Why I Created a Genre Mood Board

Why I Created a Genre Mood Board

I decided to create a mood board as I am sort of struggling to pick a genre to work on. I looking into Comedy, romance, Horror and Action films that had been released to gather some ideas. This helped me as I got an understanding of what types of features I would need to use on my film poster and in my trailer. Also, this will help me decide what genre would be best for me to work on. I know now that I will no pick Action, this is because it would be very difficult to portray, as there is a lack of props available to me for this genres codes and conventions. Furthermore, Comedy can be hard as well as the viewers will most likely not have the same humour as me and then it would not be very funny to others.

I do not think that Romance would be very difficult to do and I think that I would be able to do it. However, personally I would like to work with something that I could be more abstract with.

Horror genre is mostly shown in low-key lighting to scare the audience, vulnerability if presented a lot. Both film posters and trailers use the colour black or red as it connotes evilness and loneliness. I think that this might be the best genre for me to work with because it would fit my dark mind and my ability to create dark thoughts, I could really play around with this genre, as long as it is done right.