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Josh Winker - High Stakes

2,122 views · Published 7 February 2013 · 10:43 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: New York Film Academy · 2013 · Film & Animation

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Over a rainy weekend in 2010 Josh and his brother got on a kick of playing Uno. "We must have played 200 hands that weekend", comments Josh . A few games in, and they were taking it very seriously, as if it were a High Stakes match of sorts. After things reached a peak of intensity, Josh realized the ridiculousness of the situation. "That, to me, was funny. I thought it would make a good short film." During the writing process, It was important to Josh to keep all of the dialogue and action serious in tone while maintaining the context of Uno. "I decided to riddle my screenplay with as many clichés as I could think of. A High Stakes match in an abandoned warehouse between a young "kid" and the dangerous, and of course, undefeated ringleader of the underground circuit." 

Josh Winker attended the New York Film Academy's 1 year film making course, graduating in August of 2011. High Stakes was his Semester 1 Final Film.

http://www.nyfa.edu/masters/filmmaking/film-media-production.php

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