
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.

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.
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