Some of the best examples of this are below. This is mainly accomplished through editing and splicing scenes, adding new, anxiety-producing music and sound effects, and adding a new voice-over introduction. In film editing classes throughout the States, a common assignment is to take an existing film (say, a comedy) and create a film preview that presents the film as a different genre (for example, a horror film). One good way to see mood (and, to a degree, tone) in action is through genre-crossing movie trailers. For instance, a murder mystery with many complicated plot developments and twists probably has a suspenseful or tense mood. Genre and Plot: This one may seem obvious, but the genre and plot of a work contribute to its mood in many different ways.Similarly, the difference between 'a dull, uneventful night' and 'a peaceful, silent night' might contribute to the difference between a text with a gloomy or melancholic mood and a calm, reflective mood.A writer might choose to use more antiquated diction like 'thou art' instead of 'you are' if they want to create a whimsical mood.Diction: The words that a writer chooses to use (i.e., diction) play a huge part in determining the mood of a piece, in part because different words that mean the same thing can have different connotations.A journalist who makes a jab at a politician might be conveying how they feel about their subject (using a critical tone) while also trying to influence their readers to feel similarly-i.e., creating a mood of anger or outrage.It wouldn't be unusual for a poem with a somber tone to also have a somber mood-i.e., to make the reader feel somber as well.Tone: Tone (or the attitude of piece of writing) is closely related to mood: often, the tone and mood of a piece are similar or the same.A story that has a lot of roses, candlelight, and boxes of chocolates might be trying to establish a romantic mood.A poem that spends a lot of time describing babbling brooks, gentle rolling hills, and herds of sheep might have an idyllic mood.Not every image in a work will be indicative of the story's mood, but images that are repeated or described in detail usually do reflect the mood. Imagery: Imagery is similar to setting in the sense that it helps to establish mood using descriptions of physical things in the world of the story.A story that takes place in a cotton candy kingdom, by contrast, is likely to have a whimsical, cheerful, or light-hearted mood.In the 'dark and stormy night' example from above, the story's mood is established almost entirely by the setting (in this case, the weather and the time of day), which makes for a gloomy and potentially even frightening atmosphere.Setting is one of the first things to be described in a narrative, and therefore plays a major role in establishing the mood.

Setting: A story's setting is where and when it takes place.These are the basic elements that help determine the mood of a piece of writing:

Different moods in stories