Mood Board

 

Hello! <3, today's assignment required me to come up with four places of my choice and make a "mood boards" of each place identifying elements such as location, props, actors, costume lighting and color. I chose these four places: Carnival, playground, rehabilitation, zoo and explained how each mood board portrayed different emotions for the audience.

For this carnival-themed mood board I chose to incorporate low-key, dark lighting, images of scary clowns wearing whimsical attire, as well as the location which seems to be disheveled at face value but has tall and bright working attractions. I made the choice to incorporate a dark and evil atmosphere by using shades such as black and red, as well as including scary clown faces in contrast with the dark background. I wanted the audience to assume that it is not the typical happy circus but instead a scary circus where murder and gore might occur. I wanted the audience to assume that the character (the clown) is going to be mischievous and hurt other characters. This particular scene could make the audience feel uneasy, frightened, and create suspense for what is to come.  

In this playground-themed mood board, I incorporated pictures of parents with children, children doing fun activities in a playground dressed in summer attire, as well as the color yellow to further contribute to the happy vibe in this image. The natural sunlight also conveys a joyful morning for children at the playground. I wanted the audience to assume that two parents are taking their child to the playground early in the morning to enjoy a carefree day. I wanted the audience to feel a comfortable atmosphere as well as lighthearted due to the idea of a playground with smaller children. 

In this medical-themed mood board, I made the choices to incorporate bright, almost eerie, high-key lighting, as well as images of what appear to be some psychoactive substances (drugs/alcohol), a doctor, and a person, perhaps in recovery. I made these choices to give the viewer a mental image of a scene where a medical patient who is addicted to substances is being aided in their recovery by medical professionals, this is suggested by the attire of  the doctor who is smiling and the attire of the child looking afraid into the camera. I wanted the audience to respond to this location with deep unsettling strangeness. Overall a feeling of disorientation due to the effects of the substances on the main character. 

For this particular mood board, I chose the scene to be staged at a zoo. I made the choice to incorporate natural lighting from a bright sunny day, actors such as the children who are dressed in light airy clothing and the zoo keeper who is dressed in protective uniform. In addition, I added a gift shop  and some pictures of the animals resting at the zoo. I wanted the audience to assume that the character, which is in this case is a group of children, are enjoying a field trip to the zoo, feeding animals, watching them in their daily habitats, and visiting the zoo gift shop to bring memories from their trip home. I wanted the audience to feel gleeful, cheered up at the idea of children at the zoo.