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Wes Anderson Moonrise Kingdom

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The director of Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson, created this film to bring a new perspective of narrative stories about children. However, compared to his other works, Moonrise Kingdom fits perfectly because it incorporates a realistic feeling through pan shots, sound effects, singular sense of color and close-up shots. These visual elements are a few key points into Anderson’s film that establishes his own form of realistic narrative. For instance, Bottle Rocket, The Darjeeling Limited, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, are all films that are based on a narrative that perceives as reality, with the help of visual elements that contribute to the realistic feeling of the films (Ehrlich, 2017). Moonrise Kingdom also fits into Anderson’s films because of the family fell but as well as the gathering of people to become a family. For example, The Royal Tenenbaums is about a family that has fallen apart but comes together because the father wants to make things right with his family before he dies (Ehrlich, 2017). …show more content…

In the film, Rushmore, Max Fischer, high school student, who has fallen love with an elementary school teacher is an example of the teen love (Ehrlich, 2017).
In overall, Anderson uses color and lighting to create a unique style to create a realistic feeling in each of his films. The colors of blue, green, red, and orange, are used to create the realistic feeling but include warmth. For example, one scene in Bottle Rocket is when Anthony Adam (Luke Wilson) is trying to find his sister. Anthony is dressed in a red sweater and his sister. Grace (Shea Fowler) is dressed in a green sweater that makes her pop out of the crowd of kids that gives the scene warmth as well as a realistic feeling to the scene (Ehrlich,

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