drug use in our film

in our film , drugs are a major part of the storyline , so we had to think carefully of the way in which we went about having them represented in our film , wether we wanted them to be seen as good or bad , if they helped out or got people into danger.

we decided that we didn't want drugs to be seen as a good thing in our film , as this not only would go against stereotypical convention and representation of drugs in modern cinema , and we also didn't want any controversy surrounding the film.

we also had to think carefully about the substance we use in our film , as we needed a hallucinogenic for our storyline , however we needed something that wasn't too controvertial and hardcore , such as class A drugs like cocaine or heroin and we needed something that would be easy to be shown as been taken on camera.

in the end we decided the best drug to use would be magic mushrooms , as we were able to easily get hold of normal mushrooms and dry them out which really made them look like believable magic mushrooms , and this also enabled us to take them on camera