Apocalypto (2006)
Directed by Mel Gibson · Cinematography by Dean Semler
R139 min127 frames
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No one can outrun their destiny.
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What is Apocalypto about?
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Apocalypto is a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia. The film features a cast of Indigenous and Mexican actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Jonathan Brewer, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. Set in either Yucatán or Guatemala during the year 1502, Apocalypto portrays the hero's journey of a young man named Jaguar Paw, a late Mesoamerican hunter and his fellow tribesmen who are captured by an invading force. After a raid on their village, they are brought on a perilous journey to a Maya city for human sacrifice at a time when the Maya civilization is in decline.
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Who made Apocalypto?
Mel GibsonDirector
Dean SemlerCinematography- Bruce DaveyProducer
- Sergio MirandaProducer
What does the cinematography of Apocalypto look like?
Sampled across 127 frames, the coverage of Apocalypto leans on medium shots (43% of the sample) and close-ups (39%). Cinematographer Dean Semler keeps 69% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 73% of the frames play in daylight. Focus stays shallow in 87% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the ancient world.
What is the color palette of Apocalypto?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Apocalypto (2006) are #312f27, #11100d, #4e4e35, #2b2819, #8a7256, #aa9273 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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