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Bird Box (2018)

Directed by Susanne Bier · Cinematography by Salvatore Totino

R124 min58 frames

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Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — A retail setting with blurred aisles visible in the background through the diffused light. A woman in a…Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — A small rowboat drifts on a body of water surrounded by thick, heavy fog. An adult woman wearing a blindfold…Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — An older man sits behind a window covered by horizontal blinds at night. A bookcase with multiple books is…Bird Box (2018) movie still: establishing — A dense patch of forest features a row of leafless, lichen-covered deciduous trees. Thick, dark…Bird Box (2018) movie still: closeup — An elderly man stands in a dark room near a window with closed blinds. He faces the camera with a surprised…Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — A steep dirt trail winds through a dense, overcast forest filled with tall conifers. A woman with a maroon…Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — A dimly lit architectural office features wooden shelving and blueprints against the back wall. An East Asian…Bird Box (2018) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit interior room serves as the setting for this close interaction. A man grips the head of an older…Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room provides the backdrop for a person focused on a task. A woman carefully handles a small bird…Bird Box (2018) movie still: establishing — A dense redwood forest with massive, vertical tree trunks rising into a high canopy. Sunlight breaks…Bird Box (2018) movie still: wide — A dense, shaded temperate rainforest features towering trees and overgrown ferns in the undergrowth. A young…Bird Box (2018) movie still: closeup — An interior space is shrouded in deep darkness with no discernible architectural details. The middle-aged man…Bird Box (2018) movie still: closeup — A dark, cramped interior space features a coarse, dimly lit wall surface. A woman presses her face against…Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — An aisle in a grocery store with shelves stocked with cans and dry goods. A woman shops while a man stands…Bird Box (2018) movie still: closeup — A close-up view shows a person's eyes peering directly through a diamond-patterned wire grid. The subject…Bird Box (2018) movie still: medium — Two women occupy the front seats of a car driving on a suburban road. The view through the windshield shows a…
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What is Bird Box about?

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Bird Box is a 2018 American post-apocalyptic horror thriller film directed by Susanne Bier and written by Eric Heisserer. Based on the 2014 novel by Josh Malerman, the film features an ensemble cast which includes Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, Colson Baker, BD Wong, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich. The film follows the character Malorie Hayes (Bullock) as she tries to protect herself and two children from entities that cause people who look at them to kill themselves.

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What does the cinematography of Bird Box look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of Bird Box leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and close-ups (25%). Cinematographer Salvatore Totino keeps 56% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 63% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 65% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Bird Box?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Bird Box (2018) are #2f312e, #121210, #50504c, #717069, #28261c, #443a35 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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