Main Task - Production - Scene 3 Filming

We have now filmed the poker game for our production. Filmed went alright, though I did have some difficulty. I got everyone to do a read through of my script which Marc recorded, however in took us so long it wasn't really worth uploading. As I started to film my opening to the Poker game and got further into the film. I decided to swap Jonny (Dealer) with Tom (Conan's replacement) as Tom played Felix character with to much aggressiveness which I thought would be perfect for the Dealers role instead. They swapped jackets on their own accord, which was a good decision


This was our editing and computer set up, where we would sort out any sound issues or whatever else we needed to look at. We could also access shot lists and production schedules. Marc also took footage of his camera periodically so we did not run out of room on the memory, as well not needing to look through as much footage after recording.


Initially it was hard to get our actors to work and cooperate as we had quite a lot in the same shoot to what I am used to dealing with. The was a lot of messing about to begin with but after we ate lunch things improved and I got what I wanted to film. Towards the end of the end of shooting Marc took over from filming and shot some angles he wanted for his film; while I directed.

It was rather difficult to get to many good angles other than close ups due to the dodgy location we had to resort to because building work was going on in the school hall (Our original location.) Overall we filmed what we needed and because the film is in Black & White I can hide any mistakes in acting or shot errors. As well as hide some of the room we were using and focus on the table. Some of the shots we did where really good. I filmed some nice shots of cards being dealt and other things.