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Creative iMedia

This page is part of an archive of the old iMedia spec – the one that existed until Summer 2023. People seem to find the resources helpful and I've had a number of requests to put them back online. I should think they'll stay here until I'm confident that the new spec is properly covered. Please be aware that this is out of date material and may not apply in the same way to the new iMedia syllabus.

R081 - Pre-production Skills - exam unit

Mood Boards

Mood Board Key Learning slides - slides to tell you everything you need to know

The Key Learning slides can be used to answer the questions:

Mood Board Questions - just the questions

Mood Board Workbook - the same questions with spaces for answers

Mood Board Knowledge Summary - a printable sheet which summarises the key learning from the slides

It might be useful to look at some examples of good mood boards:

Example Mood Boards

Physical Mood Boards - with an example

There are two quizzes you can try to test your understanding:

Quiz 1

Quiz 2 (T/F)

A possible tool for making mood boards digitally is Milanote (it's free, but you have to sign up). I've not used it yet, but it looks like it might work.

Examples of Mood Boards

Mood board for a website for a mountain biking group. Note how this includes quotes and colour swatches as well as font ideas

Mood board for "City Rocks", an urban climbing competition. This isn't a perfect mood board but contains most of the key elements (it could use a title though...)

Mood board showing how one colour can be used effectively.

It's possible to make moodboards that only work digitally. Here's an example of a mood board made up only of sounds (YouTube link)

You can find exam questions about mood boards on the exam questions page.