The first choice location for 'Poker's Advocate' is Drama room 1. It has lighting equipment that will give the frames clear visuals. The black floor and curtains gives a dynamic background and pulls focus to the actors and poker game rather than the set. This mise-en-scene will allow the atmosphere of the film be made mainly by sound and music.
The following are possible locations in the case that the drama room is unavailable. We could use these small rooms for close up shots as you don't see the background. If we don't have the drama room for mid-shots, display boards could be borrowed and we would drape black cloth over them to mimic the drama room.
This small room is useful for filming CU and ECU shots as less of the set is seen. The enclosed space with the setting boards will create a feeling of claustrophobia that could mimic the panic in the character Dave.
Setting boards could create a corridor and with lighting equipment, it could mimic the entrance to an underground poker room. The lighting would be used to produce the feeling of obscurity.
The round tables in the sixth form common room are ideal for the poker table as a real one is not accessible.
The protagonist Dave could enter the game room via lift, with a CU of his eyes watching the numbers on the lift decrease as he gets to the game room. However this shot would distract the audience from the main point of the film which is the poker game.
From the top library, this would be a good shot for a birds eye view of the players entering the poker game room.
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