My first attempt at filming

On Monday 15th I filmed close ups in the skate park of my male character, as well as using the tripod to film shots of myself (the female character). Before we started filming, I made sure that my male character was dressed appropriately as it is important that he fits in with the genre of the music. I carefully thought about this over the weekend so that my character was prepared and knew what to wear on the day. I didn't want him to look too dressed up, as a formal outfit would not suit the location. So I asked him to wear black skinny jeans as they are typically what teenage boys wear, as well a burgundy button up shirt. I think the shirt could be seen as too formal if it was in a different colour, but I chose it because I felt burgundy suited the dark tones that will feature in my music promo, as I am filming it at night. I thought a dark colour such as this would allow my character to fit in with the different scenes, instead of looking out of place. Another reason I thought a dark red would be a good colour to wear, would be because the colour connotes love and lust which links in with my chosen song "Heartbreaker".
We started filming with the opening scene of my storyboard, I adapted this to the location by using a spotlight in the skate park as my starting point instead of using the stars. I did this because the stars were hard to make out, and the lights were much brighter and therefore looked more effective on screen. I have found that making small changed such as this have actually worked to my advantage, as I have been using my storyboard as a starting point instead of sticking to it. I think this is a positive thing, as it allows me to tweak and improve my storyboard whenever I need to when filming.