Mood boards & Storyboards

Gothic Horror Mood Board 

I have created a mood board on my understand of Gothic horror in relation to my final design idea's for Claudia and Quentin and were my initial inspiration came from when creating these characters. After receiving the brief for this project i instantly began a lot of my research through music videos and films within the horror gothic genre as this was the form that the final images would be for motion image. This of witch influenced my chosen film that i would base the main inspiration on for my design the film being Paranormal Activity 1 a recent horror film i chose it as i felt that i was something that scared me holding a lot of similarities to elements in the real world that scare the majority of people such as  elements being of the unknown the idea of mystery of life after death and the not knowing about bad or good spirits something people say to have experienced but no one really knows if its true or false. The idea of the unknown is something i feel scares many people in such a controlling society and further that this is one of Claudia's main worries is her fear of the unknown of the real world never wanting to leave her flat. Through my choice of film i was particularly influence through visual unsettling imagery featured on my Pinterest the idea of masking and not being able to see full forms furthermore the relationship in gothic horror imagery between fashion images and scarey horror images interested me and i was conscious to make sure my designs would suit fashion as i found the elaborate details in gothic fashion inspired me and reminded me of a lot of original elements within gothic horror such as structures of old detailed churches and derelict elaborate rooms.

Claudia Story Board 

Below i have created my story boards for Claudia, My inspiration from the gothic horror title was the film Paranormal Activity the film explores a couples journey with a supposed paranormal happenings within there home and a demon ghost that has attached its self to the woman. I wanted to create Claudia's character to be a victim of these happening like she was possesed i began to gain inspiration from images of levitation and many of my images collected that inspired my design were inspired by The grudge one of the classic films exploring the life after death such as the images of the hair covering the face and the idea of string coming down from the lower lash line i felt that this symbol of the hair over the face creates the feel that the character is being possessed. Further being inspired by the femme fetale elements taken from original forms of gothic horror i brought in elements such as the perfect alabaster skin glossy dark lips and a sense of perfection within my design. 

The styling i wanted to be gothic grunge to appeal to my target audience this style becoming more popular within fashion today with designers such as Alexandra McQueen leading the high fashion gothic style crowd. 

I have included images that i imagine the music video scenes to include, such as the gothic kitsch apartment interior with elements such as hanging bits of material from the large windows in the apartment creating a claustrophobic trapped feel. I imagine that in the video Claudia would be sitting in front of lots of stacked televisions as shown in the mood board the lighting being created by these flickering screens, with Claudia looking very glamorous and almost non responsive. I imagine that as the video continues that the image would flicker and jump to zoom into different parts of her body creating this sense of intimacy and like someone is watching her i also imagine that behind her sitting perfectly that there would be objects levitating around her. 

Quentin Story Board
My story board for quentin inspired through my development of Claudia's design idea with exploring the idea that Quentin is the demon that is possessing Claudia in her home, although Quentin is a figment of Claudia's imagination i feel that he is attaching himself into her imagination and won't let her forget him although she believes that he is being unfaithful she can't let go on him. I wanted his look to mirror elements within hers such as the Slick finger wave style of the dark hair, i further was very inspired by black out contact lenses i feel this instantly creates a demon like character my idea was that i wanted to show him as not a human but as this other form shown through my inspiration of line drawing tattoos to symbolises the fact Claudia created him in her head i further became drawn to slow shutter speed images something i imagine within the music video certain clips of Quentin to be like he is moving with this image motion behind him. I wanted my design to look striking and strong to show the grasp he has over Claudia within the video i imagine that he would stand over her and always be pictured behind her creating this uncomfortable atmosphere like he is the one possessing her making the  objects levitate and lights swing. I further found an imagine of ink emerging from someones mouth and could imagine that in one scene of the video this would happen like he is disintegrating as a form.