When taking images for this project i learnt how to use manual settings to a more professional degree, using the help of a light box and also using a studio setting to take my photographs. using a technique to make images have more than one meaning was my main idea.
For example, taking an image which has one side of Lucy's face dark and the other brighter, this is meant to show that she has a darkness of personality, eventhough she looks sweet, she has a split personality.
using lighting and manual settings I made the image exacatly how I wanted it to look, keeping the ISO at 200, and making the shutter speed 1/10, I used trial and error to find the best lighting which I thought suited the whole style of the genre and the actual image produced. using the lighting helped produce a more sinister feel to the whole outcome.
Also during the process of making the video, i learnt how to use final cut pro to a professional level, including cutting pieces of film up and placing them in order depending on the order the videos needed.
I also found it interesting moving for taking still images (photographs) to moving to video, I learnt that the process is very complicated, this is because you are in control of a moving image, and it is very hard to make sure everything is in order.
The first time the group filmed we took on the task with high passion and wanted to give the task our best ability possible, once we found out the complications of making sure lighting, the focus of each thing on the video, the makeup was continuously the same throughout the whole time filming the video.
Once filming for the first time, I understood how the lighting worked, for example when to use low key lighting and high key lighting, also to make sure the video was not under exposed, therefore meaning the the video would be less professional looking. Also I remembered to keep each part of the video in focus which takes patience.
After learning how to video normally to a professional level, I decided to experiment with one of the shots to create suspense for the viewers. This shot consists of making the main person in this case Lucy (dressed up as the little girl), being in the shot out of focus, with her head facing the ground, as her head moves up to look into the camera, the camera slowly goes into focus to reveal her face.
I learnt when making this video experimenting is a good thing because it makes the ideas more personal and unique, this therefore means the outcome will be more unique however fitting the normal horror teaser conventions.
Also taking "RAW" images I learnt how to convert the images in to 'JPEG, this therefore meant it was the correct
Lauren Lawlor
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