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Daniel Isn’t Real

Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer · Cinematography by Lyle Vincent

100 min57 frames

HorrorMystery

The mind will do anything to avoid confronting just how alone it is in the universe.

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What is Daniel Isn’t Real about?

A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.

Daniel Isn't Real is a 2019 American psychological horror film directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer, from a screenplay by Mortimer and Brian DeLeeuw, based upon the novel In This Way I Was Saved by DeLeeuw. It stars Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, Mary Stuart Masterson, Hannah Marks, Chukwudi Iwuji and Peter McRobbie.

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What does the cinematography of Daniel Isn’t Real look like?

Sampled across 56 frames, the coverage of Daniel Isn’t Real leans on medium shots (46% of the sample) and close-ups (21%). Cinematographer Lyle Vincent keeps 73% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 71% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 73% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Daniel Isn’t Real?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Daniel Isn’t Real are #0d0c0c, #2c2e2d, #290e09, #374a4d, #292218, #4b4434 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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