There is a new fashion on the internet, specifically on TikTok, which is sweeping among those who like to record paying attention to the visual. We mean record à la Wes Anderson, a style to which more and more people are encouraged, generating a lot of interactions of views and likes due to how strikingly aesthetic everything is. We give you the details and some tricks so that you too can be encouraged with the fashion plans.
Wes Anderson, the king of film aesthetics
If you like movies, it’s rare that you don’t know Wes Anderson. This director American has a long career of films in which a common denominator always prevails: a very marked and characteristic aesthetic, with a certain color palette, somewhat peculiar characters and, in short, a scenery that is difficult to forget.
A good example of his style can be found, for example, in The Grand Budapest Hotel, the film that finally managed to consecrate him at a popular level, thanks, among other things, to the Oscar nominations he received. Visually it is a real delight, representing very well that very personal and characteristic style that the director has. He also has other tapes like Isle of Dogs, Moonrise Kingdom, The French Dispatch or the most recent Asteroid City (which was recorded, by the way, in Chinchón (Madrid) and is full of stars such as Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Margot Robbie, Maya Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston or Edward Norton, among others).
Well then, the TikTok generation He wanted to copy it and, recently, a new trend in video recording has begun to emerge on the social network that seeks precisely to replicate the very special way that the director has of making movies. And, hey, the results are really striking.
TikTok with Anderson touch: tips to do it
Surely you have already come across a video on the platform and you have been captivated watching it until the end. Generally, they show everyday moments (the more mundane the better), but with a very peculiar aesthetic where certain colors prevail, some specific entrance signs and always with people with a serious face and generally in a static situation -while the rest of the scene moves.
Below you can find a video that compiles 5 minutes of TikTok videos with this trend, to give you a good idea of what we are saying:
Either because you have entered this article looking for tips to make your own #wesanderson or because after discovering it now, you can’t wait to start “rolling” for your account, we leave you below some tricks and considerations to take into account to achieve this effect:
- Use some filter pastel colors for your images
- They must represent everyday scenes: preparing a juice in the kitchen, taking the dog out, taking the train… usual moments for everyone
- look at the symmetry: try to place the focus object in the center and make the rear plane as symmetrical or balanced as possible
- Must be still shotsnothing to move the camera
- If the stage is static, you can move; if there is movement in the scene, stay still
- He Audio you should use is “Obituary” by Alexander Desplat
- Do not forget a brief written intro indicating the moment you are going to show and the time
You are ready to become the new Anderson of TikTok.
