Castle in the Sky (1986)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · Cinematography by Hirokata Takahashi, Koji Shiragami

PG124 min64 frames

AdventureFantasyAnimationAction

One day, a girl came down from the sky…

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What is Castle in the Sky about?

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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What does the cinematography of Castle in the Sky look like?

Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of Castle in the Sky leans on wide compositions (44% of the sample) and establishing shots (28%). Cinematographer Hirokata Takahashi keeps 63% of it in naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 42% of the frames. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 100% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Castle in the Sky?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Castle in the Sky (1986) are #312f2e, #172a33, #2f5370, #2d3a4a, #cdb28f, #14364d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #2d3a4a
  • #cdb28f
  • #14364d

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