Wonderful Wes - A Wes Anderson Appreciation Post

I've never shown Wes Anderson's work any attention before, and this summer I wandered into my brothers room whilst he was watching The Grand Budapest Hotel and was instantly hooked.
In all honesty I can't tell you what happened because all I was watching was the cinematography, grading and general aesthetic of the film.

I must admit I can't really call myself a "fan" yet as I have only technically watched half of one of his films. Thats like wearing a Guns N' Roses t-shirt and saying you like their music when the truth is you can only name Sweet Child O' Mine as a song and only really know a bit to Welcome to the Jungle. It's just not a thing.

I went about my research in a weird way and instead of watching his films like I probably should have I read a book instead. This book was filled with interviews and stills from his films, along with pictures of behind the scenes (it was Wes Anderson by Matt Zoller Seitz - 2013)
Classic Hannah only really looks at the pictures - but that tells me a lot about what I currently take from his work/films - The style and over all look of the shots is what I love.
Obviously I plan to have an Anderson film binge and watch all 11 films of his but at the moment I'm sticking to just looking at the aesthetics for inspiration.
             
 http://vimeo.com/89302848 < this video on vimeo montages some of Andersons work, putting a line through the centre of each shot, showing how he uses people or props to anchor the shot.
These examples are from Grand Budapest and The Life Aquatic, the shot from Life Aquatic shows how he seems to completely ignore the rule of thirds in the traditional way.
It is also noticeable that he keeps his shots at eye level which I really like.

The Auteur Theory applies with Anderson's work because of the colours that he uses and the general style of his films.
http://prezi.com/vxi534bdahww/auteur-theory-presentation-wes-anderson/

There is always a certain warmth to the colour and grading of the film. You can look at the specific colours that he uses and there is always a yellow and orange, green is hardly ever used and if it is it is made warmer.

I don't really understand the point of this post, except I want to use Wes Anderson cinematography/style in my projects and play around with how he shoots and see if I can recreate the look.