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Grand Budapest - Mise En Scene



             After having the most interesting boredom for the first three minutes of the film, the audience then experiences a sort of awakening when Wes Anderson displays the hotel in its state in 1968 as The Author (Jude Law) changes age and demeanor to his younger more stylized self as well as the lighting and colors are beginning to vary a little more in brightness than they did in the previous two cuts. By use of three-point lighting and reserved stylized acting, the hotel is displayed as a run down hotel that was once one of the greatest in Europe but currently housed dedicated artists in their own respective craft. A great example of this lighting combined with acting would be the hotel lobby scene at 4:45 when The Author first catches a glimpse of the older Zero. From the audience's planimetric point of view of the lobby, common colors in the walls, carpets, and furniture are brown, yellow, and green, which is an interesting, yet refreshing change from the first two cuts of the girl and storytelling Author. This is when the first emotional tie between audience and character is made because of the feelings brought up from Zero's loneliness as described by the concierge. Again the common theme is that the audience is being confused, amused, but also diverted after Zero and The Author make their acquaintance to have dinner and learn the story of a lonely man who seems so small in a wide planimetric shot. As the two meet for dinner, the camera opens up on a large but empty banquet hall. Zero framed by the contrast lighting as the camera comes closer to his face and he begins his epic story to which the setting cuts to its deepest root.
             Part I (M. Gustave) shows us the true meaning of The Grand Budapest Hotel by introducing the audience to the peak condition of the hotel and also the most stylized character in the whole film who intrigues us right until the end when the audience faces harsh realities.


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