Pre-Production Research - Poker Game Setting [Keelan]

As poker games go, they can be pretty intense if big sums are on stake, therefore we will be using this to our advantage. Here we can use several different camera shots to capture the facial expression of each character.

- By researching on the internet I have found common angles that are shot of poker games in movies, as well as being able to gain a more in depth knowledge of the setting.

First Person View of Cards (Close Up)

-A rather good shot that I found was from a first person perspective, it allows the audience to easily view the persons cards. I do quite like how the camera has been purposely focused on the cards as well, this was using depth of field. This may be a good thing to do in our short film.

First Hand View of Cards & Table

- I also think that this would be a rather good camera angle to include in our short film as it gives a good view on both the players cards and his surroundings. This will assist in giving the audience a sense of location.