Fish Tank (2009)
Directed by Andrea Arnold · Cinematography by Robbie Ryan
123 min64 frames
Drama
Live, love and give as good as you get.
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What is Fish Tank about?
Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might help her start to make sense of her life.
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What does the cinematography of Fish Tank look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Fish Tank leans on medium shots (40% of the sample) and close-ups (22%). Cinematographer Robbie Ryan keeps 63% 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 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Fish Tank?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Fish Tank (2009) are #31312d, #d1d1cd, #52534e, #11110f, #8f918e, #74766f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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