Mood boards

These are my 2 mood boards that set the atmosphere for my first scene in the school hallway. The first mood board is a compilation of the school hallway at night, with lockers on the side and low-key lighting. This helps to create the mood of a thriller film opening where the scene is dark and hard to visualize the surroundings.

This mood board is specifically used as a guide for the murder scene where the lighting is harder and more intense, which gives more contrast to the scene. Shadows also appear on the mood board to create a mysterious feel and allow the audience to question the murderer.

This mood board is for the after-murder scene where the presence of blood is seen. As Character A gets blood on her hand, she leaves some evidence at the scene and goes to the bathroom to wash up the blood. This is a convention for the thriller genre as it usually includes blood and murder scenes.

This is the mood board for the 4th scene when Character A finds a letter through the gap in the door and the breaking news appears on the television. The mood for this scene was set to be warm at first but after the letter is read and the breaking news is heard, hard lighting will be used to give the scene a thrilling effect and add to the mysterious feel.

Creative choices - Bathroom scene

This is my initial plan for the overall mood of the scene in the school's bathroom where Character A appears to be Character B after looking at herself in the mirror. I wanted to create a green accent for the scene to contrast with the red of the blood and further emphasize the scariness of the environment. 

This is the 2nd mood board for the scene in the bathroom and is my second choice to choose from besides the green accent. After doing the location scouting of the school's bathroom, I figured it could be better to set the mood for the scene similar to the mood in the hallway where only low-key lighting is used since the green accent might be too hard to create without a high-quality camera. Furthermore, there are many light sources in the bathroom which could make it difficult to cover them all with a green translucent sheet for the accent. Therefore, the 2nd mood board was my final choice.

For a better view of the mood board, please view the embedded presentation below.

Moodboard by Anna Nguyễn Thụy An