Planning - Moodboard

    I wanted to make some moodboards related to the characters in my film opening to get a deeper understanding of their personalities and spirit. Getting a deeper understanding of Alejandra's and Arianna's personalities will help me act as Arianna better and understand the interactions with Alejandra more.

Alejandra's character aesthetic

    For Alejandra, I wanted to convey her impulsivity and carelessness in the mood board. I did this by finding images of "cool girls" or girls that seem popular at school. Sophia mentioned she wanted the characters to give a mcbling aesthetic which is essentially hot pink, glitter, big sunglasses, and animal print outfits. I incorporated aspects of the film in the mood board such as the girl doing her makeup and the image of the girl driving a car with her legs up on the dashboard. I think I did a really good job of capturing what I imagine Alejandra's personality and character is.

Arianna's character aesthetic

    For Arianna, I wanted to to capture her calm and almost timid personality in the mood board. I wanted to add in some academic features (library image, record shop image, girl in purple top doing homework)  and give her almost a whimsical aspect (photo of girl in the woods) to her character. I included the image of the Starbucks frappucino because in the film opening we plan for the girls to stop at starbucks before going to school.  I think this mood board perfectly captures how I imagine Arianna's character to be and how I want to play her. 

Alejanda's wardrobe

    When thinking of Alejandra's wardrobe, I considered Sophia's idea of the characters having a mcbling outfit aesthetic. I found images that included bright colors and animal print patterns. The two grey outfits in the mood board, I felt conveyed the drama and "trashy" glamour of the mcbling aesthetic. I feel like Gaby, Alejnadra's actress, doesn't have any clothes that fit this aesthetic so we will have to figure out where to get Alejandra's wardrobe from.

Arianna's wardrobe

    For Arianna's wardrobe, I felt like the mcbling aesthetic didn't match her personality so I took a different approach. I took inspiration from Aria Montgomery from Pretty Little Liars, Elena Gilbert from The Vampire Diaries, and Bella Swan from the first Twilight film. I wanted her outfits to be less flashy than Alejandra's, reflecting their differing personalities. I wanted to make finding Arianna's wardrobe easier for the group so I deliberately looked for pieces that were similar to the clothes I already have in my closet. When my group had our first discussion about what era we wanted our film opening to be set in and  what we wanted our characters to wear, Sophia said that I already wore the clothes of a person from the 2000s, so I feel that assembling an outfit for Arianna to wear will not be hard. 

    I think Arianna's outfit will be the easiest part of the mise-en-scene for the film opening, but finding an outfit for Alejandra will be difficult. To my knowledge, neither me, Gaby, or Sophia have clothes that give a mcbling aesthetic. I will have to talk to my group and figure out how we are going to get clothes for Gaby and what clothes we have to get. I think I have a deeper understanding of my character and Gaby's character now that I made those mood boards. I feel I have a better understanding of Arianna as a character and I now know how I want to play her.