This week we were introduced to the course and the course brief. At first glance, there were multiple movies which caught my eye, but I knew I wanted to chose an iconic movie which I had a deep interest in as this would be the most conducive to my creative process and allow me to experiment. For this reason, I chose the Grand Budapest hotel as my film as it has very engaging space conditions and clever cinematography. Wes Anderson, the director, has a very distinct style in which he uses a combination of symmetry and colour as storytelling devices, which I thought would be very interesting to mimic in an interior environment.
Through research (demonstrated below), I was able to dig deeper into the film narrative, cinematography, symbolism etc. and uncover the reasons behind Anderson’s creative choices, which in turn, has begun to influence my design thinking and choices.
