Calm mood

The scene as a whole avoids strong tension and reads with a settled emotional quality.

Visual traits

• low tension
• scene-wide settled quality
• emotional atmosphere

Expected changes

• The overall scene is more likely to read with a settled emotional quality

Definition

Calm mood is an emotional atmosphere in which the scene as a whole conveys low tension and a settled quality. It does not determine happiness, silence, an unoccupied setting, a particular color, weather, culture, or sleep.

In more detail

It concerns a calm emotional quality across the whole scene. It is distinct from an individual facial expression, a specific event, conditions of silence or vacancy, and staging through a particular color or weather.

Includes

• An emotional atmosphere that conveys low tension and a settled quality across the whole scene

Excludes

• Happiness, silence, an unoccupied setting, a particular color, weather, culture, or sleep
• An individual facial expression, a specific event, or an aesthetic genre

What this does not imply

• Happiness, silence, an unoccupied setting, a particular color, weather, culture, or sleep

Variability

Subjects, setting, color, light, and events can be adjusted separately.

Usage

• Use it as a scene-wide emotional atmosphere

Distinguish similar expressions

• Specify happiness, silence, color, weather, or facial expression separately only when needed

Typical uses

• Give the overall scene an emotional atmosphere of low tension and calm

Possible failure modes

• It is fixed as happiness or sleep, vacancy or silence is added automatically, or it is expressed only through color or weather