A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Directed by Richard Linklater · Cinematography by Shane F. Kelly
R100 min58 frames
AnimationScience FictionThriller
Everything is not going to be OK.
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What is A Scanner Darkly about?
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 American adult animated science fiction thriller film written and directed by Richard Linklater, based on the 1977 novel by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-tech police surveillance in the midst of a drug addiction epidemic.
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What does the cinematography of A Scanner Darkly look like?
Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of A Scanner Darkly leans on medium shots (60% of the sample) and wide compositions (19%). Cinematographer Shane F. Kelly keeps 62% of it in naturalistic light. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 78% of the frames.
What is the color palette of A Scanner Darkly?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Scanner Darkly (2006) are #35302c, #d4c9af, #f5f6f4, #d1d4cc, #a99075, #4d4e49 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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