Symmetry: An Aesthetic Code Analysis Of Wes Anderson's Films

Symmetry is a universal phenomenon of formal beauty,which can form the order and effect of beauty.Symmetry helps to form a perfect feeling in the film art which gradually affects the receiver through appropriate creation of environment and ingenious placement of elements,at the same time,it is not too exciting.After the flexible participation of other elements in the film,people's senses will strongly desire and accept this feeling.Therefore,there are many successful works using symmetrical beauty in the history of Chinese and foreign film art.As the best director in contemporary America,Wes Anderson's film have a high degree of artistic recognition for the conscious and appropriate use of symmetrical beauty,forming a quite distinct personal artistic style.Anderson's films,from the early tentative use of symmetry in Bottled Rocket to the flexible and vivid presentation of symmetrical beauty in Ise of Dogs,became a special aesthetic style symbol.The symmetrical beauty of Anderson's films is first reflected in the visual dimension,that is,the symmetry of composition and color.Film composition is the most concrete and effective symmetrical way of expression.Symmetry makes Anderson's film lens form a picture with a sense of space and visual impact.The combination of dynamic and static,harmonious with unified,effectively guide the audience to focus on the characters and events in the center of the frame,and play an important role.Symmetry is divided into several categories from inside to outside in Anderson's films,providing the recipient with a comfortable and orderly dream world.Anderson's film for color symmetry performance,has become an important character of his film,but also has a profound impact on contemporary designs.In Anderson's films,color not only plays a symbolic and decorative role,but also plays a more important role in adjusting the direction of visual psychology,and becomes a carrier to convey emotions.Anderson's film works,composition and color are closely linked in the whole,which together constitute the lively balanced and symmetrical effect.The combination of traditional narrative and non-traditional narrative has become another important embodiment of the symmetrical beauty of Anderson's films.Anderson's film narrative,through repetition,similarity,back and forth echo and other ways,supplemented by symmetrical visual effects,establishes a complete set of symmetrical aesthetic system in general.His films are full of mixed plot with personality,different styles of design subtitle divide time and space,the emergence and construction of plot repetition except symmetrical narration,based on the similarity of role setting,focus on variety of life and emotions,the themes of kinship,love,conflict and death are all vividly expressed based on symmetry.Anderson's films not only convey the beauty of the traditional symmetrical form visually,but also visually and psychologically,through literature,philosophy,religion and other themes,music,films,animated texts and other forms,to present the audience with its unique "telescope" to observe the world,let the audience recognize his film easily at a glance.This is a highly personal style that many film artists still can't achieve yet.People highly praise Anderson's film art,it is very important because of his unique symmetrical beauty style.In Anderson's films,under the symmetrical beauty of the whole film,the dialectical unity of symmetrical and dissymmetric beauty constitutes a significant artistic feature.Symmetry and dissymmetric,the identity and difference in change are interdependent and transformed each other,which constitute the characteristics of Anderson's movie world.Anderson,to a certain extent,shows the common characteristics of American independent film directors,but his own novel and unique way of creation makes him distinct from other independent directors,opening up a new aesthetic field for independent films.It can be said that Anderson's films are well versed in aesthetic dialectics,integrate symmetry and asymmetry,frame with camera,and orderly build an artistic world full of personality symmetry.In the rare history of contemporary art,Anderson has undoubtedly become a very special existence.