Mood

As previously mentioned, my initial idea for my honours project is to create a 3D environment of some kind with the inclusion of another element (suggested interactivity)
Production of a 3D environment has many stages and many important elements. Here I have decided to explore mood. Mood is inspired by many elements. Here, I have selected colour, composition and staging as a means to explore mood in the visual arts. Below I have referenced some interesting sections of Dream Worlds (2007) by Hans Bacher in order to reinforce this area of study. 

Colour 

(P.138)


Color should be used to create specific moods. Of course our cultural background plays a significant role in that. Countries closer to the equator are more colorful in all ways than countries in the northern parts. Yet everywhere around the world the same rules can be applied. Certain cool colors calm down the emotions, while hot colors create aggression in emotions. These colors can be used in different combinations to create different atmospheres.

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The color in our films corresponds with specific events in the story, and just as there is an "emotion/action curve," there should be a "color mood curve.
The dictates of the color palette will begin with the different seasons that the film takes place during, as well as the times of the day, weather situations, and interior/exterior locations within the story.


 Composition

(P.72, 74)

Composition in film is the harmonious combination of shapes and movement within a field that creates and interesting imaginative world for the audience. We want the viewers to forget that it is a movie, an artificial world they are watching. A good story is the most important thing, but it has to be set in a believable world. And it has to fulfill visual dreams that are the same around the globe.

The script, the mood and action in your scene as well as what has happened earlier and what will happen in the next scene will give you the keys for your composition.

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Staging

(P.92, 93)

Staging is the placement of the characters within a set. The characters have to be part of the composition of the whole image and their placement in relation to each other has to work. If the characters are moving, choreographed movement has to be planned. For dialogue scenes, precise camera angles and cuts have to be prepared and the direction of the light and corresponding shadows defined in floor plans.

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It is also important not to give everything away within the first part of the movie. You want to keep something special for the climax of the film, the most incredible combination of camera angles, movement and color. Start slow, take your time to establish the mood, and then accelerate with the speed of the story toward the climax. Staging here can be crazy, cuts very fast, and colors unusual. And slow down to the end.

These are important contributing factors to the development of my concept, primarily due to the fact that I cannot create or design a 3D environment and exclude mood. Without truly understanding and selecting the necessary colours in my 3D environment I might end up depicting the incorrect mood, genre and intended atmosphere, and thus, distort my desired intentions/designs. Ignoring composition would result in my project being less gripping, dull, unconvincing/unbelievable and more importantly completely lacking in any kind of emotional response and appropriate mood(s). Finally, turning an oblivious eye to staging would create rather catastrophic results because, without the correct placement of characters (if any) and the actions that pursue them, the incorrect emotional response will be conveyed to the audience, and thus ensue one mood - confusion.