Melancholia (2011)
Directed by Lars von Trier · Cinematography by Manuel Alberto Claro
R135 min62 frames
DramaScience Fiction
It will change everything.
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Melancholia — official trailer
What is Melancholia about?
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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What does the cinematography of Melancholia look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Melancholia builds its coverage from wide compositions (27% of the sample), with medium shots (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro keeps 47% of it in soft, low-key light. 63% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Melancholia?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Melancholia (2011) are #31322c, #52544d, #11110f, #928975, #d5d3cc, #2a271b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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