A Summer at Grandpa’s (1984)
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien · Cinematography by Chen Kun-Hou
93 min44 frames
Drama
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What is A Summer at Grandpa’s about?
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
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What does the cinematography of A Summer at Grandpa’s look like?
Sampled across 44 frames, the coverage of A Summer at Grandpa’s leans on wide compositions (43% of the sample) and medium shots (25%). Cinematographer Chen Kun-Hou keeps 70% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 86% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 84% of the frames.
What is the color palette of A Summer at Grandpa’s?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Summer at Grandpa’s (1984) are #d1d1cb, #2f322b, #4f5250, #596d52, #f5f6f5, #8b8f90 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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