How is mood created in a visual text?

There are many different moods, and different ways of showing them. If you want to show it in a visual text, there are many things you have to be aware of, and different things you have to do to create it.

For a drawing, there are many things you have to consider while creating the piece. Colour is a big thing. Colour helps you create a piece by showing the mood. If you want a happy piece, bright colours should be used. For depression or anger, darker colours should be used. You have to know which colours to coordinate to create the overall piece. Lines and shapes are another thing to think about. Depending on the mood helps you decide the shapes and lines. Jagged, thick lines and shapes should be used for a mood like anger or depression. Swirling, flowing lines should be used for happier pieces. It all depends on the mood.

Photographs are another type of visual text, and another way to express mood. You have to consider colour. Do you want the photograph to be colourful, or black and white? Black and white usually shows a more depressed calmer scene. A colourful photograph normally expresses excitement or happiness. When setting the mood in a photograph it also depends on the subject your picture is of.

There are many forms of visual text and many ways that you can show the mood. When showing the mood in a written text you need to choose your words carefully, but when showing mood in a visual text you have to choose colours, subjects, or if your doing a painting or drawing you have to choose your strokes, and shapes carefully. With each form of text there are many ways of showing the mood, you just need to make sure you have the right talent to do it before you start.

Until Next Time, Toni

(The first part of the post was written by April and Me.)

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2 Responses to “How is mood created in a visual text?”

  1.   Mr. Fisher Says:
    September 19th, 2006 at 7:10 am

    For a person who is sometimes frustrated by art, you certianly have an excellent understanding of the ideas. You have written an excellent, important post that cpatures mush of what we have been talking about in class. This is great stuff!

  2.   Mr. D'Onofrio Says:
    September 19th, 2006 at 4:31 pm

    I really liked the precision of your post. You show a good understanding of the displaying of mood.