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The camera I used for Target The long shot of the fire which I focused in on What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product? Hardware – tripod, Canon EOS camera, torch I learnt about how to use the camera to achieve the best result. When I first started using the camera, it was quite difficult to know when it would be in focus or not. I practiced lots of shots to try out the focus and learn how to achieve the best focus for ‘Target’. Through my project you can see that sometimes the camera is slightly out of focus, for example when the camera is following the killer walking away from the blood. Sometimes I would use the camera to focus in on a certain object such as the fire in the woods. This took a long time to get right and I practiced this shot so many times before I felt satisfied with it. The problem I had with this is that I would intentionally begin out of focus so that I would then focus in on the fire but sometimes I would get it into focus and then it would be slightly out when I watched it back on a bigger screen. I tried out different techniques with the lighting and this is very important through my piece. The lighting changes slightly but I wanted to make sure that all of the shots were quite dark. This is where the torch came in handy because I was able to use the torch to crate shadows, the shadows when the killer is preparing his weapons, and these shadows were useful in creating the dark atmosphere before the killer strikes. I also tried different techniques with the torch when I was filming the blood. The light was reflecting from the blood and this looked amazing so I decided that I wanted to move the torch slightly so the reflection would change in each shot. This

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What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

Hardware tripod, Canon EOS camera, torchI learnt about how to use the camera to achieve the best result. When I first started using the camera, it was quite difficult to know when it would be in focus or not. I practiced lots of shots to try out the focus and learn how to achieve the best focus for Target. Through my project you can see that sometimes the camera is slightly out of focus, for example when the camera is following the killer walking away from the blood. Sometimes I would use the camera to focus in on a certain object such as the fire in the woods. This took a long time to get right and I practiced this shot so many times before I felt satisfied with it. The problem I had with this is that I would intentionally begin out of focus so that I would then focus in on the fire but sometimes I would get it into focus and then it would be slightly out when I watched it back on a bigger screen.

The camera I used for Target

The long shot of the fire which I focused in on

I tried out different techniques with the lighting and this is very important through my piece. The lighting changes slightly but I wanted to make sure that all of the shots were quite dark. This is where the torch came in handy because I was able to use the torch to crate shadows, the shadows when the killer is preparing his weapons, and these shadows were useful in creating the dark atmosphere before the killer strikes. I also tried different techniques with the torch when I was filming the blood. The light was reflecting from the blood and this looked amazing so I decided that I wanted to move the torch slightly so the reflection would change in each shot. This went hand in hand with the camera because it was handheld so it was as if the killer was looking down at what he had done.

The close up of the blood where I used a torch and hand held camera

The tripod was useful for filming the close up shots of the killers eye, this is because there wasnt as much movement when I was filming the eye so the focus is on the eye and not how much the camera was moving. I liked the way the camera was so still so the only thing moving was the killer and it looks as if he is preparing himself to kill. I also used the tripod when it came to filming the extreme long shot because I wanted to make sure this shot was very still as this went hand in hand with the peaceful atmosphere before the kill.

The shot of the eye that I used with the tripod

Software Adobe Premiere CS6, AudacityWhen editing I used two programmes, Adobe Premiere CS6 and Audacity. I mainly used Audacity to edit the music for my project and this is why the music works in time with some of the shots and the music isnt too long. This was quite a hard task because I had to make sure that the music flowed well and worked with the footage. I had to make sure that there was a big enough climax as each of the instruments are added to the music and I didnt want to miss out too much of this because it was all so important to lead up to the final climax. I had to make sure that the directors name disappeared as the much reached the climax to connote that the killer had taken his final victim. This was a very time consuming process because of the amount of times the music was slightly off with the footage. I played around with this for a long time until I managed to finally get it and when I did, I was really impressed with how effective it was.

Premiere Pro CS6Audacity

I also used Adobe Premiere CS6 to edit my footage and make sure that it was all in the right order. This took a long time too because of the amount of times the footage needed to be trimmed and have a sense of the order of events. The opening credits have a story of their own as they are all about the killer preparing himself to go and kill his victims. This is why it was so important that all of the shots made sense with each other. I then had to edit some of the shots like the extreme long shot due to it being too light and the whole piece lacking in continuity because of it. I used colour correction to fix the lighting on it but I also used a blue tint and a flare so it looks as if the sun was setting in the distance. This is why this shot is near the beginning of the opening sequence after the killer has prepared his weapons. Again, this was very time consuming to make it look just right so it didnt look like there was too much going on with this shot as its primary intentions are to let the audience know where the killer is going to kill. I also used colour correction on the close ups of the eye / hands because they had quite an orange tint due to the lighting of the room I filmed in. I wanted to make sure that they linked in with the rest of my shots so I had to get them dark enough to work.

The editing process to colour correct the extreme long shotBeforeAfter

When editing, I didnt realise the amount of time and effort that really goes into making films. It was quite a lengthy process and so hard to get everything to work together when some of the shots might look slightly different to the others. I spent a lot of time slightly changing some of the shots and re-filming them so that they would work with the rest of my footage. I also realised how much time goes into creating the sound for a film because I spent a long time making sure that my music was the right length and the shots came on with beats of the music.

My technical skills have improved so much over the course of the year and I feel that I am much more confident with Adobe Premiere CS6. I have learnt so many tricks on this programme which can really compliment the footage I took. I have also learnt how to get the best quality shots by practising them with the camera and I feel much more able to film shots that are slightly out of focus and then move into focus.