WES ANDERSON’ S COLOUR THEORY
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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
“ Members of the hotel staff in Grand Budapest Hotel were real-life hospitality workers, not actors All of the workers behind the front desk of the 1930-set hotel in the fictional European nation of Zubrowska were actual employees of hotels the crew patronized while scouting locations and shooting the movie. One of the film’ s producers, told Variety”
WES ANDERSON’ S COLOUR THEORY
Wes Anderson’ s films are known for his distinctive use of colours and his narrative style. His films emphasize more on colour palettes. Most efforts in his films lie with the production designer and scenic designer. Anderson uses colors in his set and production design to create a world unlike known to the viewer. His production designer Adam Stockhausen, comes into the production with a specific set of colour palette relating to the mood of the film. Then using that palette they work off with the colours which work well in contrasting the presence of these colours. In an interview with Stockhausen, he revealed the following process behind“ The Grand Budapest Hotel” –
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