The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson

Aesthetic qualities

o Warm pallet
o Colour grading – oranges, yellows, pinks – heavily saturated = Lofi

 Playing with framework – 4:2

 16:9

 Heavy use of symmetry

 High use of contrasting complimentary colours

 Open spaces with figures places centrally in the frame

Themes

 Inheritance
 Mentorship
 Hidden depth to caricatures
 Melancholy but with elements of fun/joy

Actors

Jeff Goldblum
Jude Low
Ralph Fiennes
Adrian Brody
Willam Defoe
Bill Murray
Ed Norton
Harry
Owen Wilson

Dynamics

Romantic
Father/Son