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Wes Anderson’s Shorts and The Swan

Posted on December 8, 2023December 10, 2023 by Kayla Lerner
A few months ago, Wes Anderson released a set of three seventeen minute short films to Netflix, and one forty minute feature length. The films are all Anderson’s adaptations of author Roald Dahl’s... Read More

(Reader) Documentary mixed with other Genres

Posted on November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 by Zixing Wang
Documentary films are a genre of filmmaking that aims to capture and convey real-life events, people, places, and issues. These films typically rely on non-fictional content and often employ various s... Read More

(Viewer) Gravity

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Amy Nunez
In Gravity, the director, Alfonso Cuarón’s use of cinematography and Mise-en-Scene flows exactly with the setting of the movie. This film is made of a multiple long shots when in outer space. This ... Read More

(Viewer) Mise-en-scéne and Editing in All That Heaven Allows

Posted on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 by Corey Elenowitz
In All That Heaven Allows, director Douglas Sirk creates a cinematic environment in which we as viewers were supposed to take notice of. I think the first thing that should be discussed in this movie ... Read More

(Searcher) A Portrait of a Lady with a Combustible Head

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Space Lutterodt-Clottey
If you enjoyed (or endured) A Portrait of a Lady on Fire, I would very much recommend They Might Be Giant’s You’re On Fire. I couldn’t get this song out of my head. What relevance do... Read More

(Reading) Mise-en-Steven Universe: Judgement Day

Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 by Space Lutterodt-Clottey
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

(Searcher) Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel & Symmetry

Posted on September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 by Logan Viera
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

(Searcher) Wes Anderson’s Constant Use of Symmetry and its Abundance in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 by Corey Elenowitz
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

Mise-en-Scéne: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 by Sylvie Landman
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

The Grand Budapest Hotel and the Permanence of the Past

Posted on September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 by Katie Clark
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel begins and ends in a graveyard. The connotation of this mis-en-scéne element of setting is one of death, or remembrance, encouraging viewers to begin and... Read More
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