Inception (2010)
Directed by Christopher Nolan · Cinematography by Wally Pfister
PG-13148 min68 frames
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Your mind is the scene of the crime.
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What is Inception about?
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Inception is a 2010 science fiction heist film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating his targets' subconscious. He is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for implanting an idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, and Michael Caine.
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What does the cinematography of Inception look like?
Sampled across 68 frames, the coverage of Inception leans on wide compositions (38% of the sample) and close-ups (32%). Cinematographer Wally Pfister keeps 53% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 62% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of Inception?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Inception (2010) are #333130, #51504e, #12100e, #48382c, #8d8d8b, #231a13 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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