Back to the Future (1985)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis · Cinematography by Dean Cundey
PG116 min63 frames
AdventureComedyScience Fiction
He was never in time for his classes... He wasn't in time for his dinner... Then one day... he wasn't in his time at all.
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What is Back to the Future about?
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
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What does the cinematography of Back to the Future look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Back to the Future leans on medium shots (60% of the sample) and close-ups (21%). Cinematographer Dean Cundey keeps 40% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 56% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Back to the Future?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Back to the Future (1985) are #322f2f, #0c0b0c, #f1f0ef, #d3d0cb, #757070, #4a3a33 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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