Mood Board for Final Project

Final Project Mood Board

Hi guys, so for this blog post I created a mood board so you can get a visual representation of what we want our final project to look like. Throughout my mood board, I incorporated multiple characters, props, locations, and other elements that really help create our story. Using my mood boards, I am trying to convey a sense of mystery and suspense. We are dealing with a murder, and we do not know who committed it, it could be the person standing next to you, I think that’s pretty suspenseful. I also wanted to convey a sense of darkness, which I achieved by using pictures with a dark hue. I think the darker aesthetic of my mood board went well with the type of movie this would be. If someone is murdered, I wouldn’t want to have a bright colorful mood board right? I chose this mood/ feeling for my genre because I feel like it represents it well. As stated before, most mystery movies are very dark and suspenseful and I attempted to capture those aspects through my mood board.

In my mood board I included multiple aspects of a movie such as the main characters, setting, costume, lighting, and props:

Characters:

For our movie, our main characters would be a group of stereotypical high schoolers. For example, we would have the nerd and the jock which I represented by the close-up of their outfits. I also included a group photo of four teens to foreshadow that they might need to work together despite maybe not knowing each other.

Setting:

For the setting, I included a school to represent that this would take place in a school and the main characters are students. I also included multiple scenes with caution tape to further establish the crime theme. I included scenes of a room with a bunch of papers and photos on the walls to express the fact that they don’t know who did it and they have to find out along the way.

Costume:

The costumes of the characters would be based on their stereotypes. For example, the jock would wear a letterman jacket, which I showed near the middle left and the nerd would wear a duller outfit and hold a book, seen near the middle right side. The group pictures serve as a reminder that they are all teens and will be dressed in what teens normally wear.

Lighting:

For lighting, we are going to utilize low-key lighting to create drama and help build suspense. So, I used pictures that had a sort of darker lighting to them.

Props:

Through the mood board, I included multiple props that may be important to the storyline and represent the mystery genre. For example, I included handcuffs to symbolize that someone is going to get arrested. I also included a newspaper article that says “MURDER” on it to further establish the plot of the storyline. Some more props I included were the markers on the floor that crime scene investigators use as well as crime scene tape to appeal to the genre.