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Mason Thames

Mason Thames

2 films · 116 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20212025

Born 10 July 2007 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Mason Thames is an American actor. He made his acting debut in 2017 and gained recognition for his performance as Finney Blake in the horror film The Black Phone (2021), a breakthrough role he reprised in its 2025 sequel. In 2025, he received increased attention for his portrayal of Hiccup in the live-action fantasy How to Train Your Dragon – for which he received a nomination for a Saturn Award – and for his romantic lead role in Regretting You.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 116 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Mason 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, 46% of their frames are day, 51% low key — the look of the work Mason takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night44%
Golden hour5%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural47%

Shot size

Medium39%
Wide27%
Closeup26%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle11%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral41%
Tense25%
Ominous15%
Lonely6%

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 116 frames from Mason Thames'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.