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This is some prep work and planning we needed to do in addition to what we already had. We decided to use Angel's house as where the gambling ring will be. Anya's house will be messed up and turned into the house. We also renamed the characters of Ash and Anna into Jack and Queenie, in order to make reference to the playing cards. We are getting liquor bottles, ripped-up paper and envelopes, and the important letter, all of which will be brought in by me. Anya will be bringing in an ashtray. We also discussed costuming, Since Anya will be playing the role of the mystery guard, we chose her to be in a very fancy, all-black outfit, with lots of shiny jewelry. This was to show how important and rich the mystery guard is. The guards, played by Angel's friends, will be dressed from head to toe in black, albeit not too fancy. Jack will be in a very basic outfit, a t-shirt, and jeans, which will be very distressed and worn out. Along with that, he will be wearing very ratty shoes in order to signify his poor quality of life. Queenie, played by me, will be more sophisticated than Jack, but not so much as to be to the level of the mystery guard. We were thinking of some slacks, a dress shirt, and nice shoes for Queenie. Because all three of the people in the group work, we have also had to readjust the shooting schedule accordingly. We will be using mainly weekends, along with the half days and days we have off from school. Most of the days we have off are national holidays, so it works out with many jobs being closed those days. Our first full day of shooting will be January 6, as we have a half-day that day. While we had dabbled in doing some filming over winter break, it has not been as intensive as it needs to be, so we are dedicating January 6 as the first day to get that done. We want to make sure all of our actors are comfortable with each other and in front of the camera, so we can already imagine that were will be plenty of bloopers this first full day.

Overall, we're really excited to get to work! 
Until next time, Danniella Miller signing off!


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