Derek!

What is a visual text? 

Before I can tell you how a mood is created on a visual text, I need to tell you what a visual text is. A visual text is a text you can look at and understand its meaning. Some examples of visual texts are drawings, paintings, photographs and videos.
 

What does a visual text need in order to show the mood?

Now you guys need to know what a visual text needs in order to show the mood. From what I have learned so far, I think that there are three most important parts:

1. Colour
2. Line
3. Shape

They work together to show the emotion and mood of the art. They also make it easier for the person to understand what you are trying to say. For example, if you drew something that was red with jagged lines, you could tell it would be anger.
 

Creating  the mood…

Here is the big part: creating the mood on a visual text. It really depends on what kind of visual text you are doing. Here are ways you can create a mood on a drawing, a painting, a photograph, and a video.
 

Drawings

• Decide on a mood
• Decide on what you are drawing
• Use colour
• Use line
• Use shape
• Colour lightly
• Colour dark 

Paintings

• Decide on a mood
• Decide on what you are painting
• Use colour
• Use line
• Use shape
• Use different sizes of paint brushes
• Use lots of paint
• Use little paint
  

Photographs

• Decide on a mood
• Decide on what you are taking a picture of
• Use colour
• Use line
• Use shape
• Morph the photo
• Make it black and white
• Zoom in
• Zoom out
• Add objects
• Add a border

Videos

• Decide on a mood
• Decide on a type (i.e. movie)
  
• Make a setting
  
• Use different types of music in the back round
  
• Make a theme
  
• Use colour
  
• Use line
• Use shape

As you can see, there are many different things you can do to create a mood in a visual text.

Here is a painting by Vincent Van Gogh.

I think it shows happiness because of the bright colours and plus sunflowers, in my own opinion, represent happiness.

What do you think the mood is?

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