Film Analysis Of Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums

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Wes Anderson’s film, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), trails about a dysfunctional family coming together for a reunion. The purpose of this essay is to examine and evaluate Anderson’s use of various film techniques to support in building the plot and thus presenting the story. Additionally, reasons as to why the events are presented in that manner would be stated. Anderson employs sequential narrative where events are predominantly introduced in a chronological order without having to change the way the story ends (Riedl and Young, 2006). How the story unfolds is revealed chapter by chapter as portrayed by the fictional book. Prior to the execution of the opening scenes of each chapter, a shot of the first few sentences of that particular chapter …show more content…

Information has been withheld as early as in Chapter 1 as to why the divorce did not legalise. One likely inference from here is Mr Royal would probably hold an influential component of the plot since he is still, by law, attached to the family, though living in separate houses. Additionally, no one knows how Margot lost her finger. Ostensibly, how events are revealed and concealed in a film can be biased as it is dependent on how the filmmaker manipulates it in order to let audience see the characters in the same perspective as he or she does (Neumeyer, …show more content…

A soundtrack is introduced as she walks towards Richie. The purpose of the non-diegetic soundtrack which diverts audience from reality momentarily would frame the scene to be more vivid, and thus emotionally relevant. By doing so, audience would selectively focus on the music that fits the narrative (Cohen, 2001). Subsequently, mental subjectivity is achieved as the point-of-view shot is put into slow motion. Such added information through editing aids in understanding how Richie sees Margot as more than an adopted sibling; a lover. Supported by his numerous paintings of Margot displayed on the wall of his room when he was younger reinforces the expectation that Richie indeed has feelings for

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