Despite initially planning to not incorporate any props into our video (we believed that the setting of the woods would make it unrealistic), we eventually decided to incorporate some props in order to present a more obvious relationship between the two characters shown. These props were added in between the second and final cut of our video, as this is when we received the feedback that it would be a stronger video if a second character was included. The two props we decided to incorporate were a mobile phone and a wedding invitation, and both are included around the same time within the video in order to present the close relationship between the two characters.
The mobile phone is effective because it shows a picture of the two characters together, which is clearly an old picture - this adds a huge amount of narrative focus to the video because it shows the audience that there is some sort of history between the characters. In addition to this, we decided to include this prop as it meant a change in shot composition as almost all of the other shots are either focused on a character or on the scenery surrounding the woods. It is also a much brighter shot than nearly all of the others within the video, meaning that it provides a break from the otherwise incredibly dark video.
The other prop we used, the funeral pamphlet, helped us to add to the dark and scary ambiance of the video. This is because it connotes that the second character in the film is already dead, thus linking with the lyrics of the song which are all about ghosts and the past. Without incorporating this prop there would have been little linking the visuals with the music, which again would have greatly affected the narrative of our video.
Overall, I believe that these choices of props are effective and will help to give a much stronger narrative aspect to our video, along with providing us with a wider range of shooting material.
By George Martin
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