Mood Board

  Now that I have some initial ideas for my opening sequence, I decided that a mind map would be a good way to visually illustrate what I have in mind.

  Below is the mood board I have created to display my initial ideas for the film opening and some of the locations, themes and iconography that might feature within the opening.

    From the mood board, it is clear that most of my ideas have inspiration from my mind map, especially the 'crime genre' and the house party theme.  For example, I have used images such as alcohol, drugs, blood, guns and people partying which has connotations of violence, crime and a house party which could go wrong.  I have also used images such as the court room and weighing scales to illustrate justice or, in the case of my initial ideas, a lack of justice which could fit in with the idea of revenge for someone who has been set up or is guilty and is trying to get rid of evidence and witnesses. I used some images to illustrate loneliness such as the man on a bench, the island by the sea and the deserted train station.

  Some of my inspiration for my film ideas has come from the Batman movies and Collateral (the front covers of which can also be seen on the mood board).  These films explore ideas of good against evil, fighting crime as well as being a part of crime.