First Name: Carmen (1983)

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Cinematography by Raoul Coutard, Jean-Bernard Menoud

R85 min53 frames

CrimeDramaComedyRomance

The Revolutionary New Fable of Erotic Destiny from the Director of BREATHLESS and ALPHAVILLE

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What is First Name: Carmen about?

A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.

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What does the cinematography of First Name: Carmen look like?

Sampled across 53 frames, the coverage of First Name: Carmen leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (23%). Cinematographer Raoul Coutard keeps 57% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 60% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 62% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of First Name: Carmen?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of First Name: Carmen (1983) are #33312c, #0d0c0b, #513a2f, #d6d4cb, #53544e, #b0a891 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #513a2f
  • #d6d4cb
  • #53544e
  • #b0a891

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