Our first performance shoot location was a storage warehouse which we were allowed to use as it gave the impression of a run down tired barn setting that our model lived in. This suited our narrative as the star lives alone without her mother so this beaten up house gave the ideal setting for our first shoot. We focused on getting lip sync footage using make up effects such as mascara running down the models face to create a sorrow but dramatic appearance.

We also got some footage in my room using my red LED lights lip syncing for the hallucination scenes of our song (chorus). For these scenes we used euphoric makeup such as gems and eyeliner to create a more presentable and preteen look on our model.

I am happy with how our first performance shoot went overall as we managed to get a range of shots focusing on close ups due to these scenes prominently being lip sync and I think that we worked hard to ensure we had the best costumes and makeup for that shot.

what went well –

• our costume and makeup for our model went really well and how we wanted it to
• we used a variety of shots including close ups, mid shots and low angles
• our location was perfect for the narrative and scene we are trying to portray

what could have been better –

• we ended up shooting the same line quite a few times over and therefore didn’t get a lot of footage for the rest of the song
• we need to shoot the whole song through in a variety of backgrounds so that we have the whole song worth of footage to edit with
• the red LED lighting made the camera quality quite bad so we could try reshooting these scenes with bright lighting and editing on red lighting effects later
• little things like hairband on wrist!!

Focusing forward we now know what we need to do better next time after looking at our footage from our first shoot. It was expected this shoot may not come out with the best footage although we now know exactly what we need to do next time so this was a successful first go.