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Alec Newman

Alec Newman

2 films · 247 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20242024

Born 27 November 1974 · Glasgow, Scotland

Alec Newman is a Scottish stage, television and film actor. He was born in Glasgow on 27 November 1974. Prior to joining the National Youth Theatre in London at age 17, he considered becoming a professional footballer. He trained at LAMDA.

His highest profile appearances are tied to science fiction works.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Alec Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

How their films are shot

Measured across 247 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Alec takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 59% of their frames are night, 56% low key — the look of the work Alec takes.

Time of day

Night59%
Day33%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Low key56%
Natural36%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium48%
Closeup34%
Wide11%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
High angle8%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral37%
Tense28%
Lonely12%
Ominous12%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 247 frames from Alec Newman's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.