January 14, 2012

The Cinematography of "Moonrise Kingdom"

Cinematographer: Robert D. Yeoman

Wes Anderson's distinct visual style is more apparent than ever with his latest film, set to be released sometime later this year. He's always had a bit of a magical touch in his approach to filmmaking. He makes very careful use of color and size relationships of different characters and objects within many shots. Anderson likes to use shallow compositions where most of the scenes are flattened into a middleground and the main subject is often dead center in the frame. Not to mention his skillful use of making red/pink and green hues work so well together.

The story is set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down -- which might not be such a bad thing.








































Watch the trailer:

1 comment:

ëRiC said...

Yea! THanks for the post! Looks awesome! And I'm so exited about the start in may here in germany! :D