Organisation - Antagonist

In my music video my lead antagonist is a hacker/ controller that controls his 'minions' through their computer. I want the shots of the antagonist to be dark and creepy so when I film this, I'm planning this to be in a dark room that's dimly lit. In preparation for this I took some photos of the shot I'm planning in order for me to get the light balance right.

Here is the first shot i took: 

As you can clearly see this isn't a good shot due to the lack of lighting. I took this shot with the camera flash on my phone but it wasn't enough lighting to see the antagonist. 

 This is my second attempt at the photo and this worked out much better than the first one. To achieve this I had to get 6 smart phones and use the flash touch and hold them near to the face but away enough so you don't see the glare or the phones in the shot. Though is was tricky balancing the phones in one hand this achieved an effective shot.

This was helpful for me to do because now I know when I come to film this shot I know how much lighting I need in order for the antagonist to be visible.