Producer: Sky Kraigher
Director: Samuel Balkin
Cinematographer: Ieuan Andalver Noble
Gaffer: Ana-Maria Acomanoai
Production Design: Kavya Bharathi
Sound Recordist: Olivia Barry & Stephanie Rutherford

I and the director decided we will break the 180º rule to give hints to the audience there is something wrong in the event. The story follows 4 people playing poker and one of them cheats on the game.

I was planning to use 300w Fresnel with C-stand right on top of the table and bounce to the wooden table. 

But, after discussion with my gaffer, we decided to install a 40w practical light on top of the table as the key light because it would also help us film faster as we don't need to adjust the c-stand every time we change camera angles, considering we have small amount of time to film in the location.

For the framing, we mainly use medium-shot as the master shot in which the audience can see the 4 different characters.

The film starts with 4 characters playing poker and slowly one by one eliminated until the two of them left. I decided to express this by making the master shot gradually getting tighter and tighter leaves the remaining characters on the frame,

I personally wanted to use Canon C300 MkII for its' 10-bit ability with Shogun Flame, however, due to the availability of the equipment, we use Canon 6D with magic lantern installed on it.

I also decided to use oldskool lenses for the camera:

1. Topman 28mm

2. Mamiya 35mm

3. Helios 50mm

Director Samuel Balkin working closely with actor Jan Vuong