Richard Bates Jr.
Film director · 3 films (2012–2019)
Richard Bates Jr. is a director whose work here spans Excision (2012) to Tone Deaf (2019), across horror and comedy. All 132 frames from 3 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Richard Bates Jr.
McLean, Virginia, United States
Directing style
Richard Bates Jr. crafts a tense, ominous atmosphere by trapping characters in shallow-focus medium shots and closeups, almost exclusively framed at a direct, confrontational eye-level angle. These claustrophobic compositions are predominantly set within dark interiors, relying heavily on localized practical fixtures and window light to pierce the shadow-dominant frames. The color palette leans into a cold, desaturated grade punctuated by stark, saturated primary blues and deep crimson accents, underscoring the uneasy tension between horror and dark comedy.
Films directed by Richard Bates Jr.
About Richard Bates Jr.
What films has Richard Bates Jr. directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 3 of them: Excision (2012), Suburban Gothic (2014) and Tone Deaf (2019).
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All 132 indexed frames from 3 films directed by Richard Bates Jr. — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.