Mise-en-scene (everything placed within the frame) is the director's most powerful tool. Wes Anderson's symmetrical compositions create a sense of artificial order that mirrors his characters' attempts to control chaotic lives. The visual style IS the thematic statement.

In Parasite, the Kim family lives in a semi-basement below street level while the Park family lives on a hilltop. This vertical geography communicates the entire class structure of the film without a single line of exposition. Director Bong Joon-ho made the physical space do the work of dialogue.