Name – Ace
Distributor- Lions gate
Production Company- Blanc Productions
Producer- Steph White
Director- Cat Dixon
Cinematographer- Megan Knowles
Sound Engineer- Lauren Thornton-Clark
Cast List:-
Seyi Olasunkanmi
Min Choi
Oleg Naumenko
Felix Klinkhammer
Tym Magdich
Alex Moss
Luke Chapman
Nikki Gilford
Guy Stanley
Alex Moss
Friday, 5 February 2010
Storyboards
Our storyboard was a rough plan that drew up, of the shots we were planning to use on the day in the order. On the day of shooting we changed the shots we did, but this was a plan we made as a rough guide. We drew them all up after we had thought up an idea for each shot.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Ace - Shot List
Below is a list of shots we shot for the possible use in our thriller, Ace. Whether we actually use them or not is debatable as we have not started editing yet, but we wont use them all. we shot extra, so we have a vast choice of which to use during the post production stage.
-Birds Eye shot of when Luke gets shot and everyone scattering.
-Low angle shot of two cards being peeked at.
-Close up of something on table then tilt up to a player with Luke in the background not in focus.
-Extreme close up of Niki’s eyes.
-Tracking shot around the table, with everyone putting something in.
-Medium shot of Felix stressed (fixing his tie) then tilts down to close up of him putting in the keys on top of the chips.
-Medium shot of Guy walking in to shoot Luke.
-Tracking shot of Niki entering, tracking round to when she sits down “deal me in boys”
- Close up shots of chips being thrown in and cards being fanned out for opening sequence of title.
-Close ups of everyone’s faces.
-Extreme close ups of everyone’s faces.
-Tracking shot of money being pulled out of his jacket.
-Close-ups of drinks being drunk, cards being dealt, chips being thrown in.
- Cut away shots of drink being poured in glasses.
-Medium shot of Luke pouring drinks.
-Close up focus change shot of cards-bottom right. Then change focus to poker player drinking a drink.
-Close ups of Tym and Min panning to thinks on a table.
-Two shot of Oleg and Seyi talking and looking at the table, as if they are watching Min and Tym battling it out. (to do this we had to turn the characters round the table so they can do their chat, with the brick background.
-Birds Eye shot of when Luke gets shot and everyone scattering.
-Low angle shot of two cards being peeked at.
-Close up of something on table then tilt up to a player with Luke in the background not in focus.
-Extreme close up of Niki’s eyes.
-Tracking shot around the table, with everyone putting something in.
-Medium shot of Felix stressed (fixing his tie) then tilts down to close up of him putting in the keys on top of the chips.
-Medium shot of Guy walking in to shoot Luke.
-Tracking shot of Niki entering, tracking round to when she sits down “deal me in boys”
- Close up shots of chips being thrown in and cards being fanned out for opening sequence of title.
-Close ups of everyone’s faces.
-Extreme close ups of everyone’s faces.
-Tracking shot of money being pulled out of his jacket.
-Close-ups of drinks being drunk, cards being dealt, chips being thrown in.
- Cut away shots of drink being poured in glasses.
-Medium shot of Luke pouring drinks.
-Close up focus change shot of cards-bottom right. Then change focus to poker player drinking a drink.
-Close ups of Tym and Min panning to thinks on a table.
-Two shot of Oleg and Seyi talking and looking at the table, as if they are watching Min and Tym battling it out. (to do this we had to turn the characters round the table so they can do their chat, with the brick background.
ACE
Location
We decided to film in the film studio at Hurtwood as apposed to on location because we thought that it would be the best use of time, the easiest place to create the atmosphere that we wanted, instead of trying to find a location that fitted the sequence. Luckily, it worked really well, and turned out how we wanted it to.
We chose to film in the Hurtwood Underpass as it has a raw, bare, edgy feel, and also because it has an 'underground' feel to it, which is primarily our first idea. Again, this worked really well as it had an echo with the shoes, and there was no need to use additional lighting which saved a lot of time.
Set
The set we had set up in the film studio was in a closed confined space, surrounded by brick walls. There was a door on upstage left and the poker table was in the centre. In the top right corner of the set we had set up a small drinks table.
The poker table itself, was very realistic. I had bought in a poker set including the poker table top. We had divided the chips out, set the cards out, and poured the drinks into the glasses, borrowed from David Broom.
We used very dimmed lighting, which made the scene more atmospheric. We had a naked bulb hanging above the table, which added rawness and then we also had the studio lights to add some extra lighting. The lighting was exactly how we had envisioned it being on the shoot.
We had the use of the smoke machine; this again added some atmosphere to the set. However we couldn’t use too much, as it got looked stupid with too much and became unbearable with all the fumes and smoke around, although the use of it created a mysterious feeling, and worked very well with the sequence.
Costumes
The poker players were in suits, but each person had there own style. We tried to get a gangster feel, for example we had some in hats, one in a cravat, and one in a fur coat. So it was smart but with a touch of gangster/poker/criminal!
The ‘toyboy’ wore a brown Suit, with a grey jumper and a white shirt. This worked well as he needed to look smart but he had to be able to be distinguished as younger and different from the poker players.
Nikki wore a red dress, with a fur coat and black heels, along with some diamond jewelry. This worked well as the red complimented her role as boss. It made her stand out, and made the poker boys look less intimidating.
We decided to film in the film studio at Hurtwood as apposed to on location because we thought that it would be the best use of time, the easiest place to create the atmosphere that we wanted, instead of trying to find a location that fitted the sequence. Luckily, it worked really well, and turned out how we wanted it to.
We chose to film in the Hurtwood Underpass as it has a raw, bare, edgy feel, and also because it has an 'underground' feel to it, which is primarily our first idea. Again, this worked really well as it had an echo with the shoes, and there was no need to use additional lighting which saved a lot of time.
Set
The set we had set up in the film studio was in a closed confined space, surrounded by brick walls. There was a door on upstage left and the poker table was in the centre. In the top right corner of the set we had set up a small drinks table.
The poker table itself, was very realistic. I had bought in a poker set including the poker table top. We had divided the chips out, set the cards out, and poured the drinks into the glasses, borrowed from David Broom.
We used very dimmed lighting, which made the scene more atmospheric. We had a naked bulb hanging above the table, which added rawness and then we also had the studio lights to add some extra lighting. The lighting was exactly how we had envisioned it being on the shoot.
We had the use of the smoke machine; this again added some atmosphere to the set. However we couldn’t use too much, as it got looked stupid with too much and became unbearable with all the fumes and smoke around, although the use of it created a mysterious feeling, and worked very well with the sequence.
Costumes
The poker players were in suits, but each person had there own style. We tried to get a gangster feel, for example we had some in hats, one in a cravat, and one in a fur coat. So it was smart but with a touch of gangster/poker/criminal!
The ‘toyboy’ wore a brown Suit, with a grey jumper and a white shirt. This worked well as he needed to look smart but he had to be able to be distinguished as younger and different from the poker players.
Nikki wore a red dress, with a fur coat and black heels, along with some diamond jewelry. This worked well as the red complimented her role as boss. It made her stand out, and made the poker boys look less intimidating.
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