Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Directed by Jay Oliva
PG-1376 min129 frames
Science FictionActionAnimationMystery
Old heroes never die. They just get darker.
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Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
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What does the cinematography of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 look like?
Across 124 sampled frames, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 builds its coverage from medium shots (48% of the sample), with wide compositions (20%) carrying much of the rest. The lighting keeps 69% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. 78% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 65% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) are #0c0d0e, #2d2d30, #2e374a, #f8f9f7, #4e4d4f, #d2d3d0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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