Sweeney Todd - Props

Sweeney Todd – Props
In the musical, the main prop used are Sweeney’s razors. These are his only friends in the musical and enhance power. When the audience are first introduced to this significant prop they’re neatly placed in a box that was hidden showing how they’re so important to him as they had to be hidden from the world. The razors are clean signifying that they’re ready to be used, they also enhance power when Sweeney holds them as ignores everything around him. At the end of showing this prop it is held high with Sweeney looking out of the window and the scene finishing with the camera zooming out onto the whole town suggesting that the razor will destroy everyone one by one through the town which gives the audience that the razor has a significant meaning through out the film.

When Sweeney starts to use the razors he does not stop as he feels so in control with them. Another prop that makes him feel like this is the chair. It holds the subject making them feel safe, then when Sweeney pulls a leaver it drops the now dead man underground. The chair is an easy and quick way for Sweeney to destroy evidence which gives him more confidence when killing a man.

A final prop that stand out is the gun that Anthony have to save Johanna from the asylum she is trapped in. If shows great power as he has never had any before which he holds to save Joanna. Although he has the gun he does not use it signifying that although he has all the power in the world at that moment, he still can’t shoot a man.