Mood Boards

Today I had to create a mood board based on a work that I had to randomly pick from a dictionary.

I got the word - PALPUTATE

I thought I had picked the worst word ever as I couldn't think about anything apart from heart palpitations so that's where I started.
I made a brain storm of all the different things I could think of which eventually gave me my final idea on what I could produce.

On the brain storm I wrote things down like heart palpitations, heart problems, children, elderly, open heart operation.
Then I have been hearing that energy drinks are really bad for you if you drink in large amounts, I saw a gruesome video on Facebook of some ones heart palpitating and so I wrote that down too.

After I had thought about all the different things I could produce, I wanted to produce a look where there is a lady in red on an operating table, blood on her chest but wearing some really expensive high fashion clothing. The nurses who would surround her would be wearing different materials in blues. Like sequins or felt or leather, they would be in high fashion clothing too with black leather gloves on.

I created my mood board including the make up look which they would all have, the clothing, the accessories and the shoes. Then we had to change one part of it!

So I thought in my 'scene' the lady would have died from heart palpitations caused by drinking energy drinks. She would be on the bed dying and the nurses would be stood around her. But the model on the bed would be posed in a way where she looks like her arm and shoulder are hanging off the bed, her legs are posed perfectly one bent and one straight and her eyes would be open as if she was looking to the side of her in the distance.
When I had to change an aspect of the look I thought the nurses can be changed in to black clothing very dull and 'death' like.

On my mood board I changed the nurses in to smart, tailored clothing, in all black and a little white. Black shoes, black outfits, kept the black leather gloves and the make up changed to be a little more darker too.

I enjoyed doing this mood board because I thought my word was really boring and I wouldn't be able to think of anything too exciting to go with it. But in the end I was pleased with what I had managed to create in my head and the mood board too.
When we had to change it I thought oh no what am I going to do. I thought about the look I wanted to create and so changing the nurses in to black clothing was a good option for me as it would make the scene look darker more serious and death like.

Mood boards are a great way of thinking about ideas and putting different things on a page together gives you an idea if it will work or not before you've even started. You can see the colour schemes clearly, what kind of ideas you have on there, high fashion or budget clothing, dark or vibrant, young and youthful or the older generation. Is the theme on clothing or is it on interior design.
A mood board does exactly what it says, it gives you and others the mood of what you want to produce.
When you have to change something you can edit the pictures, change the colour scheme or what the models are wearing and thinking of new ideas can be hard when you already thought it was perfect but change is always good and things can only get better if you change the right things in the mood board.