Excision (2012)
Directed by Richard Bates Jr. · Cinematography by Itay Gross
81 min37 frames
DramaHorrorComedy
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What is Excision about?
An outcast teenager, Pauline, practices surgical skills and harbors increasingly violent psychosexual fantasies.
Excision is a 2012 American psychological drama film written and directed by Richard Bates Jr., and starring AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Gray Gubler, Marlee Matlin, Ray Wise, and John Waters. The film is a feature-length adaptation of the 2008 short film of the same name. Excision premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Excision played in the category of Park City at Midnight.
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What does the cinematography of Excision look like?
Across 37 sampled frames, Excision builds its coverage from close-ups, with medium shots carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Itay Gross keeps much of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Excision?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Excision (2012) are #2f2e2c, #f6f5f4, #d8d6d2, #0b0a0a, #aba492, #524e49 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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