Mise-en-scene for MANSLAUGHTER: Props

 Since the opening will take place in a normal house and more specifically, a normal kitchen and dining table, the props needed are still plentiful but at least they're not difficult props to acquire. 

The start of the opening will be a woman's hands placing a vinyl in a record player. This means we need a vinyl and a record player but we can't use just any vinyl; it has to be a black vinyl with no artist/company/album/song name on it. Vicky has both a record player and some vinyls and the only vinyl she has that fits the mood the most is a red Queens vinyl with "Queens" in the center of it.     

 

The montage after the record player scene will be divided into two sections: setting up the dinner table and then preparing the meals. For the start of the dinner table section, we were thinking of having the woman throw a table cloth over the table and also cover the camera. Afterwards, it'll show the woman placing the table mats, the napkins, the cutlery, the plates, the glass cups, a centerpiece of flowers, the candles, a wine bottle, and a wine bottle opener, each separate scenes of the montage. We are planning on filming at Vicky's house and she does have all of these in her home. 

The only props that are more uncommon than others are the rotisserie chicken that the woman pulls out the oven and fake blood. I am planning on just buying the rotisserie chicken at Publix on the way to Vicky's house and Bella herself owns fake blood (don't ask). 

 

 

Besides those props, we will also need some sauces to pour onto me to make it appear like blood. We will be using red lighting so as long as the sauces are dark, they will work as they will look like blood on camera. We will also need some seasoning for the chicken as the woman is seen sprinkling it on top of the chicken. She will also be chopping up a cucumber with a knife atop of a cutting board and then putting the cucumbers pieces onto the board. All of the following Vicky does also have at her home. 

Finally, the last props we'll need are some paper towels and gloves as we will pour the fake blood atop of them and then put them inside the trash can to show that the woman has been covering up a previous crime scene the whole time. Luckily, Vicky comes through once again and owns this too! Me and Bella's only contributions are the rotisserie chicken and fake blood but they are the most uncommon props of this entire shoot so 🤷

That goes over all the props necessary for our film opening! I doubt we'll need any more but if so, it'll definitely be mentioned in a future blog posting. 

PROP LIST:

•⁠  ⁠[X] Record player

•⁠  ⁠[X] Vinyl

•⁠  ⁠[X] Tablecloth

•⁠  ⁠[X] Napkins (2)

•⁠  ⁠[X] Cutlery (2)

•⁠  ⁠[X] Plates (2)

•  [X] Table mats (2)

•⁠  ⁠[X] Centerpiece/vase of flowers

•⁠  ⁠[X] Candles (2)

•⁠  ⁠[X] Glass cups (2)

•⁠  ⁠[X] Wine bottle

•⁠  ⁠[X] Wine opener

•⁠  ⁠[X] Rotisserie chicken

•⁠  ⁠[X] Sauce for chicken

•  [X] Seasoning for chicken

•⁠  ⁠[X] Platter for chicken

•⁠  ⁠[X] Cucumber

•⁠  ⁠[X] Cutting board

•⁠  ⁠[X] Bowl

•⁠  ⁠[X] Knife

•⁠  ⁠[X] Fake blood

•⁠  ⁠[X] Gloves

•⁠  ⁠[X] Towels

SOURCE (for picture of rotisserie chicken😂): Publix