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Heather O'Rourke

Heather O'Rourke

2 films · 244 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19861988

Born 27 December 1975 · San Diego, California, USA · died 1 February 1988

Heather O'Rourke was an American child actress mostly known for playing Carol Anne Freeling in the Poltergeist film trilogy.

How their films are shot

Measured across 244 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Heather 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 Heather takes.

Time of day

Night55%
Day30%
Interior11%

Lighting

Natural43%
Low key40%
High key16%

Shot size

Medium52%
Closeup32%
Wide8%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level86%
High angle8%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral54%
Tense21%
Mysterious9%
Lonely8%

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

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 244 frames from Heather O'Rourke'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.