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Inspiration behind our Fascination Project

 Our Fascination Project revolved around being a goofy sports comedy. We also wanted to incorporate some elements of the films we have watched in class. We found that Wes Anderson's style would mesh well with our Will Farell inspired plot.

When writing our film, we wanted to include dialog that seemed as if it would come out of a Farell film. Naturally this led to a lot of screaming and belittlement. A common dialog theme Farell encompasses is very rash comments that lead to overreactions. We took a lot of inspiration from "Kicking and Screaming" and "Semi-Pro".

As far as our cinematography goes, we tried our best to show off some of Anderson's iconic shots. Some of the highlights being a symmetrical walk-off, a top-down shots and over the shoulder views. Since the majority of our film takes place with the characters sitting down at a table, these shots allowed us to maintain some movement to prevent any stale moments. 





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