Image

Tenenbaums

PROP

Book

FUNCTION

Enrichment

DESIGNER

Unknown

MOVIE

The Royal Tenenbaums

YEAR

2001

DIRECTOR

Wes Anderson

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

David Wasco

GRAPHIC ARTISTS

Mark Bachman, Joan Winters

A recurrent feature of Anderson’s movies is the insertion of chapter partitions in which the film is divided through title shots. The title sequence of The Royal Tenenbaums opens with a physical book of the story narrated in the film being checked out at a library. It is followed by a handwritten message on a card and the title shot of the prologue set as a book page. This is an exemplification of a creative way to use graphic props as an informational device through the enrichment function, by giving information about the story that will be narrated while introducing it to the audience.

Credit Touchstone Pictures
Credit Touchstone Pictures