Props: types of knives.

One of the key props we are using in our thriller is a knife. To get a better understanding of what kind of knife we need I've looked at different types of knives just to see whether there is something we can use as an additional connotation, which would convey some message to the audience like other props do.

Here is what I've found:

-Chef's Knife seems to be a really good idea, because it's relatively big and would look good in the shot, making our female character look more powerful.

-Paring Knife is too small and wouldn't really look threatening like something that could have left a wound as big as the one our male character has on his belly.

-Utility Knife is used for cutting vegetables and would look quite elegant in women's hand like a small, but dangerous weapon.

-Bird's Beak Knife seems to be too specialised, which may not be beneficial for the representation of our characters, because it may be a bit confusing for the audience, as she will look like a professional cook, which we don't want.

-Boning Knife is used for cutting meat, which doesn't quite fit the narrative of our opening sequence, because our character is cutting vegetables, but I really like its shape, I think it would look good with the outfit of our female character, which is very feminine and gentle.

-Butcher Knife looks great for thrillers, because it's relatively big and sharp, however it's more likely to be used for cutting meat - but, she might have used it for stabbing her husband first and then just didn't want to change the knife, which should be quite straightforward to the audience, so we can still choose this type of the knife.

-Bread Knife obviously would look fake if we intend to use it for cutting vegetables in our thriller.

-Carving Knife looks thin and elegant, which would supplement the red dress of our female character and her charming look.

-Cheese Knife looks really funny, but, of course, we can't use it for cutting vegetables and I also can't remember a single time when I saw a knife like than in a shop, so it may be a challenge to try and get one.

-Sheep's foot paring knife??? Honestly, I don't think we would want to use this one.

-Hardy Slicer is used for cutting hard (obviously) food products and also it looks quite heavy and big, which would juxtapose with quite and feminine look of our main villain, which should have an impact on the audience as contrasts always do.

-Spatula Spreader doesn't really look like a knife at all...

-Kitchen Shears...why is that even in the knife section???

-Santoku Knife similar to the chief's knife, which I like - should look great.

-Meat Cleaver would be perfect if we have kept the idea about cannibalism, however this knife is not 'pointy' so the audience might question how she managed to stab him with it.

-Salmon Knife would just look really strange in the shot, not even mentioning it's actually a SALMON knife.

-Vegetable Cleaver would be perfect because it's used for cutting vegetables and also looks quite massive, however, its not pointy, so she couldn't have stabbed her husband with it, so we can't use it not to destroy the reality of the world we are creating for our thriller.

To sum up: I didn't expect to find that variety of different knives, however, now I kind of feel that at least I know something about this area, so I'm getting more and more confident in preparation for our shooting day. Analysing different styles of cooking knives on their practicality and shape, I think Santoku, Butcher or Chef's knives would be best choices, because they not only act as practical and realistic props, but also complete the character's costume and narrative of the story.

SO LET'S GET STARTED!