Production

we filmed for a few hours after school in the drama studio for about 3 days. we set up a poker table with chips and cards and tried to arrange them excatly the same each time we filmed in this room. we also had to set up the lighting for every shot to get the lighting the best we could with good shadows. we used Redhead lights to set up a key light and backlight and sometimes and fill light we also sometimes used an LED light which is usually used for interviews to add a small sparkle in the actors eye if needed. we had to set up the camera on the tripod making sure that the white balance, focus, gain and shutter speed were correct each time. we also then got the microphone and put it onto the boom pole and connected it to the camera. after doing all of this the actors needed for the shot could get into costume and then take their places. when the actors were ready we could set up the shot ready for filming.

there werent many problems but at one point in a crucial shot one of the redheads stoped working and we couldn't replace the bulb so we had the rest of the shots with only 2 redheads. other than this there werent any major problems.