Props Research

Props:

• DVD's (Star Trek, Superman, Doctor Who, X-Men etc.)
• Bin (overflowing)
• Laptop
• Laptop Mouse
• Chair
• Desk
• Metal Frame Bed
• Pot of Pencils 
• Desk Lamp
• Bowl of old, uneaten cereal
• Monster Energy Drink 
• Books (fiction, non-fiction)
• Superman tin lunch box 
• Black dressing gown 
• Clock 
• American sweet wrappers 
• Newspaper cutting on pin board ( linked to shootings)
• Glasses 
• Death wish poster 

We used the props to dress the room to fit Peters personality. As the story is set in America we wanted to find a way to make that clear to the audience, we did this by having some uneaten American sweets on the desk where Peter was sat.

We wanted to give the audience some clues that it it based around shooting in schools without giving away too much, this is when we came up with the idea of newspaper cuttings linked to school shootings.