INSTAGRAMMER @PALETTEMANIAC SHOWS RANGE OF COLORS USED IN ONSCREEN IMAGES

The Instagram account @PaletteManiac shows a “love for colors” using screen grabs from film, TV, and videos. Underneath the image is the color palettes employed and they are all gorgeous.

Wes Anderson movies, of course, get a LOT of love here because of all current director, his movie story boards have a clear idea of a scenes look and use of color and often entire films have a chromatic theme.

Following the projects like Movies in Color, Palette Maniac says,

“the idea is not original.”

But DO they get it right and credit the director and often the other creatives involved. Here are some below, but follow the account to find out the origins and you may be inspired to created a look, interior or your own visuals.

(Top photo, screen grab; via MyModernMet; T/Y Paul)

HERE'S YOUR FREE OSCAR COLOR-BY-NUMBER BALLOT!

Are you having an Academy Award party? It doesn’t take much; a TV, (cocktails), some colored pens and pencils… You can turn The Wow Report‘s FREE Color-By-Number Oscar Ballot (created by me, Trey Speegle) into a party for 2 or 20. Click on the image to enlarge for a hi-res version to print out. (It’s designed for oversized 11 x 17″ paper, but it’ll reduce to an 8.5 x 11″ standard sheet. Go here for a hi-res image you can drag to your desktop.) It doesn’t include every single nominated category, but do you really want to try to guess “Best Sound Effects Editing?” If so, the full list of nominees is here. You know the odds-on faves for the major categories, right? Barring a MAJOR upset, here’s a little cheat-sheet with my predictions for the top row: 

Best Actor, Michael Keaton. Best Actress, Julianne Moore. Best Supporting Actor, J.K. Simmons. Best Supporting Actress, Patricia Arquette. Best Director, between Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater, but I’d give it to Linklater (Anderson will likely get Best Original Screenplay). Best Picture, Boyhood ,  but I wish it would Birman, as it's my personal fave. 

If you take pics of your coloring party and completed ballots, tag them #coloroscar @wowreport, and you may see them here and on The Wow Report next week. Just to make it more fun, you could make it a drinking game too! Take a sip every time you hear Boyhood, Birdman or Budapest. Cheers!

A PORNO BY WES ANDERSON

#SFW: There’s not much to say about it. Wes Anderson‘s style so recognizable that it is easily parodied. This is suggestive but not overt, just like Anderson’s actual movies. So, Trey Speegle's blog is pleased to present Wes Anderson's latest titillating endeavor, “The Grand Sausage Pizza“. Enjoy.

WES ANDERSON: INTERIOR DECORATOR

A complex visual language is Wes Anderson’s calling card. With his eye, set design becomes both a storytelling device and character cue. His private house, so far, is off limits,Apartamento magazine follows the the art of his set design: submarines, intricate brownstones ands vintage color schemes are his stock-in-trade Apartamento’s Editor-in-Chief Marco Velardi says;

“You could compare Wes Anderson to an interior decorator. I always say that a picture of someone’s home tells you a lot more about that person than any portrait possibly can. I imagine in a movie the time you have to describe a character is limited, so using the interiors to do so probably becomes something of a necessity. Ultimately, if you look at his work there are a lot of interiors, with very peculiar and very precise work on the spaces and what people wear. Wes is passionate about every single detail, and that’s why it’s fascinating for us. ”

It sort of seems unfair not to mention his production designer here,David Wasco, Adam Stockhausen and others. My ex was an art director and production designer for film (Igby Goes Down, Made) and if I only mentioned the director, it'd be unfair to his collaborators. Having said that, the film is the vision of the director and this is where the eye comes from. The common denominator in all of Anderson's films, is obviously Anderson himself.

The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014, 1960s lobby

Madame D’s suite from The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014

“Fox Home Study,” illustration by Turlo Griffin for Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2009. “Fox Home Study,” llustration by Turlo Griffin

The Life Aquatic, 2004

The Darjeeling Limited, 2007

Natalie Portman, The Darjeeling Limited, 2007

(via Nowness)