Costumes, Props and Loactions

Costumes: For the costumes of our actors, we decided to stick to the traditional theme of rollerblading clothing; skinny jeans or baggy jeans, with a traditional rollerblading baggy t-shirt. For when the rollerblader wasn’t rollerblading, trainers were worn to create effect. We stuck to the theme of rollerblading clothing, as this was the theme for the whole production so we thought that this would fit the production well. It is also the fashion for skaters to wear beanie hats or hats in general. We put our characters in hats to also create a realistic effect to make the production also seem more real. Also when the skaters were skating, we decided to use hard helmets so that this would show that they were trying complicated tricks to add effect to the production.

Props: We used a car for the thug because this would show how the car and the thug have authority over the skater, they’re able to go faster and they have more power. This echoes with the theme that the thug has more power in status over the skater. We also used the rollerblades which obviously were the main theme for our production. Rollerblades symbolise how things can fly by and go fast without sometimes you realising, for example, how the competition and the rollerbladers debt becoming increasingly large. Other props include the skate ramps to make the skating real and show how good they can be. This also puts an insight into the real rollerblading sport.

Location: The location we chose for our film to be set was at Bay 66. This is a large and well known skate park for skaters all around. This provided the best chance for the skaters to produce their best tricks and to make the film authentic. The other location we used at the beginning of the production was Rayleigh Skate Park. This was a good location for the first skater to start off and to find the flyer. It also provided a very realistic place for him to be threatened in the car park.