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I started to create mind maps on visions I had for my final major project, I began to look at the theme of criminal psychology, which is a big interest of mine.

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We visited the science museum and the Serpentine, where I took many primary images for research and later use in my sketchbook. I found that the science museum related to my theme the most as there were various forensic materials.

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I started to research artists that relate to my theme of criminal psychology. I found a famous piece of art called Mira which is a mugshot of a British woman.

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I began to re-watch the documentary John-Wayne Gacey and focus on the directing and camera angles. I want to recreate the same ominous feeling these serial killer documentaries give.

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After spending time researching, i started to experiment with different medias; such as oil pastels and ink on fabric. I personally like how my ink on fabric came out as it creates the creepy effect that i wanted achieve. When researching I focused on the childhood of serial killers as that is the core of their pscychopathic actions.

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I asked my 9 year old brother to send me drawings and doodles he has completed. This is because he has a passion for drawing creepy images, which i thought fitted perfectly with my research of childhood trauma. I recreated his artwork into ink on fabric material, creating a banner of unsettling images.

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I travelled to America for two weeks, I went to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. As I wanted to embellish photography into my artwork so I took many photos of the surroundings. I wanted to create the feeling of being unsafe in my images, to do this I focused on empty spaces and street photography. To relate to my research on childhood trauma, being in a city surrounded by these tall buildings can make you feel small and trapped, like a scared child.

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Using my photography from America, I started to photoshop the images by turning down the contrast, brightness and saturation. This reduced the light and exposure, also making the images look colourless but with hints of colour. This creates an ominous feeling to the photographs, emphasising the already negative space. I liked the outcomes of my images and really think they can positively impact my project.

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I started to put my photography pieces together to form videos. Most serial killers were from the 80s-90s, as i'm researching the childhood aspect i want to make these videos look old, like they were recorded on a vintage old film camera. Creating this eerie movie tape effect.

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I finished creating my first video. I used my primary photography and video editing skills on davinci resolve. I was happy with this outcome, however it was missing the link to childhood trauma.

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After experimenting with more photography and video editing, i created another video. Using even more eerie images that i had taken in Asia. I liked this video more than my first one, however it was still missing the link to childhood. The video does give an uneasy feeling which is what i was hoping to achieve so i knew this was a step in the right direction.

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I started to plan for my final piece, i decided to experiment with my childhood toys. I found that my teddy bear could represent childhood the best as a barbie doll can be sexualised and taken the wrong way in my project. I drew observational sketches of my bear and took photography of my bear in locations, however the images did not turn out to the same standard as my other images. To fix this I decided to photoshop my bear into my already taken photography.

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Week 13

I created my final video for my project. I went with the idea of using my teddy bear as I used my photoshop skills to edit the background from my bear images and create a PNG file. I started to edit my bear into my most successful photography and learnt how to blend the images together to make it more realistic. After i finished creating these images I started to begin my video editing. I used Davinci Resolve on my personal computer to create this vintage old movie feel and distortion. I cleaned up my video in capcut, using eerie sound effects for my video and movie tape noises. I think this final was a success as i was able to represent the childhood trauma and the feeling of being unsafe.