On Thursday, September 14th, join Professor Monica Sandler as she welcomes special guests Erick Goins (President of SAG-AFTRA Atlanta) and Mike Pniewski (Member of SAG negotiations committee) for a di...Read More
Mise-en-Scene refers to the decisions filmmakers make about what to put into the frame. From setting, lighting, costuming and staging, these choices are to guide the viewers perception of unfolding ev...Read More
In Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, many elements of mise-en-scené are coherently utilized throughout the film to tell the story of a once bustling hotel during the time under bureaucratic ...Read More
I thought this article was a valuable tool in further understanding the techniques used in the film. I was especially happy to find out my observations concerning the connection between Zero’s emoti...Read More
When investigating further into the details of mise-en-scène and Wes Anderson, I came across an interesting video (linked below) that combines a concept explained in Chapter 3 of Bordwell’s tex...Read More
Something I noticed while watching this film and all the other Wes Anderson films I have seen is that he LOVES to use symmetry in his shots. As I was watching Grand Budapest Hotel, I kept noticing how...Read More
The mise-en-scene of Wes Anderson’s cardinal film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is undeniably brilliant. Anderson uses color, aspect ratios, unorthodox settings, and lighting to communicate emotion and...Read More
Before diving into my blog post, attached is a visual analysis of The Grand Budapest Hotel from the Medium. https://medium.com/@davidleeds/beauty-at-a-distance-cinematic-techniques-of-the-grand-budape...Read More
In The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson utilizes elements of Mise-en-Scéne to tell multiple intertwining stories. Specifically, these elements work to signify a shift in control as the stories inte...Read More
Considering mise-en-scène is everything on the screen, I couldn’t help but notice all the straight lines being displayed in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Whether it was a bridge, a doo...Read More
