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Compliance (2012)

Directed by Craig Zobel · Cinematography by Adam Stone

R90 min59 frames

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Compliance (2012) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit, dark space shows a close-up of a person's upper body. The subject's blonde hair obscures most…Compliance (2012) movie still: establishing — An overcast sky serves as a backdrop for utility lines and a flagpole. Three small birds sit on the…Compliance (2012) movie still: medium — A cramped storage room is filled with stacked cardboard supply boxes on industrial shelves. A young man…Compliance (2012) movie still: closeup — A close view of a hand resting on a brown tile floor surface. A metal chair wheel sits in the background…Compliance (2012) movie still: closeup — An office interior with a brown wall and a clipboard on a door. A woman in a yellow shirt holds a black…Compliance (2012) movie still: medium — A dark corner room holds a wall-mounted security monitor displaying four distinct video feeds. One screen…Compliance (2012) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit interior space with plain cardboard surfaces forming the backdrop. A woman with blonde hair…Compliance (2012) movie still: medium — A man stands in a brightly lit, beige-walled space near a frosted window. He holds his dark necktie with…Compliance (2012) movie still: medium — A dark home office features a large black and white space shuttle mural on the wall. A man sits at a wooden…Compliance (2012) movie still: medium — An interior space features beige curtains illuminated by daylight from an adjacent window. A man in a dark…Compliance (2012) movie still: fullbody — A dark, snow-covered parking area next to a brick wall under fluorescent light. A man holds a radio while…Compliance (2012) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room provides the backdrop for a close-up of a blonde woman. She is holding a black telephone…Compliance (2012) movie still: medium — An office inside a fast food restaurant features beige walls and a white board. Two women stand in the…Compliance (2012) movie still: establishing — A vast, empty asphalt parking lot is marked by orderly white lines and light poles. Sparse leafless…Compliance (2012) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a woman holding a phone against her face. She looks upward with wide eyes while holding…Compliance (2012) movie still: wide — A brick-walled fast food restaurant at night features orange awnings and a circular logo. A marked police…
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What is Compliance about?

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

Compliance is a 2012 American thriller film written and directed by Craig Zobel and starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, and Bill Camp. The plot of the movie is closely based upon the series of strip search phone call scams that took place in Mount Washington, Kentucky in 2004, although the names of the real-life figures were changed. In both the film and the real-life incident, a caller posing as a police officer convinced a restaurant manager and others to carry out unlawful and intrusive procedures on an innocent employee.

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What does the cinematography of Compliance look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Compliance leans on close-ups (54% of the sample) and medium shots (24%). Cinematographer Adam Stone keeps 47% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 76% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Compliance?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Compliance (2012) are #302f2e, #51514d, #121211, #8b7b6d, #d3d1cb, #a9adad — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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