Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)
Directed by Guy Maddin · Cinematography by Paul Suderman
73 min58 frames
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What is Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary about?
A cinematic version of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. Filmed in a style reminiscent of silent Expressionist cinema of the early 20th century (complete with intertitles and monochrome photography), it uses dance to tell the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women.
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary is a 2002 TV horror film directed by Guy Maddin, budgeted at $1.7 million and produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a dance film documenting a performance by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet adapting Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Maddin elected to shoot the dance film in a fashion uncommon for such films, through close-ups and using jump cuts. Maddin also stayed close to the source material of Stoker's novel, emphasizing the xenophobia in the reactions of the main characters to Dracula.
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What does the cinematography of Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary look like?
Across 58 sampled frames, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary builds its coverage from close-ups (41% of the sample), with medium shots (31%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Paul Suderman keeps 41% of it in low-key light. 71% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002) are #020202, #fdfdfd, #313131, #8a8a8a, #6f6f6f, #cbcbcb — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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