These past few days I've been looking on different online stores and doing some research about the different props that I will most likely incorporate in the film opening.
Neon Lights-I want to add a pop of color to the scene and i'm relying mostly on lighting to achieve this.
One of the options is to buy a trip of LED lights form Amazon or visit my local shop to buy these. There are different options that vary in length, brightness, and range of colors. The lowest price that I could find was $17.99 for a set of strip lights. They have the ability to change colors periodically and the user has the option to control the speed, these lights are also flexible which is an advantage because they can adapt to different locations.
The other option that I found is much cheaper and I can make it myself. It requires cellophane, which is the thin and transparent paper that is sometimes used to wrap presents, and a lamp. The basic idea is that you put the cellophane in front of the light bulb on the lamp to create a colored light. This is a god option because it's cheaper than buying them since a pack of cellophane papers of different colors cost about $5, the downside to this is that unlike the store bought lights, these would not be flexible and I would depend on the lamps that I already own.
These two videos explain the process more in depth in case you want to give it a try.
DIY Colored Gels by Nate's Film Tutorials, DIY Ways to Color Lights by UM Stamps
Crime Scene-
The basic idea for my story has to do with some type of crime as it is a characteristic of the genre I choose. The options that I have are pretty much the same as the item above. I can either buy them from a local store or make them myself.
Some stores like Party city and Walmart offer "crime scene kits" that range from $5 to $10 dollars. However I think that they don't offer anything that I can't make with some basic materials so for these I plan on sticking with the Do It Yourself method.
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