Blue Velvet (1986)
Directed by David Lynch · Cinematography by Frederick Elmes
R120 min56 frames
MysteryThrillerCrime
It's a strange world, isn't it?
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Blue Velvet — official trailer
What is Blue Velvet about?
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Where can you watch Blue Velvet?
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What does the cinematography of Blue Velvet look like?
Across 52 sampled frames, Blue Velvet builds its coverage from medium shots (65% of the sample), with wide compositions (17%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Frederick Elmes keeps 69% of it in soft, low-key light. 71% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 62% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
What is the color palette of Blue Velvet?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Blue Velvet (1986) are #342d29, #120f0d, #4a322f, #261a18, #524b49, #a4968b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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