Tuesday, 15 November 2011

The Royal Tenenbaums

This is more research into the trends in Anderson's films. These are pieces from The Royal Tenenbaums.

First, colour. The colour theme in this film is a mix of pink, red and green. Which you can see in a majority of scenes, in the clothes, carpets, walls, and objects:














And here are examples of symmetry:












Check out the green Monopoly house acting as a light pull in this cupboard!



Here are examples of the styling in the film:


Etheline Tenenbaum's tan Hermes bag:



 Richie Tenenbaum is wearing a custom made Fila headband and wrist bands. And Margot is wearing a Fred Perry tennis dress.




In this film Anderson uses chapter headings and subtitles to help the audience understand the story. This attention to detail is something that makes Anderson's films unique.




























And lastly, some great shots from the film:












The Darjeeling Limited

To further my research I've dissected some of Wes Anderson's films down into the aspects that I am taking inspiration from: categories of colour, styling and symmetry.

Here are examples of the colour ways in Darjeeling Limited: the main colours that leap out at you are blue and yellow:









And here are examples of symmetry:










And here are a few examples of styling - the Louis Vuitton luggage custom made for the film:





And lastly, here are some aesthetic shots I picked from the film, ones that show off Anderson's style:









And for those Anderson fans, it's good noting that a great thing about his films is he uses the same actors in many of his films - here is Pagoda from The Royal Tenenbaums.