Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
Directed by John Sturges · Cinematography by William C. Mellor
Approved81 min49 frames
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What is Bad Day At Black Rock about?
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
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What does the cinematography of Bad Day At Black Rock look like?
Sampled across 49 frames, the coverage of Bad Day At Black Rock leans on medium shots (45% of the sample) and wide compositions (41%). Cinematographer William C. Mellor keeps 71% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 73% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 65% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1950s.
What is the color palette of Bad Day At Black Rock?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) are #36302a, #57524b, #a68f76, #d2c5ad, #b3a591, #766a58 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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