A director determines the creative vision of a feature film, has complete artistic control of a project, should have a strong grasp of technical knowledge taught in directing classes, and/or a personal or emotional connection to the material. Pre-production duties may entail: assembling a team, creating a vision for the film and communicating it to the crew, discussing your vision with each of the key crew members individually and making casting choices. Duties during production include: guiding actors through scenes, ensuring every department is doing its job, communicating with everyone as much as possible and keeping your own artistic vision alive. Final duties carried out after production could consist of: giving notes to the editor, checking in with post-production teams and giving final ‘signoff’.

Wesley Wales Anderson’s (or ‘Wes Anderson’s’) films are known for their sharp and identifiable visual and narrative styles. Three of Anderson’s films – The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel– appeared in BBC Culture’s 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000.

Stating ‘There’s no story if there isn’t some conflict’, Anderson makes clear that he uses seemingly surface level techniques such as symmetrical Mis-En-Scene to display deeper or darker themes subtly. It could be said that the careful arrangements of the sets and costumes involved in his films suggest a suppressed chaos which is imaginatively presented through unique direction.

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