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Changeling (2008)

Directed by Clint Eastwood · Cinematography by Tom Stern

R141 min66 frames

CrimeDramaMystery

To find her son, she did what no one else dared.

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What is Changeling about?

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

Changeling is a 2008 American crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. The story was based on actual events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders in Mira Loma, California. It stars Angelina Jolie as a woman "reunited" with a boy who was not her missing son. When she tries to demonstrate that to the police and city authorities, she is vilified as delusional, labeled as an unfit mother, and confined to a psychiatric ward. The film explores themes of child endangerment, female disempowerment, political corruption, and mistreatment of mental health patients.

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What does the cinematography of Changeling look like?

Sampled across 66 frames, the coverage of Changeling leans on medium shots (59% of the sample) and close-ups (20%). Cinematographer Tom Stern keeps 45% of it in soft, low-key light. This is largely a daylight film — 70% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 77% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Changeling?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Changeling (2008) are #32312c, #53534b, #161513, #919188, #d3d2ca, #938b76 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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