Mean Creek (2004)
Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes · Cinematography by Sharone Meir
R90 min63 frames
CrimeDrama
Beneath the surface, everyone has a secret.
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What is Mean Creek about?
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.
Mean Creek is a 2004 American coming-of-age psychological drama film written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes and starring Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck and Carly Schroeder. The film is about a group of teenagers in a small Oregon town who devise a plan to get revenge on an overweight, troubled bully during a boating trip. When their plan goes too far, they have to face unexpected consequences. It was produced by Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal and Hagai Shaham.
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What does the cinematography of Mean Creek look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Mean Creek leans on medium shots (38% of the sample) and close-ups (30%). Cinematographer Sharone Meir keeps 68% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mean Creek (2004) are #31302e, #4d504e, #141414, #897367, #57684d, #364b53 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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