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500 Days of Summer (2009)

Directed by Marc Webb · Cinematography by Eric Steelberg

PG-1395 min64 frames

ComedyDramaRomance

This is not a love story. This is a story about love.

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What is 500 Days of Summer about?

Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.

(500) Days of Summer is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Webb in his feature directorial debut, written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel as Tom and Summer respectively, and in a nonlinear narrative structure, Tom chronicles the story of his relationship with Summer.

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Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of 500 Days of Summer leans on medium shots (52% of the sample) and wide compositions (20%). Cinematographer Eric Steelberg keeps 53% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

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