Mood Board

Clare:
Before we started our mood board, we decided to mind map any genre ideas that we had to begin with. This meant that we could discuss possible options for our practical and consider our favourable routes. From mind mapping, we decided that the idea of using the romance or comedy genre would prove too complex for our taste. This is because we believe they are too risky and we didn't want to produce anything too cliché or cheesy. Horror is also an option that we are avoiding in this practical unit as Amanda and I used this for our opening sequence genre and found that whilst it appealed to some people, it didn't appeal to absolutely everyone. We thought we'd take a different path as we wanted to attempt a genre that would be attractive to a wider audience. From this, we are considering the mystery/drama concept.

Amanda:

The idea of portraying a teenage girl opened up many doors for ideas. The idea of using current issues we. and other girls face in every day life is relatable and powerful. Inspiration for these ideas came from the best-seller book 'The Fault In Our Stars' and the film 'Cyberbully'. The book shows a girls struggle with teenage love and terminal illness. Cyberbully is about a girl victimised by other girls on the internet. Another strong influence I found was the novel 'Oddly Normal', about a boy coming to terms with his sexuality. All three of these deal with current trending issues teens face with at home and in school. The idea of insecurity and bullying is very drama related and easy to portray yet powerful to give an effect. 

Clare:

After a group discussion, we knew that we wanted to focus on the subject of teenage drama. I gained inspiration from this idea through films such as Cyber-bully, which focuses on a girl being victimised by her "friends" over the internet. The subjects of self image, illness and insecurities are other ideas that we may concentrate on. My mood board implies a person suffering through a sad situation and that is something we want to incorporate into our story and trailer.

Ade:

Me Clare and Amanda discussed that the theme would be a significant aspect of the trailer. The ideas of themes that emerged within our conversation were mainly "bullying'", "mental illness" and "insecurity". By emphasising the theme, we will then be able to use a single prominent main character who is affected by one of these themes to create a poignant feel, that would almost certainly move the audience to tears. My mood board reflects this. It consists of films which have these similar themes such as the film "cyberbully" which focuses on bullying, "waterloo road", which although is not a film is a school based drama that deals which such themes, the film "the perks of being a wall flower" focus' mainly on mental illness and insecurities. These are the main ones that influenced my mood board.