Cinematography – the methodical, technical choices of art and design behind motion-picture films – is the most interesting way that film directors are able to create distinction between their own ...Read More
Cinematography is all about the camera and the visualization of what the audience is seeing. The director is always making choices of what to put on the screen, what is the frame used, what is the lig...Read More
Have you ever wondered why certain photos look so dynamic while others not so much? The answer lies in the same principles filmmakers use: cinematography. As we learned with mise-en-scene, as viewers,...Read More
If mise-en-scéne refers to the objects placed in front of a camera, cinematography refers to how the camera captures said objects. This relates to the actual filming as well as post-production editin...Read More
The Grand Budapest Hotel Color Palette Analysis This article, an analysis of the color in The Grand Budapest Hotel, serves a purpose in being able to accurately point out the colors we are seeing and ...Read More
The term mise-en-scéne relates to all of the elements placed in front of a camera during a film. Wes Anderson displays mastery over all of these concepts in his film The Grand Budapest Hotel. However...Read More
One of the things that I noticed in The Grand Budapest Hotel was that every man had some sort of facial hair, and if they didn’t, they drew it on (Zero). Considering that makeup and character appear...Read More
After watching The Grand Budapest Hotel, I wanted to know more about Wes Anderson’s inspiration for the movie and more insight from him about the movie. I found an interview that Anderson did with L...Read More
Upon watching The Grand Budapest Hotel for what is now the third time, I took particular interest in a specific aspect of mise-en-scene (forgive me, I do not have the accent marks): costuming! A large...Read More
One of the things that really caught my eye in The Grand Budapest Hotel was the beautiful architecture of the hotel itself shown throughout the movie. As we learned, one of the main pieces of mise-en-...Read More
