Meet Dave (2008)

Directed by Brian Robbins · Cinematography by Clark Mathis

PG90 min125 frames

ComedyScience FictionAdventureFamily

There's a whole other world going on inside of him.

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What is Meet Dave about?

A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.

Meet Dave is a 2008 American science fiction comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Bill Corbett and Rob Greenberg. It stars Eddie Murphy in the title role, alongside Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Scott Caan and Kevin Hart. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on July 11, 2008, and was a box office bomb, grossing $50.7 million against a $60 million budget while receiving negative reviews from critics.

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What does the cinematography of Meet Dave look like?

Sampled across 125 frames, the coverage of Meet Dave leans on medium shots (72% of the sample) and close-ups (16%). Cinematographer Clark Mathis keeps 50% of it in soft, high-key light. Focus stays shallow in 82% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Meet Dave?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Meet Dave (2008) are #31302e, #d6d3cb, #54524e, #f8f7f6, #171615, #939189 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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