Cliches. Things that shouldn't be done.

Things such as betting more than money -your house, watch and so on- must be avoided. I watched a few short films on poker that deal with pretty much the same thing all of them, someone losing all of his money, someone getting killed because he owes money, a lack of story on most of them, no real focus and work on characters and a strong sense of "i've seen this before" on all of them.

Lighting example.

This is an approximation of what I want to achieve with the lighting. Dark Background to allow the audience focusing on the players.

Poker table

This is the table that will be used for the short film. Not sure whether i should buy professional chips or not.

Task. Music example for sound designer.

Ask the sound designer to create a similar track for the film.

Poker tells by Daniel Negreanu

Poker tells by Daniel Negreanu, one of the best Poker players nowadays.

Ten best poker tells. Info about players, situations, behaviour in Poker

The ten best poker tells.

Poker video Youtube. Example of shots

Idea for short film

Poker table short film idea:
5-9 Players on the table.
Black or white background.
Only the table and players lit.
Smoke in the room.
Dolly for moving shots.
Master shot showing all the table and players.

As the game develops, different shots will show what are the players thinking of the rest.
Funny-comedy style shots where possible.
American beauty spoof shot.

My first flash animation.