Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

Directed by Ben Wheatley · Cinematography by Laurie Rose

95 min36 frames

ComedyDramaTV Movie

Party. With family.

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What is Happy New Year, Colin Burstead about?

Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother David unexpectedly arrives, throwing the family dynamic far off orbit.

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is a 2018 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Ben Wheatley and featuring Neil Maskell as the title character, with Sarah Baxendale, Hayley Squires, Sam Riley, Doon Mackichan, Joe Cole, and Charles Dance also starring. It tells the story of a man who rents a country house for his extended family to celebrate the New Year. The film premiered at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival on 11 October 2018, and was distributed by BBC Films, airing on BBC Two on 30 December 2018.

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Across 35 sampled frames, Happy New Year, Colin Burstead builds its coverage from medium shots, with close-ups carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Laurie Rose keeps much of it in soft, low-key light. Much of the film play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) are #2f2d2b, #0b0b0a, #50524d, #8e908b, #4f4337, #acafab — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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