Joint Security Area (2000)

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

110 min59 frames

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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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