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Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy

2 films · 145 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19832009

Born 13 June 1962 · New York City, New York, USA

Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy is an American actress. Following her film debut in 1983's Bad Boys, she became known as one of the Brat Pack group of actors and starred in WarGames (1983), The Breakfast Club (1985) and Short Circuit (1986). For her performance in Lisa Cholodenko's High Art (1998), Sheedy won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.

How their films are shot

Measured across 145 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ally 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, 55% of their frames are night, 43% natural — the look of the work Ally takes.

Time of day

Night55%
Day32%
Interior10%

Lighting

Natural43%
Low key37%
High key17%

Shot size

Medium55%
Closeup21%
Wide18%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle8%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral76%
Tense15%
Lonely4%

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 145 frames from Ally Sheedy'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.