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Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel

9 films · 546 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19691983

Born 21 December 1944 · Zielenzig, Brandenburg, Germany [now Sulecin, Lubuskie, Poland] · died 2 December 2017

Ulli Lommel, was a German actor and director, noted for his many horror films, and for his career as an actor on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's films.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Ulli Lommel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

How their films are shot

Measured across 546 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ulli takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 55% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Ulli takes.

Time of day

Day55%
Night36%
Interior7%

Lighting

Natural50%
Low key23%
High key22%

Shot size

Medium51%
Closeup21%
Wide16%
Fullbody10%

Camera angle

Eye level92%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral77%
Tense15%
Lonely5%

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

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