I looked at a lot of Wes Anderson films to find just what it is that makes them so visually interesting and unique. It seemed to be due to most shots being centered and there being a strong sense of symmetry. This site pretty much confirms these theories (although it's in french so you can't be sure). There also seem to be a lot of lines in Anderson's frames which break up the shot and frame certain aspects of it. The colour palette is quite vibrant compared to how dull most films' pallets are and when the palette is muted there is usually an atmospheric reason. I'm not planning on colouring my work though so this is beside the point.


I also looked at some Coen brother films. I focused on No Country For Old Men (2007) because it's one of my favourite films and I remember it being shot in some really cool ways.

It also centers a lot of the characters in the frame and has in frame framing like Anderson's films do. Some other things I'd say about Coen films though are that they like using the foreground, midground and background to make shots interesting. The brothers also often leave a lot space in their frames which is really effective, especially in films like Fargo (1996) where the surrounding environment plays such a key role. Anderson also uses a lot of space in his work but not usually to the extent that the Coens do. The colour palettes in most Coen films may not be as lively as in most of Anderson's but this doesn't matter so much as a strong sense of lighting and consistent tone of palette still keeps the frames interesting throughout.
I've also just realised while writing this that both directors often use bird's eye view shots in their films and they are almost always interesting.
A problem with translating what I've learned into my practice however is that film frames are always the same size and ratio while I would probably work with a variety of frame sizes and shapes if I were to do a comic. This means that not everything I've learnt can be applied to every panel but I should still be able to make most frames interesting by going back to what I've learned here.