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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)

Directed by Steven Spielberg · Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond

PG138 min65 frames

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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind — official trailer

What is Close Encounters Of The Third Kind about?

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

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What does the cinematography of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind look like?

Sampled across 65 frames, the coverage of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind leans on wide compositions (40% of the sample) and medium shots (31%). Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond keeps 63% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 71% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 55% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) are #101011, #2f2c2d, #f9fafa, #251613, #d4c8b3, #55504a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #251613
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  • #55504a

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