Wes Anderson is an American film director, famous for several of his beautiful movie creations which reflect back upon his creative, imaginative, and amusing personality. He has received four Oscars alongside recognition for his costume and production design. Anderson’s childhood background contains a troubled past regarding parents divorce which led him to develop an interest towards storytelling, as a form of escape. He certainly has a unique way of inputting certain key elements of his signature within movies which serve to enhance his character as a director. He uses several cinematic techniques such as tracking shots, symmetry and color palette to give his films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Royal Tenebaums (2001) and The Grand Budapest
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Color plays a significant role in defining his directing management in all of his movies. Color is a powerful tool which Anderson takes advantage of. For example, in The Grand Budapest Hotel, he uses the furniture found in the lobby and creates beautiful patterns from them. Also, in the same movie he uses pastel colors such as pink to paint the hotel. In one scene, majority of the boxes are pink. In more detail found in The Royal Tenebaums, when Richie is attempting suicide, Anderson uses cool colors such as blue for the wallpapers, and unsaturated hue to support Richie’s sadness. And, finally, more warm colors can be found in Moonrise Kingdom, with the orange-yellow tents. In one statement, ”by intensifying certain colors, Anderson creates an immediate association with his films. When hearing the title of a particular Anderson film, often times it evokes certain colors" ("The Talks”). This quotation basically means that the audience can connect a certain visual color in mind to a certain movie of his because he allows that happen.
In an interview with BBC, Anderson says of his film The Royal Tenenbaums: “I am from Texas, but there were so many New York movies and novels which were among my favorites and I didn’t have an accurate idea of what New York was like. I wanted to create an exaggerated version of that imaginary New York” (Mayshark, 2007, p. 126). In other words, through the power of playing with colors, he can manifest beautiful reality(s) envisioned inside his
Color plays a significant role in defining his directing management in all of his movies. Color is a powerful tool which Anderson takes advantage of. For example, in The Grand Budapest Hotel, he uses the furniture found in the lobby and creates beautiful patterns from them. Also, in the same movie he uses pastel colors such as pink to paint the hotel. In one scene, majority of the boxes are pink. In more detail found in The Royal Tenebaums, when Richie is attempting suicide, Anderson uses cool colors such as blue for the wallpapers, and unsaturated hue to support Richie’s sadness. And, finally, more warm colors can be found in Moonrise Kingdom, with the orange-yellow tents. In one statement, ”by intensifying certain colors, Anderson creates an immediate association with his films. When hearing the title of a particular Anderson film, often times it evokes certain colors" ("The Talks”). This quotation basically means that the audience can connect a certain visual color in mind to a certain movie of his because he allows that happen.
In an interview with BBC, Anderson says of his film The Royal Tenenbaums: “I am from Texas, but there were so many New York movies and novels which were among my favorites and I didn’t have an accurate idea of what New York was like. I wanted to create an exaggerated version of that imaginary New York” (Mayshark, 2007, p. 126). In other words, through the power of playing with colors, he can manifest beautiful reality(s) envisioned inside his