Lean on Pete (2017)

Directed by Andrew Haigh · Cinematography by Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

R121 min64 frames

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You can’t get anywhere on your own.

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What is Lean on Pete about?

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

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What does the cinematography of Lean on Pete look like?

Across 60 sampled frames, Lean on Pete builds its coverage from medium shots (62% of the sample), with wide compositions (27%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Magnus Nordenhof Jønck keeps 48% of it in soft, low-key light. 62% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 70% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Lean on Pete?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Lean on Pete (2017) are #31312c, #141612, #4f524f, #4a392f, #4e4a3a, #7a6c52 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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