Filming Day #1 - 16/12/13

I started filming for my music video which has helped me gain a better understanding of how to work with the camera and tripod. I shot 9 different shots for my music video, all of which take place in my own house as this is the chosen location. I had to reassemble my room as this was where most of the shots were filmed and I didn't want to damage the mise-en-scene by having irrelevant props in the shot. To help create a dark mood I filmed around 3:30pm which by that time, had already started to get dark. I also used artificial lighting to emphasise the shadows as if to imply the girl was a shadow of her former self when she used to be happy. Some shots were quite difficult due to the positioning, for example shot 23 is a pan from a birdseye view of the actress's face as she is lying on a bed. For this I had to stand on the bed and film over the my actress whilst holding the tripod which was very difficult to maintain my balance however I feel that after a number of takes I was able to achieve the shot I wanted.