Storyboard

SCENE 1: The beggar is lying on the street as a passer-by takes pity on him and drops in a coin or two. (MS)

SCENE 2: A CU of beggar establishes him as being main character.


SCENE 3: Beggar window shops and is saddened by the fact he cannot afford expensive items. (MS/CU)


SCENE 4: Beggar walks up to shop window, his head reflected on top of a suit. (Low angle MS)


SCENE 5: Beggar unhappy. (MS)







SCENE 6: Beggar back in first shot. (MS)
SCENE 7: Man walking through town with a swagger, dressed in a suit. Hazy effect around outside. Cuts to CU of man's wallet - full of notes. (MS/CU)
SCENE 8: Beggar wakes up. Establishing previous scene as being a dream. (MCU)
SCENE 9: Piece of paper flies into beggar's face, compounding his misery. (MS)




SCENE 10: Newspaper article expressing a 'New Casino In Town'. (CU)
SCENE 11:Man seen emptying contents of wallet into beggar's hat. (MS)
SCENE 12: Beggar's face realising potential of fortuitous circumstances. Light bulb appears (CU)
SCENE 13: Camera tracks man into Casino (MS)
SCENE 14: Man walks into casino (MOA MS)
SCENE 15: Beggar watches poker game, grasping rules. (MS)



SCENE 16: Continuous shot as one player loses and storms off as beggar replaces him in seat. (MS)
SCENE 17: Beggar's cards are shown with dealer in background (CU)
SCENE 18: Flop, Turn and River cards are shown on the table with players and dealer positioned around the table (BEV MS)
SCENE 19: Horizontal split screen of chips being thrown into the middle (two shot / BEV)
SCENE 20: Beggar shown with new stack of chips (MS)




SCENE 21: Montage of shots show time passing as beggar wins more and more. (CU/ MS)
SCENE 22: Vertical split screen of two players hands with other player in background (CU / CU)
SCENE 23: Flop Turn and River are once again shown, this time two players and dealer are in view (BEW MS)
SCENE 24: Beggar rakes in chips and sorts them into piles. (MS)
SCENE 25: Beggar walks out of casino same way as he came in. (MS)

SCENE 26: Beggar walks into shop and transition ensues showing him walking out of shop with new suit. (MS)
SCENE 27: Same shot as scene 7, however no hazy effect this time.
SCENE 28: Beggar comes across new beggar in his former spot. He takes pity on the new beggar and gives some money. (MS)
SCENE 29: New beggar thinks about it and a light bulb appears over his head. (CU)
SCENE 30: Fade to black.



Storyline
The main character (played by Jon-Joe Hill) is a beggar. We start off the story by seeing him in his everyday environment, with the occasional passer-by taking pity on him and giving him money. We then see him walking around town, window shopping. He returns 'home' and hazy shots are seen to give the impression of a dream like state. Beggar wakes up and we then see him get struck in the face by a stray newspaper article. A CU of the article then sees that it is promoting a new casino, as someone takes pity on the beggar and gives him money. A CU of the beggar's face sees him considering an idea, when a lightbulb appears to give the impression that he has had an idea.
Cut to the casino, where the beggar starts to play poker. He wins hands and ends up with a one on one scenario, which he eventually wins. The beggar walks out of the casino with a new wad of cash.
The beggar splashes out on a new suit and starts walking around with a swagger, when he return back to his old home. He sees a new beggar and takes pity immediately, giving him money. A CU of the new beggar thinking is followed by a light bulb being placed on his head, and thus the cycle continues.

Key
During this post I have used various acronyms and abbreviations which are:
CU - Close Up
MS - Mid Shot
BEV - Birds Eye View
MOA - Match On Action

*The flop, turn and river are the 5 cards which appear in standard Texas Hold 'Em poker. For more information, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Hold_Em.