DIRECTOR WES ANDERSON (“The Royal Tenenbaums” and ) incorporates many of his favorite tics into “Moonrise Kingdom ... unforgiving light and a primary color scheme that reads as rigid.

The distinct vibrant palettes across Wes Anderson’s oeuvre, from “The Royal Tenenbaums” to “Moonrise ... the color of a light source and how we then mix and match those different colors ...

Wes Anderson pictures more often than not sport a lovely shadow-box atmosphere, with heavy splashes of vivid color, moody lighting and almost surreal depth and shadow work. Moonrise Kingdom is no ...