Main Task - Pre-Production - Characters

Troy (Todd Parsons)
Troy is my main character, he is quite casual and laid back, but really it is just a cover to hide who he really is. In the production he first appears as easy going and relaxed, but throughout the poker game he gets increasingly agitated and violent. Until the end where he final reveals that him and the dealer are working together and he turns on his work friends and walks away


He dresses in smart but casual clothes, he has a strong but relaxed personality he will sometimes go out of his way to get things done. He likes to play it cool. His only family is his elderly grandmother, who has dementia and isn't aware of Troy's actions. But raised him as a child.


Plot Changes: I decided to make a few changes to Troy's personlality to make the plot more exciting and interesting, and probably more conventional to thrillers. Instead of just winning to poker game and leaving I decided that just Esta killing himself wouldn't be a dramatic enough ending and that my character wouldn't have had such an impact like Marc's main character. So I had the idea to turn it into more of a tradigy shock ending. In which we find out Troy was in it for money and the game had been fixed so he would win. He kills Esta and then the dealer and leaves with all the money. 


Esta (Kieran Parrish)
Esta is a friend of Troys and they work for the same company, they were friends in secondary school. He is very confident and probably more intelligent than the other characters other than the dealer. His over confidence leads to his down fall as he loses the game after going all in. Originally he can not stand losing and decides to take his own life rather than let his family suffer.


Esta is rather wealthy and always dresses in a suit and tie. He takes his job very seriously, but still isn't sure why he decided to get involved with the dealers company. But it has something to do with him and Troy and school playing jokes and scamming people.


Plot Changes: Marc didn't really think Esta killing himself would be a too cliched ending so we decided that we would make him more enforcing. So instead of killing himself he shoots the dealer instead, but is then shot down by Troy in the twist of the film. The final thingy we see is his body lying on the floor with the dealers gun his hand and some blood stained cards.


Douglas (Chris Maundrell)
Douglas is another work friend off Esta and Troy, he is the most vunerable of the group and is reluctant to attend the game. He is quite paraniod and this leads to him to going out first hand of the game. He hasn't much knowledge of poker. When he loses he simply leaves the hall.


Plot Changes: Our media teacher idicated that our Dealer didn't appear powerfull enough in the original plot. He in indicated that he wouldn't simply let him leave. So instead he nows trys to leave, but the dealer responds in shooting him in the leg and telling him to sit back down.


Felix (Conan Chambers)
Felix is also quite laidback and is just a friend of Estas he just assisted them in the hiest invloving the dealer. He dresses reasonbly smartly and plays well till the third hand, where goes out. The dealer asks him to leave. He is then shot outside by what we can assume is the Dealers bodyguards. All you here is a gun shot.


Dealer (Jonny Collard)
The dealer is a clever manipualting character. He works for a rival company which sorts issues out in a more unorthadox way. His compan is associated with the black market and underground dealing movements. He is quite powerful and has threatens the other players and black mailing them to come to the game. He gives the players envelopes containing the punishments for there actions


He dressed smartly but does not wear a jacket, he also carries a suitace which is later revealed to conatin money. Nothing about his past is revealed.


Plot Changes: Our media teacher though are dealer was not threatening enough, considering whats in the envelopes is never revealed in the film. So we decided he would shoot Douglas and Felix. As well as be working in secret with Troy and promises him some money if he kills Esta. But then Troy also betrays him and says he'll take all the money. As the dealer has his back turned he is shot in the back of the head by Troy.