comps...

... so I think I may be stuck, but I'm not sure. In my background studies/ideation, the theme of the short film "Hotel Chevalier" is certainly captured in what I am looking to do for the project, yet due to the simplicity in which Anderson presents the story in the film visually, I am worried it may be too simple. I think that it would certainly fit in to the visual aesthetic of the film, however, I am worried (in a grade sense) that it may indeed be too simple. The first major part of the film opens with the main character's feet... which is what I am planning to show during the opening sequence:
a dual perspective primarily on a man's feet walking down an urban streetside, and in the beginning the same only with a female subject walking in an opposite direction (the secondary character in the film), but only briefly. I suppose the hardship in my project is making something free from convention, yet still holds true to the visual and emotional style of the film as well as the photographic quality/technique. Anderson uses a very simple visual language that follows the dialogue plainly, shot-to-shot of the main characters conversing with each other. So I want to apply the same feeling in the video that I shoot, but in a more distant nature; prefacing the story/main characters, but not revealing anything exclusive about them.
By using only feet/walking shots on an urban street setting, I'm hoping to bring the title sequence into the movie, and hence, leading up to the first shot of the main character; resting on a bed, showing only his feet, elevated and relaxed.
There is only one inclusive type treatment for the film, and that is the production studio that it was made for, right before introducing the main character. It is a very simple and appropriate sans serif typeface (perhaps gill sans) in a yellow color, which relates to the bulk of the short film being in such colors. I want to continue that treatment for not only owing to Anderson's aesthetic, but the "subtitle" quality that it offers, especcially since the story is between two Americans in a foreign country, however I don't feel that it's neccessary to have all of the type set in such a manner.
Being frivolous with type treatment and placement would, in my opinion be detrimental to the essence of the film, which is letting the dialogue, cast, and score do the primary emotional transmission of the story (which is, of course, simply a prologue to one of the primary characters of the film "The Darjeeling Limited")
The short itself starts out directly with the high saturation yellow from incandescent lighting, and only until the end does it resort back to a more (slightly) monochromatic city-scape feel of the streets of Paris. I'm hoping to use the same color scheme in the end of the film to convey an essence of the "street/urban" feel in my simple "prologue" to the "prologue" of The Darjeeling Limited. In essence... I'm just timid about the visual language of the movie by now, owing to the highly illustrative/authoritative nature of the class, however, after much deliberation, I feel that keeping the type and imagery/video simple is key to opening up the film.
I suppose that I'm just not really willing to "re-invent" the visual style or presentation of the film, and hence, all my imagery/video will be in an attempt to play towards expanding upon the president set forth by Wes Anderson in this short film.