A Bay of Blood (1971)
Directed by Mario Bava · Cinematography by Mario Bava
R84 min40 frames
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They came to play, they stayed to die.
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What is A Bay of Blood about?
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.
A Bay of Blood is a 1971 Italian giallo film co-written and directed by Mario Bava and starring Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonté, Anna M. Rosati, Laura Betti, Leopoldo Trieste, Brigitte Skay, Chris Avram and Isa Miranda. The story details a string of mysterious murders that occur around the titular bay.
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What does the cinematography of A Bay of Blood look like?
Across 40 sampled frames, A Bay of Blood builds its coverage from medium shots (28% of the sample), with close-ups (28%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Mario Bava keeps 50% of it in low-key light. 65% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of A Bay of Blood?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Bay of Blood (1971) are #0e0c0b, #2e2a2c, #483630, #271915, #2c2919, #f2f1f1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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More films by Mario Bava
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- Black Sunday (1960)
- Blood And Black Lace (1964)
- Danger Diabolik (1968)
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966)
- Erik The Conqueror (1961)
- Four Times that Night (1971)
- Kill, Baby Kill (1966)
- Lisa and The Devil (1973)
- Planet of the Vampires (1965)
- Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970)
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