Research - Moodboard

We have made this moodboard in order to combine the ideas of stereotypical reggae with our ideas gained from synaesthesia. Explanations for each picture are as follows:

• "This is England" cast - The film "This is England" is a well known film that depicts the lives of teens from the 1980s. This has been a big inspiration of an idea what to include in our video; much of this is from the scene in the film which includes the song "Louie Louie" by Toots and the Maytals.
• Hooded youth - This shows the stereotypical outfit for modern day teenagers. As we are intending to base our video on the lives of teenagers, this is influential on the costume design.
• Jamaican flag - As reggae originated from Jamaica, the Jamaican flag is commonly known amongst many people as one of the stereotypical symbols for reggae.
• Bob Marley - Bob Marley is an iconic figure in the reggae genre. He is probably the most well-known and respected artist from the whole genre. He is also related directly to the reggae genre to most people.
• Graffiti - Graffiti is used commonly amongst teens that live in towns and cities. It is used as a means of expression in many lives of teenagers. This is a possible idea for some sections of the video we are creating.
• Cigarette smoker - Many disobedient teens are stereotyped to smoke cigarettes, so most people would expect to see them regularly smoking. This is another possible idea for our video.
• Police - The police are commonly associated as the "enemy" of many youths. This is influential on our video as it shows our main idea, which is a group of teens committing vandalism amongst a town or city. This means they will be directly disobeying the law.
• Sunny day - Sun is usually associated with reggae from a process of synaesthesia and many examples of reggae music videos. This is because many reggae videos are set in Jamaica, which is an extremely sunny country. Sun can also be used as a means of pathetic fallacy in our video, because the song sounds upbeat and happy. Sun is usually related with happiness or goodness. This is a possible aspect of the setting in the video, but will not necessarily be available during the time we are filming in January.
• Group of biking teens - We included this image because it shows a rough idea of an aspect we are including in our video. Teens usually hang around in groups and many of them use BMX bikes as a means of transport and as a means of also looking cool. This gives inspiration for a BMX as a possible prop we will use in our video.
• Dreadlocks - Dreadlocks are just a stereotypical hairstyle that many people instantly associate with Rastafarianism. Rastafarianism is usually related to reggae because they both tend to be from Jamaican background. We will take this into account when preparing the cast list.