Production Mood board

Above is a mood board that I created to reflect the mood and themes of my chosen series, 'Dexter'. My mood board focuses on the three main topics of the series: crime, death and blood. In the series, blood splatters are a reoccurring topic. I have therefore chosen images of different ways that blood and blood splatters are addressed, and the emotions that they provoke. In some cases, the use of blood is used in a sexual manner. Blood is often used spilled over intimate areas on a human body, most likely used to provoke conflicting feelings about an image. Blood is seen as such a gruesome and traumatic medium, yet it is used as a way to appreciate the human form in a male-gaze type manner - a typical audiences fears and fantasies combined. My top left photography image and my middle second from the left catwalk image gives inspiration to this idea and suggestion. I feel that this approach to feelings about blood is something that subtly but often occurs in the Dexter series. The rest of my chosen blood images are various ways that blood is addressed artistically but also it's like to police and crime.

In the series, I feel that the location is very important, and is deliberately used as part of a series of such dark topics. From the series being set in Miami, the audience almost fantasizes about Dexter's serial killer life, as he seems to have it all. Dexter lives in a idyllic home surrounded by sun, beaches and a general holiday type mood. Dexter works as part of an FBI team, which in America is a particularly well respected position. Despite all of this, every aspect of Dexter's life is dark and often disturbing. This is why I have chosen darkly lit pictures of the beach and palm trees to reflect how this is done.

Lastly, I have included a darkly lit photographic picture that suggests someone suffocating and also a graphic crime scene. I chose these images as they reflect how the killing in Dexter is typically done. As it's reoccurring through the majority of the episodes, I felt this was important as part of setting the mood.