Wes Anderson Video Essay: In what ways has mise-en-scène been central to auteur studies? (2021)

A short video essay I made during my third year of studies at Queen's University Belfast. This was for a university module on film authorship, in which I chose to examine the aesthetic style of Wes Anderson.

Music:

The Bathroom - Bernard Hermann (From Psycho)
Playful Pizzicato - Benjamin Britten (From Moonrise Kingdom)
Let Me Tell You About My Boat - Mark Mothersbaugh (From The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Mr. Moustafa - Alexandre Desplat (From The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Filmography:

Anderson, Wes. Fantastic Mr. Fox. 2009. Film. US: Fox.
Anderson, Wes. Isle of Dogs. 2018. Film. US: Fox.
Anderson, Wes. Moonrise Kingdom. 2012. Film. US: Focus Features.
Anderson, Wes. Rushmore. 1998. Film. US: Buena Vista Pictures.
Anderson, Wes. The Grand Budapest Hotel. 2014. Film. US: Fox.
Anderson, Wes. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. 2004. Film. US: Buena Vista Pictures.
Hitchcock, Alfred. Psycho. 1960. Film. US: Paramount.
Selick, Henry. Coraline. 2009. Film. US: Focus Features.
Selick, Henry. The Nightmare Before Christmas. 1993. Film. US: Buena Vista Pictures.

Bibliography:

Browning, Mark, Wes Anderson: Why His Movies Matter (California: Praeger, 2011).
Darke, Chris, ‘The French New Wave’ in Jill Nelmes (ed), An Introduction to Film Studies (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003), pp. 422-450.
Gerstner, David A, ‘The Practices of Authorship’ in David A. Gerstner and - Janet Staiger (eds), Authorship and Film (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003), pp. 3-27.
Hillier, Jim. (ed), Cahiers Du Cinema Volume I: the 1950s. Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave (Abingdon: Routledge, 1996).
Kunze, Peter C. (ed), The Films of Wes Anderson: Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
Martin, Adrian, ‘Possessory Credit’, Framework, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2004, pp. 95-99.
Staiger, Janet, ‘The Politics of Film Canons’, Cinema Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1985, pp. 4-23.
Watson, Paul, ‘Critical Approaches to Hollywood Cinema: Authorship, Genre and Stars’ in Jill Nelmes (ed), An Introduction to Film Studies (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003), pp. 130-183.