Dark Shadows (2012)
Directed by Tim Burton · Cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel
PG-13113 min60 frames
ComedyFantasy
Every family has its demons.
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Dark Shadows — official trailer
What is Dark Shadows about?
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
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What does the cinematography of Dark Shadows look like?
Across 59 sampled frames, Dark Shadows builds its coverage from medium shots (39% of the sample), with wide compositions (36%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel keeps 68% of it in soft, low-key light. 64% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of Dark Shadows?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Dark Shadows (2012) are #0f1012, #2b2e2c, #4b4f4d, #19262d, #2d1816, #d3d3cf — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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