Photos taken during the 2nd filming session.

While i was filming the poker scene, i got somebody else and myself to take some photos before, while and after i was filming. I just took some pictures of my characters and the props that were used. Here are the photos and some explanations beside them:

This photo of my brunette woman character is wearing the planned black, sequins fur and lace, with the added extra of gem clip-on earings, black eyeliner and red lipstick. As my actresses hair is very long, i had to clip it back as very long hair would be quite unconventional for that time.








Black lace sweetheart neckline and her swept back hair relate to the 1950s - making the whole look much more believable. I think for my target audiences' sake, the look of my characters has to be believable because the are probably aware of what the 1950s women looked like generally.

This is me filming the blonde woman with my actress. It is slightly blurring however, i think this it the shot of my blonde woman holding a ciggarette while looking at her cards. My male character wasnt needed while filming the blonde woman and as you can probably see, there is a spotlight shining on the money in the middle of the table - so that the light then shines on my actresses face.

Okay, so the wig isnt very believeable, but i think i got away with it as on the camera there was quite dak surroundings. While we were in the costume change from brunette to blonde, we also changed the colour of her nail varnish which i decided should be quite dak, so it would show up in the dark surroundings. This nail varnish will help the viewer identify that there are two women in this scene. The red bow is shown mistakenly in this shot, but as this photo wad taken after filming, the bow wasnt shown during the filming. It would have just looked quite strange!

The main light in my dining room was on while taking the photo, which wasnt on during filming (it was just on in this photo so i could demonstrate her look a bit more). Note the pearls, cigarette and cards - they were very useful props during this scene - which helped the shots look more realistic and conventional.

Here is a shot of my table in which i filmed. The lighting is the same as i used while filming - a spotlight on the money so that the light then shines on my actors faces. It also shows that the money is the main object in this scene. I never put the actual light source in my filming as it would go against everything 1950s, its quite modern. I made sure the sheet on the table was quite dark, but unfortunatley i couldnt find a green one, so i had to settle with navy. This sheet wasnt crinkled while filming. The money was scattered in the middle of the table but not as much as this photo shows. I chose to not cover up the curtains behind because i think it identifies that this poker game took place in somebodies home, and i like the way the light shines off of it - creating depth and shadow.

In my dining room, we have a 'floating shelf' full of bits and bobs, however, this would be soo unconventional so i had to cover it up. My male character had his back to this sheet, but as i did no wide shots, the viewer wouldnt be able to figure out that this is actually a sheet. They might just guess that this is another curtain or something.

Here is the shot of the self-made money. I made it by printing off money which i found on the internet, making sure that this money was used during the early 1950s. The money was quite big back then, so i had to make sure i printed off the right size. I also had to take into account the amount of money i placed on the table - it had to be more that the average person could afford - it has to be the amount a wealthy buissnessman would have.

Here is an example of my spotlight shining on the money, the light hits the papers brilliantly. I also had placed an old fashioned ash tray in there (which does fit the 1950s time) and this ash tray was in shots quite frequently as my characters were conventionally smokers.

This is the fake ciggarette i used for both of my woman characters (my male character had a cigar). I think this looks quite believable so i did a lot of close-up shots of it being tapped on the side of the ash tray.

I only used two types of money - 10 shillings and 1 pound. They were the same size, which i dont think they were in the early '50s however i dont think my viewers would have pointed this out that much because they wouldnt have known very much about 1950s money.

I scatterd them in the middle of the table. I decided to do this because as my characters are quite wealthy, they wouldnt care about money very much. Money is no big deal to them. They arent fussed.

Here is the old-fashioned ash tray. I made sure before i used it that it was made before the early 1950s. And with my unknowledgable guess i would say that it could possibly be 1930s/1940s? With the shiney edge and the wave-like sides, the light shined off of it very interestingly and created a good effect when my woman characters tapped the end of their ciggarettes on the side.

Even though i never actually had a shot of the money neatly piled up, i wanted to show how the crumbled-up edges bounced the light. I think having crunched-up money creates the idea that these characters dont care about thier money very much - they are careless enough about it to just shove it in thier purse or pockets. The spotlight also creates interesting shadows.

Here is the box in which the cards came in. The cards are very old, and are from poland originally. Eventhough the box wasnt in any of the shots, i just wanted to show that even the cards are old.

This photo shows the old-fashioned layout of the cards in the box. Very legitimate and belieable. If something is actually old, then my audience are more likely to believe that this something is old.

Here is the very modern wind-up torch i used when i had to film shots under the table. I had to film the cheating card i my male characters cuff, and both my female characters shoes tapping on the floor.

I think i could have taken a few more photos of the die i used (i made sure they were also very old), photos of the shots i did under the table and photos of what my male character looked like. However, most of these shots will appear in my final OTS.