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Phoebe Tonkin

Phoebe Tonkin

2 films · 247 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20102022

Born 12 July 1989 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin is an Australian actress and model. She is best known for portraying Cleo Sertori in H2O: Just Add Water, Fiona Maxwell in Tomorrow, When the War Began and Faye Chamberlain in The Secret Circle. Tonkin's first television appearance was on the Australian teen show H2O: Just Add Water, where she played one of the main characters, Cleo Sertori. While not a strong swimmer, she worked to improve her abilities during pre-production of the show. On 20 October 2007, Tonkin appeared on the Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards, where she presented the award for best band alongside H2O co-stars Claire Holt and Cariba Heine.

How their films are shot

Measured across 247 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Phoebe 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, 52% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Phoebe takes.

Time of day

Night52%
Day41%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural36%
High key6%
Silhouette6%

Shot size

Medium50%
Wide27%
Closeup14%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle8%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral46%
Tense25%
Ominous13%
Lonely7%

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 247 frames from Phoebe Tonkin'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.