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Melody Anderson

Melody Anderson

2 films · 198 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19801986

Born 3 December 1955 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Melody Anderson is a Canadian American social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on families. She is also known as an actress, with her most high-profile role being Dale Arden in the 1980 adaptation of Flash Gordon. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Anderson started off as a performer and entertainer. She made her debut at age five on a radio show. While doing singing, she also trained as an actress, leading to roles in films and television during the 1970s and 1980s.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 198 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Melody 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, 47% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Melody takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day36%
Interior16%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural38%
High key15%

Shot size

Medium51%
Wide22%
Closeup18%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle9%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral45%
Tense30%
Mysterious9%
Ominous9%

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 198 frames from Melody Anderson'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.