Cast

Ada- Linda Richardson, Agnes Evans-Forrest

Arthur- Jack Laffargue

Charlie-

Alice-

Matilda-

Theo-

Examples of Wes Anderson's use of specific colour palletes

The fictional worlds evoked in films by the director Wes Anderson have such a precise colouration – the very particular pastel-hues that paint the skies, drench the buildings and dress the characters, render Anderson’s shots almost dream-like. The hazy-hued lens through which we peer into the director’s unique world has a retro quality that casts his films in a nostalgia for a time that could have been. The muted pink of The Grand Budapest Hotel that makes the hotel itself the biggest character in the movie; the very particular French mustard that comes to define Gwyneth Paltrow’s Margot Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums; the vintage boy-scout green in Moonrise Kingdom.
Artist and Wes Anderson enthusiast Hamish Robertson says, “Anderson's colour palettes are integral to his cinematic ‘world-building’. His eye for art direction and fantastic attention to detail creates the appropriate space and tone for his characters to exist in – and for the viewer to lose themselves in. They ultimately become their own visual language, the way character themes are elaborated in cinematic scores, allowing an immersive visual experience whether the sound is on or not.”




Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel was a welcome return to the screen for the director: the film's eternal spring pinks and yellows explode on the screen like an overstuffed bag of cake icing. Yet inside this treasure box with the detailed and finely crafted production design, cinematography and ensemble performances now associated with Anderson's later works deep, saturated jewel tones abound, not to mention different aspect ratios and palettes consistent with the passing of time.

 

 

 

 

 



Analysis of the opening sequence of "Up"

 

 

 We chose to include the opening sequence of up on our blog due to the fact that we thought that the narrartive was fairly similar to that of the one in our film. "Up" is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy, drama, adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Pete Docter, the film centers around an elderly widower named Carl Fredriksen and a young wilderness explorer named Russell.
Our initial inspiration for our film came from watching the opening sequence of theis film. We were intrigued by the way that the film showed the relationship between Carl and his wife through the years starting at a point where they are both young children to the point where they reach old age. We decided that we wanted to show the relationship of an elderly couple and we thought that showing flashbacks to their relationship when they were younger would add a sense of depth to the characters. We also thought that it would be a nice change to show a representation of an elderly couple because most romance films show young couples in their late teens or twenties.

Feedback MGS 03/12/15

1. Draft Footage uploaded
2. Shoot finished by early January
3. Editing should be completed by the end of next term
4. Use animatic-digital storyboard