Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Graphic Narrative - Mood Boards


These are 2 A3 Mood Boards which i explored for my Graphic Narrative of 'Nirvana' and as you can see i explored how the character would look in the Graphic piece capturing different circumstances within the piece, so i thought a man in a suit to show possible upper class/ good job, more of a middle class look but still possible a good job and i wanted to capture sadness within the story so i chose those two images to work from. Also with this piece i explored the setting of which takes place on a coach driving through the snow and looked at all the possible sights he might encounter, like the coach driver, other passengers and even the ticket. The second mood board captures the main setting and to find out how the style and aesthetics of a traditional dinner looks i wanted to capture the neon signs, the old waitress and even other customers but most of all the 70's look within the dinner, the red and white. This setting also needed to be within a motorway and the property had to be detached because for this piece i think it would look best if it was sectioned off from the rest of the world to bring the "magic" within the piece.

My chosen Graphic Narrative : Nirvana


Nirvana by Charles Bukowski
not much chance,
completely cut loose from 
purpose,
he was a young man
riding a bus
through North Carolina
on the way to somewhere
and it began to snow
and the bus stopped
at a little cafe
in the hills
and the passengers
entered.
he sat at the counter
with the others,
he ordered and the
food arrived.
the meal was
particularly
good
and the
coffee.
the waitress was
unlike the women
he had
known.
she was unaffected,
there was a natural
humour which came
from her.
the fry cook said
crazy things.
the dishwasher.
in back,
laughed, a good
clean
pleasant
laugh.
the young man watched
the snow through the
windows.
he wanted to stay
in that cafe
forever.
the curious feeling
swam through him
that everything
was
beautiful
there,
that it would always
stay beautiful
there.
then the bus driver
told the passengers
that it was time
to board.
the young man
thought, I'll just sit
here, I'll just stay
here.
but then
he rose and followed
the others into the
bus.
he found his seat
and looked at the cafe
through the bus
window.
then the bus moved
off, down a curve,
downward, out of
the hills.
the young man
looked straight
forward.
he heard the other
passengers
speaking
of other things,
or they were
reading
or
attempting to
sleep.
they had not
noticed
the
magic.
the young man
put his head to
one side,
closed his
eyes,
pretended to
sleep.
there was nothing
else to do -
just to listen to the
sound of the
engine,
the sound of the
tires
in the
snow.