In Kat's seminar, we
chose a word at random in the dictionary and were asked to create a
mood board of poses and lighting to reflect how we would style and
portray this idea. Mind was my chosen word and I began by
brainstorming synonyms and meanings that spring to mind and then
developed these into ideas and designs for hair, makeup and styling
For this concept, I
wanted to portray clean, crisp images of strong women representing
awareness of themselves and their mind. In regards to makeup designs,
I would have simple looks that would leave emphasis on the eyes and
highlights around the forehead representing the mind. The makeup
would be fresh and subtle to make sure it did not detract from the
concept. To extend the simplicity idea, the hair would be slicked
back or kept away from the face to leave the focus on the emotion and
features of the model. The photoshoot setup would have the lighting
directly on the models faces, to again highlight the head, and the
background would be plain with the space around the model staying
empty to represent spacial awareness (a human aspect of the mind) as
well as emotional awareness. The emphasis in this concept is to leave
the eye on the face of the model and the whole photo would centre
around them.
The first layout shown
here demonstrates my collection of relevant images I would include in
my mood board for the 'Mind' concept to communicate to my 'team' that
I would be working with. I have included a mixture of monochrome and
colour images to display the different and striking effects you would
get with each, but both could be used. Each model has a strong
emotional pose with the focus remaining on their faces and looks. The
second layout is another way I could display my visual ideas
alongside my written work to help my 'team' further with my concept.
Overall, I feel this
lesson was very useful to get to grips with the reasons behind using
mood boards to communicate your ideas as well as making your idea
clear in your own mind as well by whittling down the options you
would use to inspire your stylists, models and photographers.
To create the soft focus images that I really loved on my model, I will place her infront of a large rectangular soft box so the background will be bright and gentle on the outlines of her hair and face. I will take photos front on in front of a white background to help lighten the image with reflection. To add to that, to remove any shadows where I don't want them I will have a helper to position the reflector where I need it. I will use 50mm and 80mm lenses to create the close ups and shoulder-up images we need.
