Wes Anderson Influence

use the cinematography to add to the movies message. Throughout the film, the directors keep a main

In the early 1900’s silent films amazed audiences with images, later talkies impressed with sound, today we have 3D. As technology continues to evolve so too will film genres. Genres, while having some shared characteristics, also differ in terms of stylistic devices used. For instance, the dramatic film “The Notebook” effectively uses color to reinforce theme and has plausible performers as the two main protagonists.

Cinematic Language: The accepted systems, methods, or customs by which movies communicate. Cinematic conventions are flexible; they are not “rules”.

Being one of the world’s most popular art forms, it was inevitable that these archetypes would find their way into film as well. In this essay I will argue that the

Tim Burton works as a “producer, illustrator, screenwriter, painter, and a director” with unique characteristics and reverberating themes (“Tim Burton Biography”). At a young age, one of Tim Burton’s teachers influenced him to stay true to what he imagined and visualized for his art instead of limiting his capabilities as an artist. Tim Burton recreates and re visualizes the classical tradition of art where the viewer can get a sense of Tim Burton’s imagination and emotions. One of the ways that Tim Burton emphasizes his past in his work would come from a question about how Burton’s childhood can be seen from the main character’s isolation, from “Frankenweenie”, in an article by Dave Itzkoff in the New York Times stating “I felt like an outcast.

Pulp Fiction by Quinton Tarantino falls into the genre of a Gangster film but has elements of other genres as well like Film Noir and Black Comedy. Pulp Fiction has a balance of drama and comedy along with hard to watch scenes like rape, violence, gore and heavy drug use. Tarantino’s style of movie making help make Pulp Fiction the classic it is today. The mise-en-scene, cinematography and other elements of movie, including sound effects and round characters leave us intrigued as well as content with the story structure as well as its ending.

Fargo, a dark and somewhat humorous crime movie by the Coen Brothers delves into themes of isolation, morality, and greed. And throughout the film, a very prominent role is played by the setting. The Coen brothers make sure that no one misses where the story takes place – small town upper Midwest in the middle of a frigid winter. The film makes extensive use of the frozen landscape, the characterization of rural Midwesterners, and realistic depiction of the events of the story in order to emphasize these themes. There is a great deal of contrast in this movie between moral and amoral characters as well as contrast between what the viewer expects from such dark

‘There are…two kinds of film makers: one invents an imaginary reality; the other confronts an existing reality and attempts to understand it, criticise it…and finally, translate it into film’

Extraterrestrial carnivorous plant feeds of human flesh and blood to survive, and drives its human slave to kill.

These individually listed items are used in nearly every Wes Anderson film, but most specifically reminds me of Moonrise Kingdom- two smitten twelve year olds run away from their families to be together. Within Moonrise Kingdom, there is a constant theme of running away, and not being quite prepared enough even though you were so sure you would be- even though Sam claims to have everything figured out, it's pretty evident he doesn't, and Suzy doesn't want to tell him that either. I like to think that PJ is a big fan of Wes Anderson's style, as this is heavily reflected throughout all he creates, a lot of the time within the colour palette. Referring back to Colour Bandits, PJ's colour palette within that is so simplistic yet so beautiful, just

Auteur Theory is based on three premises, the first being technique, the second being personal style, and the third being interior meaning. Furthermore, there is no specific order in which these three aspects must be presented or weighted with regard to a film. An Auteur must give films a distinctive quality thus exerting a personal creative vision and interjecting it into the his or her films.

“Just before the Hollywood film supposedly reached its ‘level of classical perfection’, original scores, written by many of the world’s finest composers, are increasingly in use” (James 2009). While in late 1937, the public debate over the aesthetic quality of film music indicates, “some composers do not understand the needs of the motion picture that their music is too high-brow”(Cooke, 2001).

The 1981 film Blow Out and the 1976 film Carrie are just two of over thirty films directed by Brian De Palma. Although they span an array of genres and topics, De Palma’s films are recognizable by his distinct director’s touch. De Palma’s films adhere to Andrew Sarris’s concept the auteur theory, which posits that each film contains the director’s distinguishable artistic personality. This artistic nature of both the film and director is evident in the unique and consistent visual style and thematic elements present in each of the films. Blow Out and Carrie are executed with control and a special attention to detail, so that each shot and scene is carefully constructed and inserted intentionally to drive the plot forward. De Palma’s films contain an expert use of visual grammar, in which the stories are told as much with camera moves and editing as dialogue. Like many of his films, Blow Out and Carrie feature certain trademark elements of De Palma’s work: the recurring theme of the male gaze, and the use of cinematic devices including a split diopter lens, slow motion, and 360 degree pan. De Palma’s use of these recurring cinematic tropes enable him to simultaneously place his unique director’s touch on these films as he crafts suspense filled visual masterpieces.

Wes Anderson (born 1969), best know as an Academy Award winning American film director and screenwriter is respected and has mastered the art of symmetry. His films are extremely identifiable, as his constant usage of symmetry within his feature films create a powerful visual aid which are capable of communicating complex meanings that cannot be conveyed visually without the addition of symmetry. Anderson 's work is also notable for his distinctive narrative writing and style and also the inclusion of adding reoccurring collaborations with various actors and creatives (McClintock, P, 2014).

Auteurs, or filmmakers who give meaning to their works, intentionally try to send messages about different worldly issues to the audience. Stanley Kubrick, the director of Full Metal Jacket, stands as an example of this because he employs referential, explicit, implicit, and symptomatic meaning to enhance his storytelling. By analyzing the film on a closer level, viewers can dissect the director’s intentions and how it applies to real life and culture in the world.