Starting points- mood board +bullet points

Learning about the theme simple/complex, I started by bullet pointing concepts, art forms and ideas which related to either of the binary terms- binary terms consist of two opposite terms i.e. simple/complex, love/hate, male/female.

A small mood board which I used to think about ideas.

COMPLEX

Busy textures- William Morris

Persian carpets

Knots

Stained glass

Technology

Human body and its relation to nature

Nature including animals and plants

Different environments- the sea, woodlands

Human nature- routine, relationships

Emotions, thoughts, behaviours, actions- anger, love, loss

Religion, society, laws, politics, culture, rights, stereotypes, expectations

Clothing, subculture, style I.e., punk movement- Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood- 90s heroin chic movement

SIMPLE

Birds eye view

Industrial

Geometric

Black + white

Minimalism, brutalism and architecture

Lighting

From making my mood board and researching artists, I realised I was interested in dramatic staged images- possibly ones which reflect classic paintings. To further research a dramatic staged image style, I watched films where lighting was an important factor in the cinematography (such as Fallen Angels, 1995)

Film stills from “*Fallen Angels*” (1995)

I also watched films where the style was softer, such as French new wave films (“Pierrot Le Fou”, 1965). My main interest for this theme as the minute is cinematic style images- dramatic, emotional yet staged.