Mood Board

On 25th of December we were given a personal task to create a mood board for our thriller. Its images have to reflect on the topics and atmosphere of the story. We could arrange the board either digitally using an editing software such as Photoshop, or by making a collage with cut out and glued in  pictures. I decided to go for the second variant.

The center of attention on my board is the shadow of a man strangling a woman, since our story is mostly about domestic violence. On the left and right sides there are portraits of an angry man and a woman with bruises on her face, these are our main characters. The tearing shadow of a boy shows the woman's inability to have children, which caused the beginning of their quarrels. The image of a bottle with handcuffs locked around it suggests that the man may also have a drinking problem that worsens his behavior. Because the opening scene is taking place inside a kitchen with the woman preparing a dinner, I included images related to cooking such as spoons with spices hanging from the top, a dirty blender and a chopping board with a knife ran into it. The huge size and poor conditions of the knife imply the brutality of the plot. The taped hands and a splash of blood are the signs of torture that the woman inflicts on the man.The dominating colour of the board is red, which is symbolic for pain and violence, imposed towards both the woman and the man. The background's black colour connotes the depression that the characters went through.