TSM Project 4 - The Art Museum

 This past semester I have been really inspired by the work of Wes Anderson and Annie Atkins. Every Wes Anderson film that I have watched has visually inspired me and has encouraged me to want to develop an art piece that reflects this spark of creativity. When shooting the film for this video I made sure to pay attention to symmetry, color palette, and typography, music, and the use of humor. The baroque room at the Toledo Museum of Art was the perfect gallery that captured the red, orange, and yellow color palette. Also while shooting film I payed attention to finding symmetry in all of the scenes that I was collecting since Wes Anderson's style is attentive with symmetry. As I was pulling all the footage that I had collected I began to notice how the people and the objects interacted in the gallery space. I started assigning character traits to the people and objects that were within this space. There is a subtle bit of witty humor that is used when assigning traits to the people and objects in the art museum pays homage to Wes Anderson's style of screenwritting. This final project has been a work that I have been formulating in the back of my mind this semsester and now I have had the opportunity to bring this inspiration to light. 

As a graphic designer, I have come to love the work of Wes Anderson and other designers such as Annie Atkins that have worked on his films. His films have a vintage flair, bold color schemes, symmetry, and attention to graphic details are all components of his unique aesthetic. Films like the Royal Tenenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Darjeeling Limited, and the Moonrise Kingdom use color to build the mood and astonishing atmospheres that viewers like myself gravitate to. The visual inspiration that I drew from Anderson's work led me to create my own creative take in my motion graphics class I took in the fall of 2021. When shooting the film for this assignment I made sure to pay attention to symmetry, color palette, typography, music, and the use of humor. The baroque room at the Toledo Museum of Art was the perfect gallery that captured the red, orange, and yellow color palette. During the process of shooting footage, I paid attention to finding symmetry in all of the scenes that I was collecting. While I was pulling the footage I began to notice how the people and the objects interacted in the gallery space. This led me to assign character traits to the people and objects that were within the Toledo Museum of Art. I incorporated subtle humor when I was assigning traits to the people and objects to pay homage to Wes Anderson's style of screenwriting. Wes Anderson has had a big influence on modern culture and design. His work continues to be an inspiration to me and other graphic designers across the globe.