Moodboards are an essential tool for creatives to communicate the images that are in their head to others - before production is started. It is also a great tool to collect inspiration and exchange ideas. As preparation for a video-shoot it is absolutely necessary. Especially if you don’t «simply» want to work in a documentary style but want to make your video feel more scenic and stylized (to avoid the over-used term «cinematic»).
In the light workshop we will be working off your moodboards to learn how certain looks can be recreated. Therefore you’ll need to prepare moodboards to the following topics:
Neon Futurism,
soft light, night
Film Noir
interior, night, mix of hard and soft light, black and white
[your topic]
define a topic for yourself and name it
Build groups of 4
create a color palette for the topics that use color
Individually search at least 5 images to each mood (min 15 images in total)
collect the images, discuss them, cluster them and make a selection
arrange the images you have selected on a page (A3) and print them (1 page per topic)
bring the printed pages to the studio
!! Only select medium, medium close-ups and close-ups shots. Primarily singles, faces and hands.
useful image sources
Google image search
Instagram hashtags
https://www.filmsupply.com/ (or other stockfootage sites)