Bottle prop

 A main element in the plot is the fathers alcoholic addiction. This leads him to his aggressive lash outs, and mood swings with his daughter. Besides using emotions and arguments to clearly show this, we brainstormed an idea to create a prop that will help further convey this element.

We obviously can't legally purchase or drink any alcoholic beverages, so we got creative with how we will make our own bottles. We are going to use glass bottles such as the ones from the San Pellegrino sparkling water company. We will remove their stickers, and glue on new stickers we printed out of popular alcoholic names. The bottles will be filled with water, the dark green glass they are made out of makes it really hard to see the substance inside so it doesn't call for us to fill them with anything special.

(Example of bottle)

We will have a handful of these bottles, and they will be in most of the scenes, especially the big argument scene in the kitchen with his daughter. You will see them kind of dispersed, on the counter, floor, table, or in the background. The more we have, the stronger of a message it sends that his addiction is severe and worsening. 

Although, the contribution of the prop bottles might not seem like a lot, they will actually help fill in all the details and clearly show what's happening. To be able to collect as many bottles as I can, I have asked my dad to set them aside for me. He loves to drink sparkling water every day, especially San Pellegrino, I also like drinking them. Overtime, I have been able to collect five so far, and I'm aiming for two or three more. 

One of the bottles will be in the background of the fight scene, and it will be shattered. To show the mess that the father is, and lives in, one of the bottles will be broken next to some other ones. Caps will be off some bottles, and not all of the bottles will be fully filled. This will show that he is actively drinking and abusing the alcohol. 

Overall, with the prop bottles I think we can carry out the narrative smoothly, and show that we have detailing in the film settings.