American Animals (2018)

Directed by Bart Layton · Cinematography by Ole Bratt Birkeland

R116 min65 frames

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Nobody wants to be ordinary.

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What is American Animals about?

Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.

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What does the cinematography of American Animals look like?

Across 65 sampled frames, American Animals builds its coverage from medium shots (52% of the sample), with close-ups (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Ole Bratt Birkeland keeps 60% of it in soft, low-key light. 57% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 71% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of American Animals?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of American Animals (2018) are #111211, #32312e, #4f514d, #1a2a2f, #d1d1cf, #acadab — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #d1d1cf
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