The Wes Anderson Style Explained — The Complete Director’s Guide to Wes Anderson’s Aesthetic

A complete breakdown of the Wes Anderson style with 7 elements of directing. The Wes Anderson Style Explained ►► Wes Anderson’s Colors of Bipolarity ►► How Wes Anderson launched his career ►► Wes Anderson’s Directing Style ►► Chapters: 00:00 - The Wes Anderson Style 01:09 - Story 02:01 - Production Design 03:46 - Color 05:36 - Cinematography 07:59 - Editing 10:11 - Sound Design 11:48 - Music 14:03 - Recap 14:59 - What did we miss? 15:22 - Backbone The Wes Anderson style is hard to miss. From his cinematography, production design, color, and music, there’s just no mistaking Wes Anderson movies. His creative and stylistic fingerprints can be found in his work from top to bottom — and this is what makes him a true auteur. In this Wes Anderson video essay, we’re going to break down the entirety of the Wes Anderson Style. Whether he’s adapting an author like Roald Dahl or co-writing an original script, the stories Anderson chooses to tell have common themes. He delights in showing precocious young people acting like adults just as much as he does having full-grown adults act like children. Often, in films like The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Darjeeling Limited, these characters are in search of family or attempting to repair familial relationships, with varying degrees of success. If you know anything about Wes Anderson cinematography, it’s his devotion to precise compositions, especially his beloved symmetrical and centered framing. Anderson loves a good whip pan and lateral tracking shots have been part of his repertoire since day one. If we look at Anderson’s production design, you’d be hard-pressed to find another filmmaker so dedicated to the details. Props, costumes, sets, hair/makeup — all of these elements combine to define the Wes Anderson style. And we can’t ignore Anderson’s impeccable music selections that help define his aesthetic. There are countless examples of source music bringing life and energy to the table. Tracks from The Kinks, The Ramones, Elliot Smith, or Seu Jorge’s glorious David Bowie covers in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. When you look to artists that are in control of their medium, Wes Anderson must certainly be on that list. The Wes Anderson style is unique, explicit, quirky, and aesthetically pleasing. You know you’ve found a filmmaker with a style all their own when you wouldn’t be able to copy it without instant claims of plagiarism. #FilmTheory #VideoEssay #Filmmaking ───────────────────── VIDEO EDITOR: BRANDON SCULLION ───────────────────── Spotify Playlist ►► Music: Everyone - Van Morrison Six Months Later Dog Fight - Isle of Dogs Score (Alexandre Desplat) Overture M. Gustave H - The Grand Budapest Hotel Score (Alexandre Desplat) The Lad With the Silver Button - Rushmore Score (Mark Mothersbaugh) Loquasto International Film Festival - The Life Aquatic Score (Mark Mothersbaugh) Hey Jude - The Mutato Muzika Orchestra The Ramones - Judy is a Punk Let Me Tell You About My Boat - The Life Aquatic Score (Mark Mothersbaugh) 2,000 Man - The Rolling Stones Kamarinskaya - Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra & Vitaly Gnutov (The Grand Budapest Hotel OST) Title Music from the film ’Teen Kanya’ by Satyajit Tay Concerto For Lute and Plucked Strings I. Moderato - DZO Chamber Orchestra(The Grand Budapest Hotel OST) Rose - House of Hum Sonata For Cello & Piano In F Minor - The Mutato Muzika Orchestra Farewell To Earnest - Jyotitindra Moitra - Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack Title Music from the film The Householder by Jyotitindra Moitra & Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack The Last Waltz - Tolo King - kïngpinguïn Traditional Arrangement “Moonshine” - The Grand Budapest Hotel Score (Alexandre Desplat) Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens/Alan Tew & Orchestra Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op - The Life Aquatic Score (Mark Mothersbaugh) Ziggy Stardust - Seu Jorge (Bowie Cover) Iggy and the Stooges - Search and Destroy The Zombies - The Way I Feel Inside Hardest Geometry Problem in the World - Rushmore Score (Mark Mothersbaugh) Music by Artlist ► Music by Artgrid ► Music by Soundstripe ► Music by Music Vine ► Music by MusicBed ► — SUBSCRIBE to StudioBinder’s YouTube channel! ►► Looking for a project management platform for your filmmaking? StudioBinder is an intuitive project management solution for video creatives; create shooting schedules, breakdowns, production calendars, shot lists, storyboards, call sheets and more. Try StudioBinder for FREE today: — Join us on Social Media! — Instagram ►► Facebook ►► Twitter ►► #film-theory, #video-essay, #filmmaker