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Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

4 films · 459 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19571982

Born 25 October 1928 · New York City, New York, USA · died 19 January 2006

Anthony Franciosa was an American actor.

Franciosa began his career on stage and made a breakthrough after portraying a brother of the drug addict in the play A Hatful of Rain, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in its subsequent film adaptation, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 459 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19571982

  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor
  • Theatre World Award1956

How their films are shot

Measured across 459 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Anthony takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 63% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Anthony takes.

Time of day

Night63%
Day29%
Interior8%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural28%
High key18%

Shot size

Medium56%
Wide18%
Closeup14%
Fullbody10%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle9%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral52%
Tense27%
Ominous7%
Lonely5%

Films in the library

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

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

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