Costumes

We really pushed for all our poker players to wear suits and have their hair gelled back into a neat side parting polished shoes and the occasional hat. Not only to give the sense of their importance but to differentiate them from our modern day gangster look. Wearing these sorts of outfits make them look important, having their hair done shows they are well taken care of and have a high status. Like in poker scenes from other movies the important people not only have countless chips but cash and other things to bet with i.e. car keys. I think the more detail we put into creating their individual looks made the whole sequence more believable.
The hats and some jackets were obtained from the school costume department. Luckily because of our schools previous productions we were give a huge variety of costumes to choose from, so we were able to differentiate each person.
Not only was it imperative everyone looked the part but also the mise en scene had to be spot on. As a group we assigned each other props to bring in and so the pressure was not put on just one person. A poker table was brought in along with glasses, whisky and ashtrays. To find cigarettes buds to convince the audience we had to go around the school and find smoking spots.
We also took a lot of time in discussing what Niki should be wearing; in the end we decided a red dress with heels and a fur coat. The colour red is a very powerful and over powering colour, so we used this to in a way reveal her personality to the audience as we may not be able to bring it across to the extent we would like to in two minutes. The shade of the dress had deepness to it, like the story we were filming. A fur coat was chosen to show she was wealthy and a well dressed character; like the poker players she had a high status.