This is part of the Christian Devita board which shows Wes Anderson's focus for keeping shots flat and focused into the centre.
The Universe: Wes Anderson has showed his vision on what he see's rural England to be and that is urbane, Urbane means refined in it's manner. It is Fantasy Britain. There is an American angst which means fear or anxiety. But the clothe's and everything are unmistakenly British and so this quirk actually works due to being able to have a world for him to play in. He doesen't ignore the Britishness or the Author's 'look'.
The Production: The animation was made with highly detailed animatronic's miniature character's in stop motion hence the jerky movements and full of texture. Wes Anderson see's this as more of a feature than a problem. Video's were sent via Quick Time and if not acting out his vision he would act it out and send it back asking for a fix, when an animation is so focused on a vision everyone need's to commun icate to make sure it follow's through. The recording's Wes did with the actor's like Bill Murray were done in a Conneticut farmhouse to get more of a "rustic" effect. There was also 30 unit's made and things were recorded in a live setting this is so he is welcome to any suprises or otherwise things that wouldnt be expected to happen,happen causing more realism and atmosphere. Puppeteer's also used different heights for the miniature's for distance reason's. Wes aslo handpicked the suits and wristwatch prop's for the character's depending on whether the character's were outside or indoor's Wes would make sure to capture noise's of floorboards or echoes off walls even. The production artist's also had to make duplicate's of the character's incase any issues would arise and this took hours for them to do.
Bill Murray-Badger
The Core Premise: This stop motion is a adaption of Roald Dahl's Mr Fantastic Fox.
Auteur Theory ( Wes Anderson ): Auteur theory means that the director has a distinct style, this style is consistent and becomes recognisable. It is said that the most cinematically and most succesful films have this undeniable style and so the audeince recognise it instantly as the director being Wes Anderson. for example the board above shows the specific camera angle choices that Wes would have used similarly in for example The Grand Budapest Hotel, He can be known as a meticulous maker as he is so symmetrical and specific in design to which you can see thier fingerprints over it. The other camera shot that Wes like's to show importance to is close up's of all these specific character's and thier identity. Part of the charm would be effect's of boiling or even fluttering that was also not intended.
Bibliography
Filmekibi.net. (2019). Wes Anderson'un "Fantastik Bay Fox" filminin storyboard çalışmaları | filmekibi.net. [online] Available at: http://www.filmekibi.net/inceliyoruz/wes-andersonun-fantastik-bay-fox-filminin-storyboard-calismalari
Russell, T. (2019). Wes Anderson Directs The Fantastic Mr. Fox From Afar. [online] WIRED. Available at: https://www.wired.com/2009/10/pl_screen_wesanderson/
Barnes, H. (2019). Wes Anderson's urbane Mr Fox is truer to Roald Dahl than most. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/oct/20/wes-anderson-fantastic-mr-fox
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