Brainstorm. . .

This is a spider-diagram I did with all my ideas and initial thoughts I had when it came down to the 1920's. The fashion, environment of where Daisy lived in, woman's rights/roles during the time period, politics, designs including architecture and so on. I feel that now I have these ideas and key words down, this has given me a broader horizon for my primary and secondary research, for me to build up my ideas and knowledge on the 20's as a whole. This resulting hopefully in a more polished set of final images.

                                

Being more specific, this is a quick mind-map of my character, Daisy Buchanan. Not going into too much detail but just a quick overview of the more topics that come from the character and what they lead on to, which I could include in my research I feel.

This is a video I found on YouTube gave me a good inside on the overall look of the roaring 20s. The way women carry themselves, the way they are perceived and also their iconic attire. This has given me so many ideas on how I can push my ideas further than the norm to create a generic, but twisted final image which gets the point and message across.

Other Characters

As Daisy Buchanan is a character in a story, I think it is important to mention the other characters in the story as without these, Daisy wouldnt have a storyline as she has some sort of relationship with all of the main characters. This is a small mood board to show the other main characters in the storyline that Daisy has an impact on, good or bad.

This is a mood baord to gain more of an understanding of the kind of things Daisy would of done in her spare time, which was most of the time. As she married Tom who had power and wealth, she didn't have the need to work as she had everything she needed. Post World War 1 as well, many women started working to help support their families where as Daisy lived a life of luxury. Wearing beautiful, hand embroided custome made gowns, enjoying the finest of live music with friends at lavish parties to relaxing by the river, these were all normal every day activites for Daisy. 

By creating these mood boards, this has helped me have more of an insite and understand of Daisy Buchanan, the lady, the socialite and the character. I find making mood boards helpful for my studies as I work better through having guidance visually and these are useful as I can now refer to them when I need to refresh my memory when doing character analysis.