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Clemens Scheitz

Clemens Scheitz

3 films · 174 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19761979

Born 2 September 1899 · Munich, Germany · died 24 October 1980

Clemens Scheitz was born in Munich, where his father was a tailor and he had an interest in physics and was a self-taught pianist. He earned a living through concert performances, piano lessons, small acting roles, and as an inventor. As a young man, he appeared in a 1922 silent film directed by Adolf Wenter and starring Victor Colani, entitled "The Prince Regatta." He also supplied music for the Herzog film "Woyzeck."

How their films are shot

Measured across 174 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Clemens takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 53% of their frames are day, 55% natural — the look of the work Clemens takes.

Time of day

Day53%
Night33%
Interior7%
Dusk4%

Lighting

Natural55%
Low key37%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium49%
Wide26%
Establishing10%
Closeup9%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral59%
Tense14%
Lonely12%
Ominous11%

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 174 frames from Clemens Scheitz's 3 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.