Happy Halloween + Frame The Feel Contest (Deadline Extended)

Halloween, celebrated each year on October 31st, has ancient roots that trace back to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. The Celts believed that on this night, the boundary between the living and the dead grew thin, allowing spirits to roam the earth. To ward off malevolent forces, people dressed in animal skins and lit bonfires. With the spread of Christianity, Samhain evolved as All Hallows' Eve, the evening before All Saints’ Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. Over time, the customs of disguising oneself and making offerings to spirits transformed, merging with folklore to become the Halloween we know today.

As Halloween evolved, it became a night associated with spooky tales, including the legend of "Stingy Jack." According to folklore, Jack was a man so cunning that he tricked the Devil himself. After his death, neither heaven nor hell would accept him, leaving him to wander the earth with only a carved-out turnip to light his way—a symbol that eventually became the modern-day jack-o'-lantern. Halloween stories like these continue to inspire spine-chilling tales. One such tale is the urban legend of the "Haunted Hitchhiker," where a driver picks up a young woman on a lonely road, only for her to vanish upon arrival at her destination, leaving nothing but an eerie silence and a sense of dread. Stories like these add a touch of fear and excitement to Halloween celebrations.

Today, Halloween is celebrated worldwide, with each country adding its unique twist. In the United States, the holiday is marked by elaborate costumes, trick-or-treating, and haunted house attractions. Mexico celebrates Día de los Muertos, a holiday with roots in indigenous traditions, honoring ancestors with colorful altars, sugar skulls, and marigold flowers. Meanwhile, countries like Japan have embraced Halloween's costume and party culture, turning entire districts into festive hubs. Across Europe, traditions vary, with some opting for bonfires and horror movie marathons, while others enjoy ghost tours and themed festivals. As Halloween grows increasingly global, it becomes a night not only for honoring ancient traditions but for reveling in the eerie and unknown, where all ages can participate in a celebration of fear, fantasy, and fun.

Wishing all our forum members a spooky, fun-filled Halloween filled with chills, thrills, and plenty of treats! May your night be delightfully eerie and your costumes unforgettable—happy haunting!

We all know Halloween is all about the costume, and to get the costume right, you can't just put up some things together and call it a day. You have to get the, pardon my Gen-z vocab, but, get the vibe right, and to get the vibe right, you need to get the moodboard right.

But who will be the judge of that? We, the CCs, of course! With our flair for creativity, drama, and everything else, we present to you

So what is a moodboard? A mood board is a type of visual presentation or 'collage' consisting of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition. It can be based on a set topic or can be any material chosen at random. A mood board can convey a general idea or feeling about a subject.

We have listed a few characters across fandoms in the next post (followed by FAQs), and you have to design a moodboard that reflects each character's aesthetics and personality. We are also providing a small character sketch for each character to help you.

For example, this is what the moodboard would look for Harley Quinn from DCEU.

The size of the canvas should be 720*720 pixels.

You can pick one character from each fandom and send in one entry per character. In total, you can send 5 entries. You can send for 1 fandom or all 5, that's upto you, or you can pick more than one fandoms without necessarily sending in 5 entries.

You have to stick to images representing the character.

You have to include at least 9 images. The sizes of the images can be anything within the canvas.

The character sketches below are just an overview, you needn't stick to elements based on just the character sketch, but go beyond that, as long as it fits the character's aesthetics, personality and/or their plotline in the mentioned fandom.

You can onscreen pictures of the characters/pictures, however, they cannot be the highlight of the moodboard and have to balance out with the rest of the images.

Similarly, you can include onscreen quotes of the character/other text that can convey the character's personality, but your moodboard shouldn't have too much text.

Offscreen pictures of celebrities are not allowed even if they are of the actors who have portrayed the character.

Morphed/AI-generated images are not allowed.

You cannot use pictures from the comics/fanart/fans cosplaying as characters.

You can use coloring PSD/filters/adjust the overall coloring of the images to your liking.

The graphics should be NON-ANIMATED.

Do not put your copyright on the graphics.

Your entries should be your original work. You can refer use ideas from other stuff available online, but your image selection and presentation should reflect your work.

The deadline for sending your entries is 20 November 2024, 11.59 PM IST via PM to oh_nakhrewaali. Keep the subject field as "Frame the Feels Submission”. Kindly mention the character names with your entries in your PM.

The mood boards will be judged by a panel of judges.

Upload your entries on [www.imgur.com] or [www.postimages.org] or any uploading site that supports images (please ensure that your account is not visible in the link or your account is not public - like with Photobucket links).

So what are you waiting for? Let your creative juices flow! We cannot wait to see your beautiful entries!

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Bollywood

Murad Ahmed (Gully Boy)

Murad Ahmed, a final year college student, lives in an abusive household in the Dharavi slums. He nurtures a fascination for rap music and is dating Safeena, a hot headed, possessive girl. He befriends a local rapper, Shrikant "MC Sher" Bhosle and after many personal and professional tribulations, fulfils his dream of becoming a rapper.

Sashi Godbole (English Vinglish)

Shashi, a homemaker and businesswoman, is often overlooked and mistreated by her husband and children, who feel embarrassed by her lack of English fluency. After she faces a tough few days in New York City, Shashi takes matters into her own hands and enrolls in English classes, slowly gaining the confidence and self-respect that she had lost over the years of marriage.

Harry Potter

Draco Malfoy

Draco Lucius is a British pure-blood wizard studying in Hogwarts. He is in Slytherin house. His father was a death eater. He is a bully who looks down on everyone based on their bloodline and financial status. But when he is ordered to kill Albus Dumbledore in his sixth year after his father fails Voldemort and in seventh year when he witnesses the violence Voldemort causes in the wizarding world, he grows out of his pureblood ideologies and raises his son to be a better person.

Professor Minerva McGonagall

Professor Minerva McGonagall, the transfiguration professor and head of Gryffindor at Hogwarts, later becomes the school's headmistress. She worked at the Ministry of Magic before joining Hogwarts under Dumbledore, who became a trusted confidant. A skilled animagus, she can transform into a tabby cat. Despite a life filled with loss, including losing loved ones during both wizarding wars and her husband to Venomous Tentacula, McGonagall remains a just and kind figure. She is deeply devoted to her students, always encouraging them to be their best selves.

K-drama

Moon Dong-eun (The Glory)

Moon Dong-eun was bullied by her rich classmates and abused by her mother. After dropping out of school, she seeks revenge against Park Yeonjin and her friends, who tortured her, including using a hot curling iron on her limbs. On her journey, she becomes a teacher and befriends Dr. Joo Yeojeong, who teaches her to play Go, and Kang Hyeon-Nam, who helps spy on her assaulters. Though she claims to be evil, having lost faith in good, she never uses a weapon, choosing to play mind games instead.

Vincenzo (Vincenzo)

An Italian lawyer and Mafia consigliere of Korean descent. He is the adopted son of the late boss of the Cassano Family and Geumga Plaza's true owner. He becomes an Advisor/Foreign Legal Counsel to Jipuragi Law Firm, working with Hong Cha-young to destroy the Babel Group and reclaim the gold hidden in Geumga Plaza. Vincenzo Cassano falls in love with Hong Cha-young. He also achieves social justice against the Babel Group using his own ruthless ways after witnessing their corruption, violence and drug peddling.

ITV

Arnav Singh Raizada (Iss Pyaar ko Kya Naam Doon)

Arnav Singh Raizada, a Delhi based businessman, is initially cold and emotionally distant, having experienced deep trauma. He focuses on his family and shuts off romantic feelings, but everything changes when he meets Khushi Kumari Gupta. Their relationship faces many misunderstandings, but in the end, they confess their love. Arnav becomes Khushi’s anchor, supporting her as she finds her own identity. The couple adopts a child, and in the epilogue, Arnav has softened significantly, doting on his wife.

Sakshi Goenka (Ek Hasina Thi)

Sakshi Goenka, wife of Kolkata's richest businessman, Rajnath Goenka, fiercely loves her children, Shaurya and Kangana. Shaurya is her only weakness. The powerful Goenka name helps them escape serious consequences, like rape charges against Shaurya. Behind Sakshi’s beautiful face lies a manipulative woman who uses violence and corruption to maintain control. After a traumatic childhood marked by death and poverty, she clawed her way into Kolkata's elite, determined to never lose her newfound power and status.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Moonknight

Marc Spector, a former Marine and mercenary with dissociative identity disorder, has alters like Steven Grant and Jack Lockley. During a mission in Egypt, Marc is mortally wounded but saved by Khonshu, becoming his avatar, Moon Knight. He marries Layla El-Faouly and gets caught in a conspiracy led by Arthur Harrow, who plans to release Ammit. With help from Layla, Marc fights against evil forces. Whenever Marc summons his suit, he took the form of Mr. Knight. Marc avoids unnecessary violence, but Jack Lockley is more ruthless, while Steven Grant abhors violence.

Scarlett Witch

Wanda Maximoff, born in Sokovia, possesses Chaos Magic, enhanced by the Mind Stone. After losing her parents in an air raid, she joins radical groups, eventually leading her to Hydra, where her powers grow. She becomes an Avenger but loses her brother, Pietro, to Ultron. After Thanos kills her love, Vision, Wanda's grief consumes her, creating an alternate reality where Vision and her twin sons exist. Eventually, Wanda undoes this reality, but the emotional toll of losing her family again drives her to dark magic.

You can pick one character from each fandom and send in one entry per character. In total, you can send 5 entries. What does that mean?

In the above post, there are ten characters, two characters from one fandom (Bollywood, Harry Potter, K-drama, ITV and MCU), from each fandom, you can pick one charcter and send an entry for that character, Similarly, you can pick character each from the rest of the 4 fandoms, bringing the total number of entries from your side to 5.

Can my moodboard only have onscreen pictures of the character?

No, the point of a moodboard to explore a theme while not completely relying the obvious (in this case, the face of the character) So while you can use onscreen pictures, you also have to use images that reflect their personality/aesthetic

Can I use onscreen pictures of elements/ other characters related to the character/dialogues of the character I picked?

Yes, let's say for example of Harley Quinn's moodboard that I made, I could have gone for Joker's onscreen pictures, her Birds of Prey's pictures and even screencaps of the jail break sequence blasts, her blowing up the chemical factory etc.

Also, yes, I could have included her famous dialogues like "Pudding" etc in the moodboard as text. That said, those should be from the fandom you pick, so you cannot use quotes from the Marvel comics (or other images of any character) for Scarlet Witch or Moonknight.

I don't know both the characters listed under K-drama, what to do for that fandom?

You can either skip the characters (which means almost you'll send 4 entries) or you can google the shows/characters. You don't need to know the characters, just a basic idea should be enough.

Happy Halloween to everyone!

Happy Halloween to all..

Awesome thread by CC Team

Happy Halloween to everyone!

Happy halloween to everone

Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween. Nice writeup CC team