When making a film, one of the most important things is understanding your chosen genre. We have done a lot of genre research but to understand it further we decided to explore our genre in a different form. We thought a visual representation would be best, so we decided upon a mood board. We created two mood boards, one is about our genre as a whole, and one is about our opening.
This one is the Tragedy Genre mood board:
For the genre we focused on films in this genre, common characters, settings, camera angles, emotions and things that represent and relate to the genre.
For example, bottom left we have a picture of a family being torn apart. This is to show that tragedy films usually focus around a family. The tear in the picture is to represent that the story line is usually something to do with a tragedy within a normal family, causing the family to fall apart or be torn apart.
The first picture on the top left is a picture of the film 'Titanic'. This is one of the most popular and most famous tragedy films. Joining this is the front cover of the films 'Romeo and Juiliet', 'Reign Over Me' and 'World Trade Center'. We have also included the front cover of the first ever tragedy film 'Romance of a Jewess'.
For settings we have included a picture of a town, a normal family house and a hospital bed. These are three very popular settings that are regularly seen within the genre.
We have four different camera angles on our mood board. We can see an over shoulder shot at the bottom of the mood board, these are generally used to show the emotion and reactions of the characters, allowing us to connect with them. Next to this is a close up shot of a character, generally used again, to show the emotion of the character and allowing us to connect with them. Above this is a head and shoulders shot which helps to show the emotion of the characters through body language and facial expressions. And lastly on the left hand side of the story board, we can see a character sat on a bench. These shots of wide setting are regularly used to show loneliness, stress and isolation.
Joining this we have two pictures of eyes with tears in them. This is to represent the sad and dark feel of the films and show that generally the story lines are very sad and hurtful.
Lastly we have a picture of a 'real life' sign and a 'tragedy' mask. These represent the films as most tragedy films are based around real life events, such as 'World Trade Center' and 'Titanic'. The tragedy mask is the symbol of tragedy films in drama.
This is our second mood board of our opening:
For our film we focused of important props, costumes, settings and potential shots that we wish to capture and include.
Firstly lets look at settings. We chose pictures of possible shots and settings that we want to include in our fim. The first main setting is a forest. We have four shots of forest settings that we know we could capture in the area that we are filming in. The first one is bottom left and it is a shot of wet steps in a forest. We originally wanted a shot like this and this picture really shows the potential we were hoping for. We have also got two pictures of a walkway in a wet forest, one with a person walking far away alone the path. And lastly a log which we will need to use for the storyline in our opening. We chose a forest as it is usually a very scary and daunting time, especially when it's rainy and wet. Also, it is very effective to show iscolation and loneliness.
Another setting we have captured is a town environment and a family home, which we can see at the bottom and top of the mood board. We want our film to be set in a town and house as this is a very popular setting in tragedy films and it is what our audience chose.
Also, we have three pictures capturing the costumes we wish our main character to wear. One of the pictures is a pair of ugg boots, which are everyday boots that teenage girls wear in the winter. Secondly a black coat that is an everyday wear coat, and lastly a picture of a teenager in hat and gloves. These pictures capture the setting of our film which is going to be in the winter, a very dark and cold feel. Also, the clothes are every day clothes which are very common in tragedy films as it makes the viewers connect with the characters even more because they can relate with them.
Next we included three very important props that we will be using. The noose at the bottom of the page and the tie in the second row are connected. This is because our character uses their school tie as a noose. The school tie also helps to capture the costume of the main character. Secondly is a candle. For the setting of the family home, when filming in there we want to make it quite dark but a warm, homely feel. This is because the usual situation of the house is very homely, but the situation has put a very dark twist on the family. Also, candles are usually often with death and daunting things. For example, they are featured in horror films a lot.
We feel that these mood boards really help us to understand the genre better and explain our opening very well. In the next blog post, you will find the overview plan of our film!
See you soon.
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