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.
Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite is a 1989 Turkish drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Tunç Başaran based on a 1986 novella by Feride Çiçekoğlu, featuring Nur Sürer as a female political prisoner who befriends the child of a fellow inmate. The film was screened in competition at the 26th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won Golden Oranges for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, the 10th Mediterranean International Film Festival, where it won 2nd Best Film, and the 8th Istanbul International Film Festival, where it won Best Turkish Film. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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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.
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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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