The specifics of the props for Dear Mother

          The beginning of the short film contained a lot props but gladly I already had everything at my house. For the first scene I had to get a container with nothing it for the actor to use it as their lunch dish. Then, for the kitchen scenes I had to make a mess. My kitchen garbage was empty so I filled it up with paper tissue and boxes to take up space. This made it seem like the garbage was full even though it was not. Then, for the sink there was already a dirty utensils and a cup in there. All I did was reorganized them in the sink so it could look more messy. For the spilled food scene, I did not actually want to make a big mess or waste food. So, I got some stale chips, black pepper seasoning, wrapped cheese, and water. I mixed it together to make the food spilled. This was easy to clean up afterwards since nothing was sticky or left any crumbs. I just had to wipe up the mess with a napkin and that's it. Then, I ended up using 3 different phones for the bathroom scene. The actor used one to talk on the phone. Then, I ended up using the other two phones for that scene. One was to call the actor's phone for it to ring in the take. The second one was to actually film that bathroom scene. The costume for the mother was changed to an all black outfit from head to toe. The mother ended up wearing a black crocs, blouse, and pants because the actor already had that on prior. I thought it was best to use that outfit as the costume because it was convenient for both me and the actor.  Since the actor did not have to change, it shorten the time spent for filming.