Wes Anderson had directed 8 film. These are:
- Bottle Rocket
- Rushmore
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
- The Darjeeling Limited
- Hotel Chevalier
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Moonrise Kingdom (set to be released in 2012)
Anderson includes British Rock music and Folk music in his films. He likes using washed out colours such as beige to give his films a natural effect. These are prominently used in The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore. Anderson uses very symmetrical and extreme close ups. The close proximity shots creates a sense of claustrophobia which he likes to include in his films. He is also a fan of using the same actors in his films. Bill Murray and Owen Wilson have had parts in every film he has directed.
Anderson is a very profound directer, He thinks the type of people that watch his films are 'outsiders'
His style really appeals to me. After watching a short clip of the Royal Tenenbaums in the induction lessons I then went home and bought it on DVD and I thoroughly enjoyed it. After researching him, I have also purchased The Darjeeling Limited and hope to build up a collection of his work.
Shynola
Shynola is a collective name of group made of 4 men, Chris Harding, Jason Grooves, Richard Kenworthy and Gideon Baws who passed away in 2008.
Syhnola formed in 1994, and are famous for making music videos and title sequences.
They noatbley made a title sequence for the popular film, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, and also made the opening title for the English comedy program, the IT Crowd.
The style that Shynola mainly focus on are lots of bright colours. They really pop out of the screen and make you focus. They also use lots of animations, they don't use physical actors.
They won an award in 2002 for the Best New British Animation, and they mostly got their ideas from comic books. They have directed music videos for Coldplay and Blur.
Shynolas style does appeal to me, I\ve seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World many times, and I am also a fan of the IT crowd.
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonzes primary audience is mainly teenagers and young adults. This is because he usually directs funny and stupid things, which attract people of that age. For example, his most renowned films are the Jackass films, which include many dangerous and stupid stunts.
However, a more recent film he directed is 'Where The Wild Things Are'
He made this film (and made a big jumo in the style that he usually directs) is because when he first made Jackass, it was young adults that watched it. Now that they have grown up, they could very well have children of their own, and these children would watch where the wild things are, and the adults would watch it because 'it's the guy that made Jackass'
He is associated with Skateboarding, and a lot of the stunts on Jackass included skateboards. He uses very unnatural colours in his films and likes to be eccentric.
Arcade fire influenced the making of Where The Wild Things Are.
Spike Jonze on Prezi
Spike Jonze does appeal to me, but not as much as the others. I have seen and enjoyed Jackass, and I would like to see Where The Wild Things Are because I really like Arcade Fire, but I'm not really into skateboarding.
Michael Bay
Michael Bay is famously known for directing the film Transformers. But he has also directed many other films such as Pearl Harbour, The Island and Friday The 13th. He is very well known in the business but tends to experience mixed reviews.
Some people like his films and others don't, ont of the main complaints is that he always includes women but they usually always either get killed, are shown to be wearing just about no clothes and shown in a sexist way. For example, he did an advert for Victorias secret which basically include women in their underwear with cars and explosions.
Bay's trademarks are massive over the top explosions, slow motion and attractive women, which are usually included in most of his films.
He even went to the extreme and payed $25, 000 for an explosion in the film Bad Boys.
He has also directed a music video for the well known rock band Aerosmith.
His films don't appeal to me. The only film I've seen that he has directed is The Island, but his style doesn't make me want to watch his films.
Michael Bay on Prezi
Anton Corbijn
Anton was born in May 1955 and is mostly famous for directing music videos and being a photographer.
Alothough one film he has directed called The American starred George Clooney.
He has photographed celelbrities such as Clint Eastwood, and is known for shooting close shots usually in black and white, looking very moody.
He has photographed for the rolling Stone magazine.
He's directed music videos for bands such as Depeche Mode and The Killers.
His trademark is mainly using washed out colours which appear in lots of his photography and music videos.
He kind of appeals to me. I really like the Killers and the song he directed, and I am into photography and really like the close up shots he takes. But I wouldn't watch the film The American as it's not my taste.
Excellent post Katie. The Darjeeling Limited is an interesting Anderson film and possibly the hardest to get into as his characters are even more aloof and odd than usual. Rushmore is my favourite film of his, closely followed by The Royal Tennembaums. The Life Aquatic is also well worth a watch.
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