Characteristics Of Wes Anderson

Should Wes Anderson be Considered as an auteur of this generation?

Wes Anderson is a unique director who has created many artistic films over the course of his career of 23 years. Some characteristics of his directional style are Whip pan, God's eye view, POV shot, Tracking, Crosscutting, Dolly in/out, Iris Lens to create a satire effect on the viewers and build a director-viewer relationship with the viewer. He is more renowned for his mastery with Unnatural camera angles which usually create a retro effect to his films as if they were shot in the 60's. I have chosen the winner of 4 Oscars Anderson's 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel and Anderson's 2009 animated movie Mr. fantastic Fox to help me have a clear understanding of his exceptional
Gustave to the viewers. We see that the director utilizes the technique of text on Screen to display Mr. Gustave‘s name on the screen, by doing so he is making the viewers eager to meet the character of Mr. Gustave. This increases the relationship between the director and the viewer. The director then continues to use the best weapon in his arsenal, the tracking shot. He also uses the tracking shot to create a lively effect. By using the tracking shot the director establishes that Mr. Gustave is a very important person and a person who is hard to keep up with, he also signifies that Mr. Gustave is the man in charge. The director also plays around with the Aspect Ratio of the film to cramp a lot of people in one frame forcing the viewer to maintain focus on the character of Mr. Gustave in order to increase the importance of Mr. Gustave’s
The evidence to this lies in his movies, we can see that all the shots in his movie are symmetrical, he makes the viewer feel what he wants them to feel using unusual camera angles. We see that both of the films by Anderson open with a book at the very start to create a fairytale-like feeling, it's like he is making the viewer to feel like a child for a bedtime story. Anderson also refers to the past very often making the reader feel nostalgic. In the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel, we see that the director refers to pre-World War 2 years rather than the actual world war years to maintain a light tone but at the same time, he is sugar coating the harsh reality of World War 2. The purpose of the director doing this is to make the viewer feel that they are living their moment while conveying a much darker message. Anderson offers an escape hatch to his viewers to escape to his fantasy land for 1.5 hours. In my opinion, Anderson is truly an auteur of this