep red colour adds to the creepiness of the thriller and red also illustrates danger.

The black and white llama is effective because it is plain and simple and doesn't disract you too much from the actual piece

Draft edit

I feel like this went well for a draft. I haven't however used any costume and I should try next time hiding the identity of the character to create mystery and add more tension as the music reveals that there is something wrong already. The music works well with the piece overall. I could of experimented with visual effects to assign representations of the on screen character. The kitchen has to be more cluttered to again show that there is something strange about the situation. The baby monitor needs to actually be working and the final shots are far too dark. At the end I'm planning on adding a montage of close up moving objects and various actions over the titles. I'm happy with the idea that there are now credits in the very first scene as (in my opinion) this would ruin the tension.