Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989)
Directed by Tunç Başaran · Cinematography by Erdal Kahraman
85 min192 frames
Drama
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What is Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite about?
Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.
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Who made Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite?
Tunç BaşaranDirector- Erdal KahramanCinematography
- Jale BasaranProducer
What does the cinematography of Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite look like?
Sampled across 192 frames, the coverage of Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite leans on medium shots (51% of the sample) and close-ups (21%). Cinematographer Erdal Kahraman keeps 77% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 65% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989) are #342f2d, #544f4a, #d5d1c9, #a99a8e, #939089, #d2c8b2 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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