Empire Records (1995)
Directed by Allan Moyle · Cinematography by Walt Lloyd
PG-1390 min59 frames
ComedyDramaRomance
They're selling music but not selling out.
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What is Empire Records about?
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.
Empire Records is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, written by Carol Heikkinen, and starring an ensemble cast including Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Ethan Embry, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, and Liv Tyler.
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What does the cinematography of Empire Records look like?
Across 59 sampled frames, Empire Records builds its coverage from medium shots (44% of the sample), with close-ups (22%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Walt Lloyd keeps 37% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 61% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Empire Records?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Empire Records (1995) are #353130, #110f0f, #f4f4f2, #544f49, #8d7970, #271a19 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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