On this page you will find moodboards for the characters, costume, props, location, our sub-genre which is slasher, camera/lighting and the overall film. These were created on Photoshop where I used a range of blending and cropping techniques. These moodboards represent our film.
characters
These people represent the type of characters we will have in our film. This moodboard shows our antaganoist: Dr Barbitus, protaganist: Alice, the bullies: Sammi, Derrick and Jasmine and stock characters: A headteacher, a teacher and a concerned parent. I chose mostly young people as our film will be based on social media obsessed teens.
COSTUME
The costumes shown on this moodboard are mostly dark coloured clothes, I chose this as I want to convey a dark/grunge mood for our film. Both male and female costumes are shown here. Some of the costumes have blood stains which support the genre of slasher.
PROPS
The props on this moodboard are used by all of our characters. The main props are
- A computer
- Webcam
- Knife
- Hammer
- Rope
- Bleach
LOCATIONS
These are different locations in London, some are busy places such as a college, a classroom and greenwich. However some of these locations are secluded and even abandoned such as a deserted underground station and an old warehouse. I chose these locations as they represent popularness and isolation.
SUB-GENRE: SLASHER
This moodboard is based on iconic antagonists from the genre slasher. These villains give us an idea on how to create an antagonist for our film. A Nightmare on Elm Street is a film reference we used for our film.
CAMERA/LIGHTING
This moodboard is based on cameras/lighting. I put together different types of film equipment and cameras that are used to create successful films.
ARTWORK
For the artwork section of pre-production I decided to make a moodboard for the different types of faces that our antagonist can have. At first we thought he should have his face covered in a balaclava/mask style which would make him to look like a criminal. However we all agreed that a deformed, bizarre face would work best. This would work well with the genre of slasher because unusual faces are common in those films.
DR. BARBITUS (0VERALL)
This is the moodboard that sums up our entire film. The background is a swirly illusion as mind control is one of a few themes in our film. I used four images related to bullying as this is another theme in our film. There are a few social media logos on this moodboard as they represent the obsession this generation have with the internet.
evaluation
I created various moodboards which all represent our film. I found this part of the coursework slightly challenging as I am not an expert with Photoshop and I had to meet a deadline. However I learnt blending techniques which gave my moodboards a unique look and I made the deadline.