Final Planning Vlog

Props and Costume

Where to get the costumes?

• Charity shops
  
• Borrow from extra's cast
  
• Cheap clothes stores

Dave, Gary, and Extras.

The "Angel"

The "Devil"

Props

In the case a poker table cannot be found, a green velvet or felt cloth could be put over a round table instead.

Eyeliner pencil for body art. This is to create the swirling patterns that run up the Angel and Devil's arms.

Small stickers to define detail on the body art. Easy to peel off and will look good on CU shots. Light colours for Angel, black and sharper flowers for Devil.

Possible Locations

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.

Final Story Board (Digital)

Draft Scripts

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Script 1

Script 2

Draft Storyboard

In our group, several draft versions were done individually before creating out digitilised storyboard.
(Read top row, then go back to left of row beneath) CLICK TO ENLARGE

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Ideas for DVD extras...

1. Video Diary of group meetings, ideas, and "The making of..." our project.
2. Blooper reel! Also show how the serious problems during filming were resolved.
3. Interviews from those in the group to talk about progress, opinions, the general project.
4. Recordings of feedback from friends, family, cast extras that have seen the finished (or unfinished) project. Feedback during the filming would be good to find faults and improvements.