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Joint Security Area (2000)

Directed by Park Chan-wook · Cinematography by Kim Sung-bok

110 min59 frames

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Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: wide — A symmetric interior view of a train compartment featuring two windows separated by curtains. A young…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: wide — A sterile room contains a metal autopsy table beneath an articulated surgical lamp. Three uniformed…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: medium — Two soldiers in woodland camouflage gear stand in a dark, confined tunnel-like passage. They hold…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: medium — A group of soldiers sit in a dark, enclosed transport space around a wooden crate. The soldiers…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room with propaganda posters on the walls features basic wooden furniture. Four military…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: medium — An interior medical room features a wall-mounted medical monitor behind two soldiers. A mature…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: wide — A wide view of a desolate, snow-covered landscape with rolling hills and distant trees. Two separate…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: medium — An interior space features two individuals in military dress uniforms standing before window…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: medium — A man in military gear crouches among tall, dry reeds during the night. He stares directly ahead…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: fullbody — A long, dimly lit institutional hallway features vertical walls and windows with closed…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: medium — An office interior features Venetian blinds casting shadows across a man and a woman. Both figures…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: wide — A dark, empty paved area is illuminated by a single tall streetlamp at night. A person stands beneath…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: wide — An outdoor military yard with concrete ground and metal drainage grates is flanked by buildings.…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: fullbody — An open snowy field serves as the location for a meeting between two soldiers. A man in a brown…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: wide — A dimly lit hotel room contains a bed, a suitcase, and two table lamps. A young woman sits on the…Joint Security Area (2000) movie still: medium — Two figures in dark military uniforms stand in front of a chain link fence. They observe a distant,…
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What is Joint Security Area about?

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

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What does the cinematography of Joint Security Area look like?

Across 59 sampled frames, Joint Security Area builds its coverage from medium shots (46% of the sample), with wide compositions (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Kim Sung-bok keeps 44% of it in soft, low-key light. 58% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Joint Security Area?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Joint Security Area (2000) are #302f2b, #4c4d4a, #121212, #4e4936, #323849, #8e918f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #302f2b
  • #4c4d4a
  • #121212
  • #4e4936
  • #323849
  • #8e918f

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