Props
The only prop I need is a teddy for the bullies to throw and to also to be wrapped up as a baby for the princess to save from the hydra.
Costume
The boy in the real world will be wear normal everyday clothes to show he's a boy from modern day. In the fantasy he will turn into a knight, with armour and a helmet. However even though he as dressed as a knight he will be playing the part of the 'damsel in distress', this shows a contrast between his behaviour and his look. I'm doing this to show that people aren't their stereotypes and many people break the mould, so this shouldn't be asumed of people on how they look.
The girl, simily to the boy, in the real world will be in modern dress to show the time period and to not make her look any more higher status than any of the other characters. In the fantasy she will wear a princess costume and so be the opposite to the boy whose the knight. I have tried to show, through the princess being the one to slay the hydra, female strength so my young impressionable audience can have a good example to use. Also, because of these contrasts to real media I am challenging conventions on the representation of female characters and male characters.
The costume for my bully characters is blue/green colours so that when they're turned into the hydra the same colours are used. So that you can see that these are the characters from the real world that are the hydra in the fantasy world. This is a colour signifier that alows the audience to see the connection between the two situatutions and to show thats its the same.
